The bad news is that this is not only going to muddy the waters a heck of a lot, but may also set back prospects of meaningful action to address global warming any time soon. The good news is that global warming may not actually be real.
Because this time it’s not just [...]
What comment is even possible? This is the proverbial story that speaks for itself:
Sen. Jim Inhofe flew across the Atlantic and — on little sleep — braved the snow, the cold and the dark to deliver his skeptical message at the international climate conference.
What he found when he got here: a few aides and [...]
The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu is literally fighting for its survival. Unfortunately, its survival depends on drastic action to fight global warming. In fact, it seems to depend on a worldwide agreement on target carbon dioxide levels (350 ppm) that neither developed nor developing countries are willing to agree to.
Ian Fry, [...]
As delegates converge on Copenhagen for the climax of two years’ hard work aimed at controlling emissions, AP offers this ill-considered headline: UN says climate finale may have happy ending
Dear AP, in context, does that constitute success or failure?
If you’re a fan of The Daily Show, you probably remember Jon Stewart being unaccountably super-sympathetic to SuperFreakonomics co-author Steven Levitt on October 27. Levitt, of course, is an economist-turned-amateur-climatologist. And Jon Stewart was being super-sympathetic about the book’s misconceived amateur climatology.
To Stewart’s credit, he did acknowledge a few days later that [...]
