Posts Under ‘climate change’ Category

Greenfieldism

Carl Zimmer coins a term and it catches fire on Twitter. Some examples: @carlzimmer I point to the increase in global warming and I point to porn. That is all. #greenfieldism @carlzimmer I point to the deliciousness of waffles and I point to Belgians. That’s all. #greenfieldism @carlzimmer I point to climate change and I point to a dramatic decrease…Continue Reading…

Cussing

Jeepers, Anthony. Your language is right out of Andy Griffith and Dennis the Menace, but your storyline is pure Morano. Gee willickers, for some real cussing, sit down and enjoy this classic.

Working the Refs

In his recent widely publicized Rolling Stone essay, former Vice President Al Gore harshly criticized media coverage of global warming. He compared  journalists to referees of “professional” wrestling. Some mainstream reporters who regularly write about climate change objected. But climate scientists nodded approvingly, as did Joe Romm, who called Gore’s essay a “devastating critique” and piled on: I…Continue Reading…

That Skewed Rasmussen Survey on Global Warming

In order to support their own theories and beliefs about global warming, how likely is it that some climate skeptics would buy into this poll, hook, line and sinker? If you liked that question, you’ll love this one from Rasmussen Reports: In order to support their own theories and beliefs about global warming, how likely is…Continue Reading…

Prescription for Paralysis

At the NYT Green blog, Justin Gillis writes (my emphasis): Climate scientists have long called for steps to limit the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and they are growing more and more worried about the slow pace of action. Yet their sense of urgency has not permeated society at large, and it certainly does…Continue Reading…

The Climate Easter Bunny Fable

Here’s some straight talk on climate politics: A facile explanation would focus on the ‘merchants of doubt’ who have managed to confuse the public about the reality of human-made climate change.  The merchants play a role, to be sure, a sordid one, but they are not the main obstacle to solution of human-made climate change. The bigger problem…Continue Reading…

Is Criticism of IPCC out of Proportion?

Given much of the recent reporting of the IPCC’s work, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a tinpot group of green zealots, rather than the greatest feat of global scientific cooperation ever seen. Its reports are approved and endorsed by every nation on the planet, making it utterly unique and authoritative. From Damian Carrington’s defense…Continue Reading…

The Case for GMO's

When you can grow more food using the same inputs of land, water and fertilizer, everyone — farmers, consumers, hungry people and anyone who cares about CO2 concentrations in the earth’s atmosphere — is better off. From a profile of an environmentally-minded owner of a California-based R & D biotech company, who says he wants…Continue Reading…

Who's a Climate Extremist?

Joe Romm has often claimed that most people don’t read past the headlines of news stories. I’m wondering if he thinks that rule doesn’t apply to blog posts, because this doosey from him clocks in at 3947 words. But if you’re one of those headline-only news consumers, Romm does oblige by summarizing his bloated post with…Continue Reading…

The Theory of Punctuated Politics

What does the theory of punctuated equilibrium have to do with modern-day American politics? Dan Vergano of USA Today has an intriguing piece that makes the connection: In the 1990’s, amid widespread complaints of “gridlock” in Washington, the notion of political punctuated equilibrium “was born from dissatisfaction with the idea of everything being fixed and…Continue Reading…