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Book Review – a Contract with the Earth by Newt Gingrich and Terry L. MapleFormer Speaker Newt Gingrich and Zoo Director Terry Maple team up to offer ways we can improve our environment, deal with man-made climate change, and inspire entrepreneurial spirit.
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A Short Course in Man-Made Climate Change (global Warming)A short course in man-made climate change from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions.
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Has the Republican Party Already Picked Its Nominee?It's all over but those pesky primaries and caucuses. Or it seems that way. The Republican road to the nomination may actually be much shorter than expected. The winner?
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Climate Truth 12: Arctic Sea Ice Extent- the Continuing DeclineThis is the second article on the importance of ice in tracking the effects of climate change. In this article we will focus on one area - the Arctic - and one measurement - sea ice extent.
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Climate Truth 11: Let's Talk About Ice - Global Warming, Climate Change, and the Big MeltIce is a key indicator of global warming and climate change for the rather obvious reason that it melts. This begins a series of articles discussing the various aspects of ice.
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The Republican Potential Presidential Candidates - Who is In, Who is Out, and Who is Going to Be Standing in the End?A guide to the Republican candidates for President - those that are in, those that are out, and those that might last to the end.
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Why Sarah Palin Won't Run for President in 2012 (or Ever)Love her or hate her, Sarah Palin has certainly caused a stir in the almost three years since her surprise pick as McCain's running mate. Everyone wants to know whether she will run in 2012. Here is why that isn't going to happen.
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Climate Truth 10: Republican Scientist Kerry Emanuel Explains Climate Science to Republican CongressmenI use Kerry Emanuel's recent House hearing testimony on climate change to highlight key points I think will help the rest of us better understand our climate situation.
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House Republicans (but Not Paul) Vote Three Times to Deny ScienceHouse Republicans continued their denial of climate science today by voting three times against amendments offered by the Democrats. The bill would politically repeal EPA's scientific endangerment finding on greenhouse gases.
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House Republicans Vote to Repeal Climate Science FundingRepublicans voted to eliminate the US contribution to funding the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The vote is disturbing to scientists because the basis for it was contrary to established fact and science.
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Attention Tea Party and Conservatives (and Other Interested Parties) - Questions and AnswersMany in the tea party hope to put a conservative/tea party candidate in the White House and take control of the Senate. Before doing that, it seems appropriate for tea partiers and conservatives to answer the following questions.
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If You Think the Planet Has Been Cooling....You Might Be a Climate Denialist (a La Jeff Foxworthy)Recently I was asked how I define a "climate denialist". Here's one, a la Jeff Foxworthy: "If you think that TV weathermen, a comic book writer, and an ex-Inhofe/ex-Limbaugh hatchet man are "scientists," then you might be a climate denialist."
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I Have a Dream - What Martin Luther King Can Teach Us About Political DebateWith political discourse more vitriolic than ever, Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech can teach us many lessons about how, and how not, to engage in public discussion and accomplish fundamental change.
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Climate Change - a Medical Parable in Tumor-Part HarmonyA medical parable in tumor-part harmony. Creative writing with a science flavor.
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Climate Denialism - the Art of Harassment and StalkingClimate scientists have been harassed a lot over the years, but this harassment has increased recently as the science of climate change becomes more and more undeniable. Climate deniers don't like that, so they engage in harassment and stalking behavior.
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Book Review - the Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming, by Roger Pielke, JrA book review of The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming, by Roger Pielke, Jr.
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Climate Truth 9: What is the IPCC...And What Do They Do?Anyone interested in climate change has likely heard about an organization called the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). But there is also quite a bit of misinformation out there about what exactly the IPCC does so here is some background.
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Ten Indicators of a Human Fingerprint for the Current Warming of the PlanetGlobal warming is happening. And here are ten indicators showing how human's are causing it.
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The Truth About Global Warming - Keeping Track of the ScienceThe Truth About Global Warming group has been growing and so I've summarized the main take home point(s) of each of the posts to date here.
