The 14 fossil-fuel projects poised to mess up the climate

The 14 fossil-fuel projects poised to f*ck up the climate
By David Roberts, grist.org

In a just­ly famous Rolling Stone piece, Bill McK­ibben pop­u­lar­ized the notion of “Glob­al Warm­ing’s Ter­ri­fy­ing New Math.” We have a “car­bon budget,” between now and 2050, of rough­ly 565 giga­tons of car­bon diox­ide. If we emit mo…

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Why Climate Change Denial Is Just Hot Air

Philip Plait at The Amazing Meeting on January...
Philip Plait at The Amazing Meeting on January 20, 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Phil Plait, slate.com

I was thinking of writing a lengthy post about climate change denial being completely unscientific nonsense, but then geochemist and National Science Board member James Lawrence Powell wrote a post that is basically a slam-dunk of debunking. His…

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Why Climate Change Denial Is Just Hot Air

Visualize NYC buried in its C02 emissions

Infographic: Watch NYC Get Buried Under Its CO2 Emissions
By Kyle VanHemert, fastcodesign.com

In 2010, NYC added 54 million metric tons of CO2 to the atmosphere. This video shows it as a big, blue ball pit.

Last week, thou­sands in New York and mil­lions at home watched the Macy’s Thanks­giv­ing Day Parade, an annu­al, multi-hour affair…

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Climate scientists face death threats

The Battle Over Climate Science
By Tom Clynes, popsci.com

Climate scientists routinely face death threats, hate mail, nuisance lawsuits and political attacks. How much worse can it get?

There’s no police tape across Michael Mann’s office door­way this morn­ing. “Always a good start,” he says, jug­gling…

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