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Enough said
Tom Toles and the Climate
Senator Inhofe Erroneously Claims We Are In A Nine-Year Cooling Trend
Union of Concerned Scientists:
In response to a question during an ABC News / Washington Post interview today about recent heat waves and record temperatures, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said, "I don't think that anyone disagrees with the fact that we actually are in a cold period that started about nine years ago."Cold period? Not quite. "In fact, climate scientists disagree with Senator Inhofe's statement," said Brenda Ekwurzel, a climate scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).
Read the article at the Union of Concerned Scientists websiteThe right-wing on global warming? Now that’s a joke!
Glenn Beck has a plan. He says that if we need to, we can lower the temperature dramatically just by switching from Fahrenheit to Celsius.
(from Jimmy Kimmel, with apologies)
Visit Daniel Kurtzman's Political Humor Blog for more such sillinessNo to solar panels on White House, says Obama
An effort to get Barack Obama to re-install 32 solar panels that were originally installed at the White House in 1979 during the Carter administration - ended in disappointment for environmental campaigners today.
Read the entire articleTake the Coal-Free Washington Pledge, Get a Free Wristband!
Most people don't even know that we burn coal here in Washington. That's why we need your help! Pledge below to tell 5 friends about Washington's only coal plant, and we'll send you a free wristband that says "Coal to Green by 2015."
To take the Coal-Free Washington Pledge click hereRising Temperatures, More Extreme Weather
The planet's temperature is rising at an accelerated pace that most scientists say is due to man-made factors. As the earth's climate changes, they predict it will lead to rising sea levels and more extreme weather, including droughts, floods and storms.
Read the entire Reuters articleFresh Air in a Can? Haha
Hong Kong's Clean Air Network has decided to forego the serious serious approach to raising awareness about the city's air pollution. Check it out.
Follow the link to this delightful video here.
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In this move, actor Pete Postlethwaite portrays an archivist in the year 2055, asking the question, "Why didn't we stop climate change when we still had the chance?" He looks back on real documentary footage of people from around the world in in those early years of the century before runaway climate change took place, to try to find an answer.
This is an excellent movie which I highly recommend. My only concern is that it's perhaps not for the uninitiated as it seems a little short on hope. But hope is what we're all about. (SS)
Read John Vidal's interview with the director in The Guardian
10,000 Australians Protest Global Warming
John Nichols writes in The Nation Magazine:
"It is good to take a cue from the Australians. But the movement that changes that American debate will need to be far more aggressive, as this country's cautious Democrats and delusional Republicans have created a toxic combination that makes inaction that default position. (And our cramped electoral system offers far fewer openings for the US Greens to pressure the process in the way the Australian Greens have.)"
Read John Nichol's post
Or: Read about it in the Australian press, at the age.com.auOK Glenn Beck – You want proof about global warming? Here’s something you can put on your blackboard to help explain it
Pat Michaels update
As reported in deslogblog.com, "Notorious climate skeptic Pat Michaels of the CATO Institute finally admitted openly on CNN this weekend that 40 percent of his funding comes from - wait for it - Big Oil."
Read more at desmogblog.comTom Toles – Washington Post
Take the gas saving quiz
Gas supplies are dwindling and greenhouse gas emissions are soaring. How fuel-efficient are your driving habits?
Click here to take this little quiz and see how good you are at saving fuelOur Climate – New IPhone app is wolf in sheep’s clothing
Watch out for a new IPhone app that is masquerading as a resource on climate change science. Promoted by What's Up With That (a virulent climate denier site) as "very useful"- Our Climate will help you clarify your attitude on climate change. "Where are you at on climate change?" reads the product description. "Are you, like many, confused about the issue and not sure what to believe, given all the media stories?"
As one astute reviewer of the app put it, "People who are not educated on the planet and climate will be easily taken in by this app. The fact is there is no real scientific merit in this app."
Enough said. Stay clear.
Take Action: Give your comments on air pollution and coal ash
The EPA is currently accepting comments from the public on both of these issues. Click the links below to send your comments directly to the EPA.
Click here and make a differenceImmigration problems? Stop global warming or we ain’t seen anything yet
A warming climate could see millions of adult Mexicans migrate to the US as rising temperatures cause a drop in crop yields, according to a study by researchers at Princeton University.
Read the entire article from the BBCInternational Scientists Confirm Climate Change is “Undeniable”
An international team of climate scientists led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has confirmed that climate change is "undeniable" and clearly driven by the "human fingerprints" of greenhouse gas emissions. The findings are based on new data that was not reviewed during the most recent 2007 report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Read the entire articleEPA Stands Firm
The Environmental Protection Agency, showing some of the kind of guts and emotional fortitude that the Senate seems unable to find in the global warming debate, rejected an effort to keep it from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, saying that e-mails released in last fall’s “Climategate” scandal gave it no reason to reconsider the science of global warming.
Read the entire articleNeed to find out how much money your congressperson is taking from oil companies? Here’s your site. . .
Interested in joining “The Truth Squad”?
The Alliance for Climate Protection launched a new project called the Truth Squad. The Truth Squad is a rapid-response team targeted specifically at the New York Times. Our goal is to change editors' and reporters' perceptions about what to include in their own coverage: from the realities of climate science to the impact green jobs will have on our economy. Truth Squad members receive emails once or twice a week alerting them to a breaking news story and providing insight on how to intelligently respond.
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Dust-on-Snow: On Spring Winds, Something Wicked This Way Comes
Indian Ocean sea levels are rising unevenly and threatening coastal areas and islands.
Google Energy buys wind power in first deal
The EPA is currently accepting comments from the public on both of these issues. Click the links below to send your comments directly to the EPA.
The Alliance for Climate Protection launched a new project called the Truth Squad. The Truth Squad is a rapid-response team targeted specifically at the New York Times. Our goal is to change editors' and reporters' perceptions about what to include in their own coverage: from the realities of climate science to the impact green jobs will have on our economy. Truth Squad members receive emails once or twice a week alerting them to a breaking news story and providing insight on how to intelligently respond.
Interested in joining our effort?
