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Pew survey finds US public ranks economy as highest priority policy issue, global warming as lowest: The US public is giving the highest priority to economic issues, according to the findings of the Pew Research Center For The People & The Press January 2012 Political Survey. 86% say that strengthening the economy should be a top priority . . . → Read More: Americans have no sense of urgency about global warming I have to admit that when I read the WaPo piece, Spaceship Earth: A new view of environmentalism, it pegged the needle on my frustration index. Why, might you ask? The title sounds like a metaphor I’d use, after all. That’s precisely the problem, as the piece says: More and more environmentalists and scientists . . . → Read More: Metricene, again I has come to my attention that we now have yet another example of a threat to a highly respected member of the climate science community. This time, it’s Dr. Michael Mann, and the situation is a bit more convoluted than the normal, run-of-the-mill, denier-threatens-scientist story. First, the evidence. On Judith Curry’s blog, one can . . . → Read More: More thuggery from deniers and their enablers I’m sure everyone who reads TCOE knows all about the recent revelation of the BEST study into global temperatures, and how it’s sent a 10.0 quake through the denialsphere. If you need a refresher, here’s an excellent summary from Pete Sinclair, as posted on his site, Climate Denial Crock of the Week: I wasn’t going to comment on . . . → Read More: The BEST brouhaha As of this morning, there’s a new site that should be very near the top of your “must read” list, Planet3.0. Planet 3.0 is attempt to do something genuinely useful and different in facilitating discussions about sustainability, and I am greatly encouraged to see it launched. The primary mover and shaker behind it is Michael Tobis, . . . → Read More: Welcome to the blogosphere, Planet 3.0 Jason Scorse has a new book out, What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics, and there is a video of him talking about the same topic (as part of a book tour?). The 24:40 video is well worth your time. I should mention that I discovered this on Michael Tobis’ blog, even though every one of . . . → Read More: Walk like an e-cono-mist  4 comments - (Comments are closed)  Climate change, Communications, Economics and business, Public policy As a follow-up to my post yesterday, Coal Cares. No, really., about the hoax “Coal Cares” site, which I urge you to visit, here’s the press release I received this morning about it:
May 10, 2011 Tackling Childhood Asthma Not Coal Industry Priority After All Contact: asthma@coalcares.org, (314) 472-5539 A . . . → Read More: Coal is Killing Kids. Really. Once again, we have a bulletin from The Dept. of the Blindingly Obvious: The U.S. probably won’t take significant steps to curb climate change until an environmental disaster sways public view and prompts political action, Robert Stavins of Harvard University said. “It’s unlikely that the U.S. is going to take serious action on climate change until there are . . . → Read More: American tipping points Bill McKibben hews to the bone, again: Climate change, above all issues, requires a transformative and not an incremental vision. We have fundamental change to make, and a very short window to make it in — Obama’s typical (and often quite savvy) little-bit-at-a-time approach doesn’t square with the physics and chemistry that govern this debate. It’s that physics . . . → Read More: Physics, chemistry, politics, timing The Climate Show 11: a trillion tonnes of trouble: Glenn says he thinks this show’s “a cracker” (but he always says that), and despite the lack of a special star guest — though with the help of assorted luminaries from the Climate Futures Forum (David’s Karoly and Frame, Robert Gifford and Erik Conway –) we cover a . . . → Read More: Climate Show 11 |
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