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Burning Qur'ans - the Idiots Rule, and Other Parables of Media FailureI have listened to the political hacks hurrying to boost their ratings by out-bigoting each other with falsehood after falsehood. I have seen has-been politicians make stuff up to inflame the irrational populace. It's shameful.
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Climate Truth 7: Ten Key Indicators that Make it Clear - the Planet is WarmingUnlike what you hear on the airwaves, the science of climate change is built on vast amounts of empirical evidence from a wide variety of indicators. Here are some of them.
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The Future of the War on TerrorHow to change the war on terror to be more effective.
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Climate Truth 6: Let's Talk About Carbon Dioxide - Understanding Carbon's Role in Global WarmingA series of short videos to explain why carbon is so important to climate change.
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Book Review - Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. ConwayA review of the new book, Merchants of Doubt, in which the authors chronicle the history of a handful of scientists who "manufactured doubt" to deny the science of tobacco causing cancer, acid rain, and now greenhouse gases cause global warming.
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Climate Truth 5: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - the Smoking Gun of Climate ChangeCarbon dioxide is the smoking gun of global warming. Find out why.
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Fourth Grader Disproves Global Warming - a Case Study in the Credibility of Climate DenialistsThere was a story floating around the blogosphere about a fourth grader with a project called "Disproving Global Warming." Not surprisingly the story is a fake. But it does illustrate the lack of credibility of the climate denialist industry.
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Climate Truth 4: CO2 and Other Radiative Forcings of Global WarmingGreenhouse gases are the primary contributors to global warming, but what are the other contributors?
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Hello, I'm Mitt Romney,* and I Want to Talk About Sarah PalinHello, I'm Mitt Romney, and besides having perfect hair I'm running for President of the United States.
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Climate Truth 3: So What Are the Greenhouse Gases...And What Are NOT Greenhouse GasesThe greenhouse effect is a normal part of our atmosphere and what keeps our planet the right temperature. It's also why we have global warming.
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Enough with the False Christianity, False Patriotism, and False Outrage by the Republicans and Tea PartyThe Republicans and Tea party are full of people that are false Christians and false patriots with their false outrage. We are all Americans. Not just the ones that they think are better than everyone else.
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Climate Truth 2: What is the Greenhouse Effect and What Does it Have to Do with Global Warming?The greenhouse effect is pretty uncontroversial. It's basic physics. And it's why we can live on this planet.
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Book Review - the Climate Crisis by David Archer and Stefan Rahmstorf (2010)The IPCC AR4 report too technical for you? Want to learn about the climate change? Then this is a good book for you. "The Climate Crisis" does a decent job of explaining the status of climate science to non-scientists.
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Climate Truth 1: So is it "Global Warming" or "Climate Change?"The first in a continuing series of The Truth About Global Warming articles. Each addresses specific aspects of the science, with the goal to provide a useful resource for the general public.
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Book Review - Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health by David MichaelsHow the tobacco companies and corporate lobbyists have manufactured doubt to protect their profit interests and endanger the health of Americans and the world.
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Book Review - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith (2010)Abraham Lincoln hunted vampires. It's true.
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Book Review - [Abraham] Lincoln and the American Manifesto by Allen Jayne (2007)Like Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine before him, Abraham Lincoln was a Deist. And like Jefferson, he considered the Declaration of Independence as the "American Manifesto."
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Do Chemicals in the Body Pose a Risk?Biomonitoring studies routinely demonstrate that the human body has become a receptable for a variety of chemicals.
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Book Review - Berry and Lincoln: Frontier Merchants by Zarel C. Spears and Robert S. Barton (1947)The subtitle "The Store that 'Winked Out,'" is in reference to Lincoln's famous quote about how at one time he was a partner in a general store and that it sort of fell out of existence (winked out).
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Al Gore and Global Warming: Love Him or Hate Him, It's "Our Choice"A review of Al Gore's new book "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis." Whether you love him or hate him, you should read this book.
