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Book Review : Resisting the Green Dragon
Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:09 PM EDT
Preface: I first encountered the Green Dragon on a Newsvine post by Publius Redux where he introduced it with: “Now, here is a novel analysis of the undercurrent of urgency and irrationality characteristic of climate doomsayers’ prophecy. This explains the …
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The Skeptic's Guide to the Medieval Warm Period
Sun Apr 1, 2012 4:36 PM EDT
“How can science claim man is the cause of global warming when the temperature of the Earth was much warmer during the Medieval Warm Period (MWP)?”
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Gaming the Peer Review System, Part III: A Hostile Takeover
Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:56 PM EDT
A group of Skeptics once managed to take over an editorship at a peer-reviewed journal and publish articles hostile to mainstream climate science. With the help of politicians and large funding sources, the hostilities have continued to this day.
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The Greatest Hoax by Sen. James Inhofe
Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:48 PM EDT
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe’s long promised book, The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future is finally finished. It was published by WND Books, which has published other grand conspiracy books such as The Late Great USA: The Coming Merger wi …
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Global Warming in Pictures II
Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:37 PM EDT
Science is about using observation and reason to understand the physical world. Some people are suspicious of computer models and theories; so here is some of the the basic data in pictures and graphs. Ice core data gives a good picture of what has happened to the Earth in t …
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What Happens When the Earth Is Full?
Mon Mar 5, 2012 1:37 PM EST
The photo at the right, shot from Apollo 11 as the Earth rose over the moon, reminds us of how beautiful the Earth is. It also reminds us, that though the Earth seems large to us, our space is limited and our resources are finit …
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The 2011 Environmental Hall of Fame/Shame Winners
Thu Mar 1, 2012 8:03 PM EST
This year the contest was carried out on three websites and the votes were combined and tabulated to determine the person who has most affected the environment through word or deed. The 2011Environmental Hall of Fame Winners: The winner is James Hansen, with …
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Congressman John Sullivan's Town Hall Meeting II
Tue Feb 7, 2012 6:37 PM EST
Congressman John Sullivan (R-OK) held a town hall meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he discussed the budget, gridlock, entitlements, energy issues, EPA regulations, jobs, and the XL pipeline.
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Live Poll: Help Pick the 2011 Hall of Fame/Shame Awards
Mon Feb 6, 2012 10:28 PM EST
<------ Vote for Both Here --------> Nominees: The four top candidates for each award have been selected from the nominee …
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Gaming the Peer Review System: Part 2. Exploiting Loopholes
Fri Feb 3, 2012 8:36 PM EST
There is evidence that the authors of a recent paper may have gamed the peer review system to publish a biased climate science paper.
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Gaming the Peer Review System : Part 1. Biased Editors
Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:32 PM EST
If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants. ... Sir Isaac Newton Peer review: Every scientist’s work depends upon the evidence and reasoning of all the scientists who preceded him.
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Who Wants to Kill the Electric Car?
Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:22 PM EST
Who wants to kill the electric car? Apparently, a lot of people do.
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Climategate: Like Watergate or Stargate?
Sun Jan 8, 2012 4:15 PM EST
Critics of climate research dubbed the stolen CRU E-mails incident “Climategate” to discredit climate scientists. But, was it more like Watergate or Stargate?
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Who Are Your Favorites for the 2011 Environmental Hall of Fame/Shame?
Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:31 PM EST
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Congressman John Sullivan's Town Hall Meeting
Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:23 PM EST
Congressman John Sullivan (R-OK) said at his town hall meeting that "things have been crazy lately in Washington", and he illustrated that by talking about the budget. Budget: A Supercommittee has been formed with the goal of reducing the deficit by $1.2 trillion.
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Dr. Heidi Cullen: The Weather of the Future
Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:55 PM EST
What will the weather be like in the future? Dr. Heidi Cullen, noted climatologists and author of the book The Weather of the Future , gave a public talk in Tulsa explaining how global warming is causing the weather to be more extreme.
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Newsvine Moderators and Deletions
Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:55 AM EST
I always appreciate strong moderators and I would certainly agree that anything that is obscene, vulgar, disrespectful, or attacks another person or group should be deleted.
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Was the "In God We Trust" Resolution Really Necessary?
Sat Nov 5, 2011 11:40 PM EDT
The House of Representatives recently passed a resolution reaffirming “In God We Trust” as the official motto of the United States. The 396-9 vote came at the request of Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA). “There’s been no motto in U.S.
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Is Norquist Helping Your State Go Broke?
Thu Oct 6, 2011 6:46 PM EDT
Tax Cuts: Though it sounds good to be against taxes, fiscal responsibility may require that taxes be raised, particularly after they have been cut beyond what is prudent.
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Should We Tax Unhealthy Foods?
Mon Oct 3, 2011 1:24 PM EDT
Would people be more likely to avoid unhealthy foods if they received a tax incentive to do so? A few countries think so, and have enacted laws to increase taxes on fat, sweet and salty foods.
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The Arctic Sea Ice Is Disappearing
Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:44 AM EDT
There are still a few people who will not admit that the Arctic sea ice is disappearing. Here is the data in graphic form and the pictures that show that between 1979 and 2010 about 40% of the Arctic sea ice has disappeared.
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What Does the Solyndra Bankruptcy Mean?
Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:09 PM EDT
No one knows for sure why the solar panel manufacturing company, Solyndra, went bankrupt or what it means, but Congress is now investigating the matter. Though it will be useful to know what went wrong, bankruptcies in these tough economic times are not unusual.
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Global Warming in Pictures
Sat Sep 3, 2011 8:39 PM EDT
Science is about using observation and reason to understand the physical world.
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The Arctic Ice and the Inuit
Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:28 PM EDT
“Pictures of the polar region from 1979 and 2003 clearly show that about 30% of the Arctic ice has melted.
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Climate Change: Extreme Weather and Wildfires
Fri Aug 19, 2011 3:57 PM EDT
In 1998, the US refused to ratify the Kyoto Treat which would have limited the release of greenhouse gases, primarily CO2, into the atmosphere.
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Thanks Que! That was some seriously eggheady fun for me :)
Liked your list of accomplishments over the past two years. You should post it as an article. Maybe a headline like: "Hey, Progressives. Is this enough yet?"
I started two new groups that I would like to invite you to join, if you are interested,
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Take care!— McSpocky
You have seeded some great information, and left some very insightful comments. Keep up the great work!
— McSpocky
This kind, your kind of experience is invaluable to a blogging community. I wish you long health and good typing. The country needs reasoned voices to keep speaking.
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The author is a physical chemist whose interests are spectroscopy,computational chemistry, professional ethics, and science education. He taught chemi …
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