Bill Clinton calls out climate deniers: “We look like a joke”
Former president Bill Clinton, speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, called out climate deniers and their champions in the GOP. He said, “If you’re an American, the best thing you could do is to make it politically unacceptable to engage in denial. We look like a joke. You can’t win the nomination of one of the major parties in our country if you admit that the scientists are right … It’s really tragic.... Read More
Gore Blames Obama and Media for Lack of Climate Progress
Has President Obama done enough to combat climate change? Former Vice President Al Gore certainly doesn’t think so, and has ignited a firestorm in the media following his article in Rolling Stone in which he lays into Obama for his mediocre achievements in climate and energy policy. “Firestorm” may be a bit of a stretch, but his article is very critical of United States politics, mainstream media, and the mediocre climate policy... Read More
Irrational Fear of Smart Meters in California
A smart meter is an improved electricity or gas meter that allows the energy utility and the home user to monitor energy usage in real-time. It will help reduce energy consumption. That is a good thing. But not to some people as it turns out. A paranoid anti-smart meter alliance has sprung up in Northern California. Comprised of Tea Party libertarians and left-wing health-alarmists, this loose movement has been successful at blocking installation... Read More
Making Sense of Public Attitudes Toward Global Warming and Climate Change
What do Americans REALLY think? Dr. Jon Krosnick, a Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment, is a social psychologist who studies how the American public’s beliefs and attitudes regarding environmental policy issues form, change over time, and influence peoples’s behavior. His most recent work offers some important clarity to what has become a confusing public discourse, how Americans feel about... Read More
What We Know About Climate Change
What do we know about Climate Change? A lot, actually. Have a look at this great video from Peter Sinclair of Greenman Studios: For myself and countless other individuals, the science and empirical evidence confirming that climate change is happening is without question (the papers listed below are a good place to start should you find yourself skeptical of the notion that humans could possibly change the chemistry of the atmosphere and oceans).... Read More
Countdown to Copenhagen (part 3)
Check Your Head The climate change conference at Copenhagen begins in just a few days. Delegates from countries all over the world will be gathering to discuss the next steps of global climate mitigation and adaption targets to be put in place for 2012 when the Kyoto Protocol will expire. In just the last few weeks, there has been a lot of activity. A number of industrialized nations have put forth more aggressive emission reduction targets for the... Read More
