By Climate Crocks: Above, an appeal to economic reason by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Below, a piece titled ‘You Might Just Like a Carbon Tax”, by Ike Brannon. Ike Brannon is senior fellow and director of research at the R Street Institute. R Street was founded by Eli Lehrer, a former staffer at the climate denialist Heartland…
By Derek Wong: Did you know that our government spends money subsidizing fossil fuel energy to keep prices artificially low? A new International Monetary Fund study uncovers just how much the Canadian subsidies are and urge our governments to stop these market distortion practices. I calculated the real price we pay for fossil fuel energy and…
By EDUARDO PORTER / New York Times: If there were one American industry that would be particularly worried about climate change it would have to be insurance, right? From Hurricane Sandy’s devastating blow to the Northeast to the protracted drought that hit the Midwest Corn Belt, natural catastrophes across the United States pounded insurers last year, generating$35 billion in privately insured property…
Science Daily – May 14, 2013 — The life span of cloud-forming sulfate particles in the air is shorter than had been assumed due to a sulfur dioxide oxidation pathway which has been neglected in climate models so far. Sulfur dioxide is as antagonist of greenhouse gases less effective than previously assumed. It forms sulfate…
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: Apologizes for America’s lack of action on “climate change.” Speaking today in Stockholm, Sweden, John Kerry called “climate change” a “life and death” issue. And the secretary of state apologized on behalf of the United States for not doing enough to fight “climate change.” “I also want to say that…
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You can help crowd-fund an important scientific research trip — along with a videographer and journalist to cover it. Climate De-Crocker Peter Sinclair explains: On April 21, 2013, the Dark Snow Project brought a bit of Greenland to Manhattan, to illustrate the importance of this summer’s planned expedition to sample Greenland ice. It kicked off…
By Amory B. Lovins / The Atlantic: Like whale oil in the 1860s, oil today has become uncompetitive — even at low prices — and that will only become truer with time. Charles C. Mann is a great storyteller, but “What If We Never Run Out of Oil?” tells the wrong story and is marred…
Journalist and historian in war studies Gwynne Dyer discusses his book “Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats,” presented by Harvard Book Store. Dyer explores the cultural and political ramifications of climate change, such as dwindling resources, population shifts, natural disasters, epidemics, crashing economies, and political extremism. More lectures at http://forum-network.org