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Exposing Climate Denialism - a Guide to Tactics and Tall TalesThe climate denialist industry has been practicing the art of deception with regard to the status of climate science. This article brings many previous articles together to demonstrate the tactics and the tall tales of denialists.
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Happy Birthday Sarah PalinA new poll on Sarah Palin's birthday tells us exactly what the country thinks of her.
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China - the New Science Superpower (Sorry, USA)China is emerging as the world's new superpower when it comes to scientific research. In part this is due to the actions of climate and scientist denialists in the US who have held back America while other countries pass us by.
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The Real Meaning of Massachusetts for Democrats, Republicans, and the CountryWhat does Scott Brown's win of the Massachusetts Senate seat mean? It means that voters have zero memory!
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Book Review - Galileo's Revenge: Junk Science in the Courtroom by Peter W. HuberA look at how science and the law have had an uneasy relationship.
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Book Review: "The Assault on Reason" by Al GoreAl Gore writes a scathing rebuke to the policies of the Bush Administration. He unabashedly accuses Bush, Cheney, and their "cronies" of lying, deception, power-mongering, abuse of the public trust, "manufacturing consensus", and outright law breaking.
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Book Review - the Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President by Julie M. FensterIn 1856 Abraham Lincoln was campaigning to firmly establish his new party, the Republican party, and yet also managed to get involved with the big murder case that was working its way through the Illinois justice system in his hometown of Springfield.
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Book Review - the Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln by C.A. TrippThe premise of the book is that Abraham Lincoln was a homosexual, or at least that he was a bisexual.
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Book Review - Lincoln at Cooper Union by Harold HolzerThis really was an exceptional book about an exceptional speech.
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Book Review - Lincoln Unmasked by Thomas DiLorenzoA libertarian manifesto, using Abraham Lincoln as a scapegoat.
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Book Review - Moonlight: Abraham Lincoln and the Almanac Trial by John Evangelist WalshMoonlight is about one of the few murder trials that Abraham Lincoln ever served as defense counsel.
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Book Review - the Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President by Julie M. FensterOne of Abraham Lincoln's big murder cases!
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Book Review - We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends by David Herbert DonaldA book about the friendships Abraham Lincoln had during his life, by a Pulitzer Prize winning author.
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More Climate Denialist Lies - the "Kitchen Sink" StrategyClimate deniers like to throw in "everything and the kitchen sink" to keep ahead of the proof that everything they say is false.
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How Real Climate Science is DoneHow real science is done - and how scientists check each others work.
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Book Review - Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future by Chris Mooney and Sheril KirshenbaumAn excellent book explaining why so often the public doesn't understand scientists and scientists don't understand how to communicate with the public.
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Book Review - Am I Making Myself Clear? a Scientist's Guide to Talking to the Public by Cornelia DeanA book to help scientists learn how to talk to the public, and to help the public learn how to understand scientists. Definitely worth the read.
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Book Review - Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate by Stephen H. SchneiderA review of Stephen Schneider's new book about climate change and global warming. A must read for anyone interested in this topic.
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Politicians as "Scientists" - is Al Gore a Good or a Bad Thing?This past year, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore urged scientists to exert their influence on global climate change. He said that scientists must play a more active role in how their science is used to make policy.
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How Much Oil Do We Have Left?You are the scientist...How many years of oil do we have left on the planet? I'm thinking it is 35, or a number under 100?
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Should Scientists Be Political Activists?A recent climate change conference in Copenhagen raised the issue of whether scientists should be political activists.
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Michele Bachmann Tea Party Rally - an Honest Man's PerspectiveA chance meeting with an honest man who had honest opinions, mostly based on false information.
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Global Warming Deniers - the Art of DeceptionGlobal warming deniers are carrying on an ideologically motivated campaign to discredit real climate science by misrepresenting the state of our knowledge. They have several methods to intentionally deceive the public.