Chris Mooney is a freelance writer and the author of two books, The Republican War on Science and Storm World.
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November 30, 2006
Category: Hurricanes
From an AP article on the Washington Post website: About 20 typhoons and tropical storms hit the Philippines each year. Yeah, right....almost as bad a science blooper as Scalia's! [By the way, here's the 2004 Northwest Pacific storm tracks, looks...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 8:18 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 29, 2006
Category: Global Warming
This is just too much...so I'm taking time out from working on the book to bring you more. I've now seen the Supreme Court transcript and can provide actual passages of what Scalia said. It's even worse than the previous...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:35 PM • 37 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
From my friend Eli Kintisch, reporting on today's Supreme Court global warming hearing: "We are not asking the court to pass judgment on the science of climate change," said Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General James Milkey in his opening arguments. That...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 5:14 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 28, 2006
Category: Hurricanes
In 2004, as we all remember too well, four hurricanes--Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne--struck Florida in fairly rapid succession. In early 2005 (as relatively few Americans know), the Cook Islands had to deal with four extremely intense tropical cyclones--Meena,...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 11:47 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 20, 2006
Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes
Well, I guess there's no point hiding it any more. My new book, due out in June 2007, will be entitled Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming. It now has a cover image and everything....
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 12:45 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 15, 2006
Category: Hurricanes
From the National Hurricane Center: THIS SPECIAL ADVISORY IS BEING ISSUED TO REFLECT THAT SERGIO HAS INTENSIFIED TO 85 KNOTS. THIS IS BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PINHOLE EYE AND OBJECTIVE DVORAK-T-NUMBERS. THE INTENSITY FORECAST HAS BEEN A...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 2:49 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 9, 2006
Category: Politics and Science
With the Dems now about to assume control of both houses of Congress, science policy is going to change. Big time. Indeed, in The Republican War on Science I pointed out that one reason the Reagan administration never messed with...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 3:25 PM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 8, 2006
Category: Politics and Science
From CNN: Republican Sen. Jim Talent of Missouri early Wednesday conceded defeat to Democrat Claire McCaskill after a hard-fought race, telling supporters that "the headwind was just very, very strong this year." McCaskill was backed by actor and stem-cell-research advocate...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 7:12 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 6, 2006
Category: Updates
Once again, I'm speaking on election day, hopefully after the results are in, in Coral Gables, and then in Orlando two days later. These are the last two public speeches for a while--perhaps until 2007. Not sure yet. Again, these...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 10:17 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 2, 2006
Category: Updates
I have either been holed up writing somewhere, or on the road speaking, for quite a while now--and the speaking side of things doesn't let up until November 9. Here are the remaining public events: Tuesday, November 7 8:00-9:00 PM...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 2:59 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 1, 2006
Category: Politics and Science
From the transcript of the October 30th show; "INGRAHAM" is Laura Ingraham: KING: Laura, would you agree that more than 50 percent of the public would support stem cell research? INGRAHAM: I think more than 50 percent of the public...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:55 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
