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January 31, 2007
Category: Global Warming
Some wit once said something like, "My pessimism extends so far as to suspect the sincerity of the pessimists." As we witness a flurry of activity concerning global warming on Capitol Hill--and with the IPCC report just days from emerging--that's...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 1:48 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes
A very interesting issue--discussed in comments here and here--has arisen over one aspect of Roger Pielke, Jr.'s testimony yesterday. In that testimony (PDF), Pielke suggested that Waxman's committee had cherry-picked science with the following statement in a memorandum (the original...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 11:16 AM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Hurricanes
Cyclone Dora, in the South Indian basin, was estimated to have 75 knot or about 86 mile per hour maximum sustained winds in the latest advisory from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. That's significantly stronger than any storm yet...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 10:22 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics and Science
Iain Murray is repeating the lame argument made by Darrell Issa at the Waxman hearing yesterday: The UCS mailed out over 1600 survey forms to climate scientists and based their assertions of political interference on the 297 that got returned....
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 7:20 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 30, 2007
Category: Politics and Science
Here's hard proof of the RWOS brandishing that I spoke of earlier. I assure you, I had nothing to do with this, but then, I don't exactly object, either. Apparently Rep. Cooper also had some pretty revealing comments in...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 2:58 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics and Science
Well, I got off jury duty and managed to get over to the Hill after all. As I write this, the Waxman hearing is still ongoing, and you can watch it here. I have it on good authority from...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 1:55 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics and Science
Oh well. There's a very important politicization of science hearing (PDF) on the Hill this morning in about an hour, and jury duty is going to prevent me from going. I haven't been picked for a trial yet, but...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 8:55 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 29, 2007
Category: Politics and Science
While I was battling through the snow on my way to Ithaca to give a talk about my new book, my old one was prompting quite a stir over at the Volokh Conspiracy. Jonathan Adler has done a lengthy, critical...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 6:30 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 27, 2007
Category: Updates
In essence, it went like this: Getting to and from Ithaca was a !!%$^# nightmare. But once I got there, the talk went extremely well. I won't bother you with all the details about how my flight to Ithaca...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 1:59 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 25, 2007
Category: Global Warming and Hurricanes
Well, I am off to Ithaca today to deliver my first major talk (tomorrow) on the subject of hurricanes and global warming, sponsored by the Cornell Department of Communication and co-sponsored by the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology,...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 8:45 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 24, 2007
Category: Global Warming
Seed just published my take on the State of the Union speech, and the role of global warming therein. In essence, it's a very pessimistic outlook. I really doubt we can expect strong action on the issue until a new...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 1:35 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics and Science
I am a tad frustrated that I have probable jury duty next week. As result, I may have to miss Henry Waxman's January 30th scheduled hearing "regarding political interference in the work of government climate change scientists." I and...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 10:50 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
Bush's treatment of global warming in the State of the Union address was pretty uninspiring, unless you like vagaries. I have a Seed piece going up about this today so I won't say more, except to point out the...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 7:20 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 23, 2007
Category: Global Warming
As if there was any doubt....the State of the Union energy/climate policies are already up on the website of the White House. There is some potentially good stuff about renewable fuels and auto efficiency, but there are no mandatory caps...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 3:55 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
Well, I have done some quick research, in anticipation of the State of the Union address tonight. I think you folks will get a kick out of this:...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 1:28 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
There's a widespread sense that a change is afoot on the climate issue--so much so, in fact, that some commentators are producing what I view as simplistic accounts of how this came about. See for example Sebastian Mallaby in the...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 9:15 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
