Always eager to play the guilt-by-association card, Joe Romm seizes on George Will’s latest column in yet another attempt to tar the reputations of Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus of The Breakthrough Institute. By now, it should be clear to sensible greens that Romm can’t help himself. He seems possessed by a fanatical hatred for…Continue Reading…
As the mind-numbing debate over Waxman-Markey grinds on, we should be thankful for the unintended entertainment provided by Joe Romm’s rants and contortionist logic. Upset that some critics have accused him of “cheerleading” the WM bill, Romm is now flailing away, lashing out in typical, unseemly asides at all his usual bogeymen. More bizzarely, Romm…Continue Reading…
The indispensable one, boxed into a corner by Roger Pielke, Jr., and The Breakthrough Institute, does something rare: Yes, my thinking on rip-offsets has evolved, primarily because I have spent the last few months talking to leading experts, domestic and international, including the chief climate negotiator for a major European country. As one reader to…Continue Reading…
Joe Romm rarely disappoints. Nary a day goes by when he isn’t showcasing his intolerance, inconsistency, and disaster fetishism. Let’s highlight the most recent best of the worst, starting with the bile he spewed on Friday to kick off the long holiday weekend. You won’t find any disgust expressed by Climate Progress readers (or such…Continue Reading…
If you thought the debate over cap and trade legislation (as embodied in the Waxman-Markey bill) was already overheated, ridiculous, and divisive, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The real fun begins today, with amendment madness unleashed by the Republicans. That will amount to little more than a sideshow, but as the markup process plays out…Continue Reading…
Are you having the same recurring nightmare, the one where you, WALL-E and Marc Morano (who is grinning maniacally) are the last inhabitants on earth? Does the sight of Bjorn Lomborg make you physically ill? Do you find yourself crying uncontrollably every time another chunk of the Antarctic ice sheet melts into the sea? If…Continue Reading…
Imagine that: an actual debate on the merits of cap and trade versus a carbon tax breaks out in the blogosphere, courtesy of James Hansen. That doesn’t hurt so bad, does it Joe?
Nothing bugs me more than when so-called progressives have their own litmus test on political issues. In the last two days, blogger Joe Romm has taken his fellow climate advocate, Jim Hansen, to the woodshed (see here and here), because of Hansen’s vocal opposition to cap and trade. One irony is that Hansen, in this…Continue Reading…
I’m so naive. I had no idea Romm was dictating his posts. I had pegged him as the fanatical obsessive type, singularly focused, the way he cranked out those multiple 2,000 word-plus posts every day. So now I’m wondering: is this de riguer? Or am I misunderstanding his comment about the perils of voice dictation…Continue Reading…
So the Indispensable One is telling his choir to ignore a prestigious, internationally respected journal that has just devoted much of its current issue to climate change, which contains articles by these guys. Predictably, Rommians are grateful for the Indispensable One’s directive: Great post. Saved me a couple hours. You are the best. Hey, you…Continue Reading…