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Liveblogging Global Warming Denier Conference, Day 2: The Search for Science
And we’re back! It’s the second and final day of sessions here at the Heartland Institute’s global warming denial conference. You can check out all the posts from day one at Wildlife Promise. I’m just getting settled in here at… Read more >
Climate Scientist Censored in Montana
The Times reports that a Montana high school has canceled a speech by Nobel laureate climate researcher Stephen Running because “no opposing view would be offered”. From the article: Dr. Running was surprised. “Disbelief was the primary reaction,” he said… Read more >
NWF’s Take on America’s Climate Security Act of 2007
There has been some confusion lately over where the environmental community stands on America’s Climate Security Act of 2007. To clarify, here are two letters which should provide a better understanding of where the National Wildlife Federation stands. The first… Read more >
Arctic Ice Has Shrunk to Record Low
New satellite images have shown that Arctic sea ice has shrunk to the smallest size on record, down to 1 million square miles from 1.5 million square miles in 2005. This dramatic shrinkage, along with over 200 satellite images showing… Read more >
Time to Start Building an Ark, Seattle?
NWF’s latest and greatest report, Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Habitats in the Pacific Northwest, is getting news hits all over the place, including the Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Tacoma News Tribune, The Olympian and many other regional papers. The report… Read more >
English Scientists Confirm the Link Between Global Warming and Heavy Rainfall
The Independent has the story: It’s official: the heavier rainfall in Britain is being caused by climate change, a major new scientific study will reveal this week, as the country reels from summer downpours of unprecedented ferocity. More intense rainstorms… Read more >
Rush is Mush: Limbaugh Denies Global Warming Impact on Polar Bears
Poor Rush. He’s now reduced to calling weathermen liars and people who care about the plight of the polar bear wackos. Next he’ll be stealing candy from babies. Now, if the polar bears are disappearing and you’re up there on… Read more >
“Well According to Phil…oh and the IPCC”
Yesterday was a big day in the global warming news cycle. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report saying it is “very likely” (at least a 90 percent chance) that human activities are causing the warming of the… Read more >
Global Warming Cutting Into Bear Naptime
Apparently global warming hasn’t heard the phrase “let sleeping bears lie.” Spain’s balmy winter is affecting the animals’ hibernation cycles: Climate Change vs Mother Nature Scientists reveal that bears have stopped hibernating By Geneviève Roberts Bears have stopped hibernating in… Read more >
