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February 28, 2009
Category: editorial
So a couple of month's ago I signed up for the Global Population Speak Out, which (you are better off to follow the link) is a simple project intended to draw attention to the problem posed by the world's growing...
Posted by coby at 7:54 PM • 7 Comments •
February 27, 2009
Category: debunking
Things Break does a thorough take-down of George Will's continued dishonesty in the Washington Post. For the background, if somehow you have missed this kerfuffle, check his earlier post. The story in a nutshell is not remarkable: mainstream columnist prints...
Posted by coby at 1:56 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: humour
I know this video is for real because since I first saw it several years ago it has been erased from YouTube at the request of the Japanese television company that produced it. Being real does not stop it from...
Posted by coby at 8:48 AM • 4 Comments •
February 26, 2009
Category: editorial
Today's DemocracyNow! has a segment with Chris Field, a leading member of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other guest discussing worsening outlooks of future warming and increased lobbying efforts from the fossil fuel industry. We speak...
Posted by coby at 4:00 PM • 2 Comments •
...and he puts you on his mailing list! [Please note: Marc Morano is nowhere near as relevant as Beelzebub!! It is just a gimmick for a blog title.] So I poked fun at Marc Morano the other day, and though...
Posted by coby at 9:11 AM • 3 Comments •
February 25, 2009
Contrary to the popular talking point, climate models do take into account H2O as a greenhouse gas. In fact, it is the largest single feedback factor in the climate system. And also contrary to another popular talking point, models are...
Posted by coby at 2:27 PM • 3 Comments •
February 24, 2009
Category: humour
Today's Dilbert suggests that today's generation may not escape the wrath of those coming next for the sorry mess we are leaving behind: Well played indeed!...
Posted by coby at 8:51 AM • 16 Comments •
February 23, 2009
I am a bit slow off the mark with this posting from Nature's Climate Feedback blog, but last month they put up a little news about iron fertilization of oceans as a geoengineering technique for removal of atmospheric CO2. Have...
Posted by coby at 12:38 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: roundup
Sipping from the internet firehose... This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H.E.Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup...
Posted by coby at 8:02 AM • 0 Comments •
February 21, 2009
Category: mainstream media
The emergence of China as a dominant economic power is an epochal event, occasioning the most massive and rapid redistribution of the earth's resources in human history. The country has also become a ravenous consumer. Its appetite for raw materials...
Posted by coby at 3:45 PM • 1 Comments •
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