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“Humans Are Almost Entirely The Cause Of Climate Change” Richard Muller Former Climate Change Denier – YouTube

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“Humans Are Almost Entirely The Cause Of Climate Change” Richard Muller Former Climate Change Denier – YouTube: This is a very interesting video/news from MoxNews. The Exxon Valdez has an oil spill, has a name change, has a name change, has a shipwreck, has a name change, and is now being dismantled/retired. The wreck, by any other name, is still Valdez. NatGas +/-  . . . Not so sure about the Frac’ng story… But hang in…

Federal Appeals Court Ruling Puts Climate Change into Election Debate

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Federal Appeals Court Ruling Puts Climate Change into Election Debate: So there is no question. The EPA can, in fact, regulate greenhouse gasses (GHGs). It gives additional credibility to the science of GHGs=> Global Warming => Not good things for the future. There are a couple things that this will do. It will elevate the EPA and its regulations in the election world. It should escalate the attacks on the EPA. And one would hope that at…

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Global Carbon “Footprint” by Nation | The Big Picture

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Global Carbon “Footprint” by Nation | The Big Picture: Just in case you had not seen this really cool chart from a year ago… Here’s the BIG FOOT, big picture of emissions by country. Note that China has now outpaced the US based on pretty much any measure of emissions you might want to consider. They now burn half the worlds coal, adding on a new coal power plant every few days (about 5 last…

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Sixteen Concerned Scientists: No Need to Panic About Global Warming – WSJ.com

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Sixteen Concerned Scientists: No Need to Panic About Global Warming – WSJ.com: Interesting group who signed off on this. Certainly there are smarter things to do and less-smart things to do related to becoming sustainable. In some cases (many cases) the best way to sustainability is to bring a developing economy up out of poverty: you’re not very concerned about the environment if/when you are struggling to stay alive. It should be interesting to see…

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Why Are Americans So Ill-Informed about Climate Change?: Scientific American

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Why Are Americans So Ill-Informed about Climate Change?: Scientific American: ‘via Blog this’ I came upon this as I was building a WikiBook on Sustainability and Climate change. Wikipedia has a great coverage of Climate Change and it includes this great article. It is interesting how we Americans are being dragged, kicking and screaming, into a low(er) carbon world. Much of the rest of the developed world has been working on lower emissions for more…

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Bonian Golmohammadi: Why We Need a Global Environmental Organization

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Bonian Golmohammadi: Why We Need a Global Environmental Organization: This article seems to do a good job of organizing the current research. It builds a good case for global action. The global organization is needed, yes. But that is part of the problem. The dysfunction of individual governments is amplified many, many times when it comes to global organizations such as the UN. I think that a big part of the denier ideology is the…