Global warming, climate change, activism
Posted in Global Warming Myths, Humor, Politics, USA on Dec 9th, 2009
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Gore brilliantly explains the stakes at Copenhagen.
I’m not sure that Saran Palin understands. She had this to say about global warming in a Washington Post editorial.
I know that Carbon Dioxide is a great gift from God, also a gift that brings warmth to [...]
Posted in Climate Change Science, Double Dumb Ass Award, Global Warming Myths, Politics on Jul 30th, 2009
Anthony Watts, the scientifically-illiterate host of Watts Up With That, has been running a silly initiative called the Surface Stations Project through which he is trying to invalidate recent historical temperature records in the US to prove that global warming is a HOAX. His belief is that these surface stations are too often located close [...]
Posted in Astroturfing, Climate Change Science, Global Warming Myths, Social Justice on May 18th, 2009
Before starting One Blue Marble, I spent considerable time visiting political web sites to better understand why conservatives think that global warming is a huge hoax perpetrated by scientists (read: socialists) who are hellbent on destroying our cherished way of life.
But I came away empty. There was nothing there, no insight to be gleaned. Instead [...]
Posted in Activism, Astroturfing, Global Warming Myths, Greenwashing, Media on Apr 21st, 2009
I often write that the science supporting global warming is every bit as strong as the science that proves smoking causes cancer. But I then go even further by linking the fossil fuel and tobacco industries, suggesting deeper sins, claiming that oil companies actually stole a page from the tobacco industry by hiring right-wing and [...]
Posted in Climate Change Consequences, Climate Change Science, Global Warming Myths on Apr 10th, 2009
Recent dramatic events in the Arctic and Antarctica are supporting scientists who suggest that the pace of climate change is accelerating. The Arctic ice cap is thinner than ever, with ice older than two years comprising less than 10 percent of the ice cover in measurements from the end of February. The amount of thick [...]
Posted in Climate Change Consequences, Global Warming Myths on Mar 20th, 2009
This is just one of an excellent series by Greenman (Peter Sinclair) explaining why climate scientists have their knickers in a knot over disappearing Arctic sea ice.
We have two main problems — and many smaller ones — that occur when arctic sea ice melts. One is that the high arctic has worked as a planetary [...]
Posted in Activism, Ain't Easy Being Green, Climate Change Science, Global Warming Myths on Mar 6th, 2009
When I was studying science at Dalhousie, one of my professors was Gordon Ogden who was publishing regularly in scientific journals to warn about the dangers of acid rain. At one lecture, he explained that the pristine lakes and rivers in Nova Scotia — we had a multimillion dollar sport fishery at the time — [...]
Posted in Climate Change Science, Global Warming Myths on Jan 27th, 2009
A sobering new study by American, Swiss, and French researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences* is suggesting that climate change occurring now is is irreversible, so we need to act now to cut emissions dramatically, or we risk turning up the global thermostat and not being able to turn it down. [...]
Posted in Climate Change Science, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming Myths, Politics on Jan 19th, 2009
Technology alone can’t save the world from global warming.
It’s called the Khazzoom-Brookes Postulate, and it’s an economic paradox. But as soon as you hear it, you’ll know instinctively that it’s real, and it’s a serious problem for the climate change movement. It’s also the reason why we need strong governments and bullet-proof legislation to [...]
Posted in Double Dumb Ass Award, Global Warming Myths, Media on Jan 12th, 2009
Every so often at One Blue Marble, we’re going to present the Climate Change Double Dumb Ass Award to the man or woman who does something really moronic during the previous week.
Truth to tell, every seven days brings dozens of potential winners… Politicians who put personal gain before the welfare of their constituents… Columnists who [...]
