Category Archives: Climate Change

Lawrence Solomon: Global warming dead last in poll

(January 25, 2010) A Pew Research Center poll released today shows that few Americans consider global warming to be a top priority, so few that global warming came in dead last among 21 issues. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: UK Parliament announces 6th Climategate Inquiry

(January 25, 2010) A UK parliamentary committee, the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Commons, on Friday announced an investigation into the Climategate emails, entitled “The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia.” Continue reading →

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Science and Technology Committee: The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Angli

Science and Technology Committee: The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia

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The Science and Technology Committee today announces an inquiry into the unauthorised publication of data, emails and documents relating to the work of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA). The Committee has agreed to examine and invite written submissions on three questions:
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Aldyen Donnelly: Getting through, somewhat

It appears that a few key federal policy advisors finally understand the very dangerous trade implications of both US- and EU-style cap and trade. The styles differ, somewhat, but are equally protectionist in orientation.  
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Aldyen Donnelly: Race to the bottom

Two effectively bankrupt provinces—Ontario with its out-of-control debt and BC, home to 1-in-every-4 jobs permanently lost in Canada over the last 18 months—are chasing each other’s tails to increase subsidies to big business. They are competing to see who can back-door the largest subsidies for multi-nationals into the home-owners’ utility bills.  

The multi-national business lobby could not be happier.

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Aldyen Donnelly: Global greenhouse gas numbers

I just looked at US EIA website and noted that they have now posted 2008 data for all nations. I have attached the whole dataset. These new numbers differ, slightly, from numbers from my own analysis that I distributed a few months ago.

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Who’s Watching the Climategate Gatekeepers?

(Jan. 18, 2010) Who would have thought you couldn’t trust a search engine in America? Continue reading →

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Who’s Watching the Climategate Gatekeepers?

(January 18, 2010) Who would have thought you couldn’t trust a search engine in America? Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: BBC drops top IPCC source for climate change data

(January 18, 2010) The British Broadcasting Corporation has put its weather forecasting contract out to tender – the first time since its radio broadcasts began in 1923 – after taking heat from the public for a string of embarrassingly inaccurate long-range weather forecasts. Continue reading →

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Better off with Bing

(Jan. 16, 2010) Googlegate: The search engine may be standing up to Chinese censors. What about Google’s own censors? Continue reading →

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