Learn About Global Warming

Posted on March 2nd, 2008 on Climate Progress

OK — I stole that headline from The New Republic. This piece really has nothing to do with global warming. It is sort of about ̶...

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State News Roundup

Posted on March 1st, 2008 on Climate Progress

Climate Plans by New York, Florida Prod U.S. on Global Accord - Bloomberg.com. “Twenty-two U.S. states with about 145 million people ar...

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Can words describe how bad corn ethanol is?

Posted on February 29th, 2008 on Climate Progress

Well, maybe not my words, or Mayor Bloomberg’s or those of top scientists, but I think I have found someone’s who does: Opus’s from Bloom Country. First, however, the lastest grim news from Fort...

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Whiff of cynicism lingers over Washington State’s call for road tolls to flight global warming

Posted on February 29th, 2008 on DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science

Buried in the Seattle Times story about the road-toll initiative, however, is the most-likely explanation as to why legislators are backing it: T...

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DeSmogBlog One of Top 50 Eco-Blogs

Posted on February 29th, 2008 on DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science

The TimesOnline has produced a list of the top 50 eco-blogs in the world, crediting the DeSmogBlog in 22nd spot - among the "macro activ...

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National Post’s Peter Foster: Is he suffering stupidity, venality or both?

Posted on February 29th, 2008 on DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science

In one of his periodic diatribes against science, scientists and any risk analyst who thinks that 95% certainty is enough to cause concern ab...

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Somewhat Sheepishly, Albertans Prep to Re-Elect Tories

Posted on February 29th, 2008 on DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science

With days remaining until Monday's Alberta election, a new Canwest poll reveals a majority of Albertans believe that their government is not doing enough to slow the province's ever-escalating ca...

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W Tries to Spin the Climate Yet Again

Posted on February 29th, 2008 on DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science

A senior European official has described America's latest offer on climate change as far too little, far too late. One official said: "Th...

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Power plants costs double since 2000 — Efficiency anyone?

Posted on February 29th, 2008 on Climate Progress

According to a new index by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA): The cost of building a U.S. power plant has risen 130 percent since 2000, and 27 percent in the 1...

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A new blog on water policy and science, technology, law and so on

Posted on February 29th, 2008 on Prometheus

So many blogs, so little time! Here's another interesting blog from our students, this one on water policy and its intersection with a myriad...

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