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It occurs to me that I haven’t ticked off nearly everyone who reads this site, including both those who are normally on My Side as well as those on the Other Side of whatever issue I’m addressing at the moment. I never look for such “opportunities”; the world has too many attention whores and shock . . . → Read More: Shrill, baby, shrill . . . → Read More: Confirmation bias run wild . . . → Read More: How geoengineers get started Collecting and interpreting environmental indicators play a critical role in our understanding of climate change and its causes. An indicator represents the state of certain environmental conditions over a given area and a specified period of time. Examples of climate change indicators include temperature, precipitation, sea level, and greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. EPA’s Climate Change . . . → Read More: EPA: Climate Change Indicators Edward Flattau: Conservative Rampage: What in heaven’s name is going on with conservatives? Their principle print media outlet in the nation’s capital, the Washington Times, paid “tribute” to Earth Day with the following disclosures on its opinion page. First, the Times editors boasted that their newspaper was “printed on 100 percent non-recycled paper.” Then they “proudly” declared . . . → Read More: Breaking news: Deniers act like jerks You just can’t make up the things people will say and do to promote their own, short-term, financial interests at the expense of the longer-term interests of others. A perfect example comes from the president and CEO of a paper company (emphasis added): Domtar Corp. is getting frustrated with those “think before you print” messages at . . . → Read More: Greedy Myopian of the Week A must-read for everyone who cares about peak oil or climate change or sustainability issues in general: Environmental Economics: Note to Environmentalists Part II: Think how masterfully the Right has moved the goalposts on virtually every issue since Obama and the Democrats took charge: a healthcare bill similar to Mitt Romney’s is now socialism, closing Guantanamo (agreed to . . . → Read More: A plea to end economist bashing A new paper by Christine Ehlig-Economides and Michael J. Economides is getting more than a little attention because it claims that CCS (carbon capture and sequestration) is a deeply flawed concept. The paper’s abstract: The capture and subsequent geologic sequestration of CO2 has been central to plans for managing CO2 produced by the combustion of fossil fuels. The . . . → Read More: Doubts about carbon capture and sequestration ChinaFAQs: China’s Carbon Intensity Goal: A Guide for the Perplexed: In late November 2009, China announced its intention to reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions within the Chinese economy by 40-45% by 2020, as compared with a 2005 baseline. China then reported this goal to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat on . . . → Read More: Doc alert: China’s intensity-based CO2 goals |
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