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New blog on the Endangered Species Act and science policy
Posted on February 29th, 2008 on Prometheus
Introducing you to a blog from one of our students on the science policy of the Endangered Species Act. The blog asks questions such as...


Suing Big Oil for Climate Change
Posted on February 28th, 2008 on DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science
You can sue someone for damaging your car, your house or your health. Why not your climate?  That’s the weighty question being asked by...

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Global Warming and the Posture of Skepticism
Posted on February 28th, 2008 on DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it. There was my latest issue of Skeptical Inquirer magazine -- the "Magazine for Science and Reason" -- and on the...

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Matthews and Caldeira on the Mitigation Challenge
Posted on February 28th, 2008 on Prometheus
Just when you thought that the mitigation challenge was dismal, Matthews and Caldeira publish a paper in GRL suggesting that things are in fact...

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Daylight Saving Wastes Energy, Study Says
Posted on February 28th, 2008 on Climate Progress
I have been asked this question about daylight saving time (DST) many times. I have long believed it was not an energy saver — even though that is how it is...

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Carbon Tax Key to Habitable Earth and Capitalism’s Future
Posted on February 28th, 2008 on Climate Change Blog
British Columbia, Canada has implemented North America's first consumer-based carbon tax [ark | more\ark]. Fossil fuels are to be taxed to raise...

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Water Utility Climate Alliance calls on federal climate research to aid with impacts preparedness
Posted on February 27th, 2008 on ClimateScienceWatch
An alliance of eight major water utilities that provide drinking water to 36 million people is calling on the US Climate Change Science Program an...

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Review of the Summary of Revised Research Plan for the US Climate Change Science Program
Posted on February 26th, 2008 on ClimateScienceWatch
Climate Science Watch and the Center for Biological Diversity formally submitted sets of critical public review comments on the draft summary of...

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Air Capture in the U.S. Congress
Posted on February 25th, 2008 on Prometheus
Senator John Barosso (R-WY) has introduced a bill promoting a technology policy for air capture research, including prizes for technological...

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A Sense of Proportion
Posted on February 25th, 2008 on Prometheus
At London's Heathrow airport today environmental activists evaded security and climbed onto the tail of a British Air 777 to protest plans for...

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