By Derek Thompson16 September 2012 Here’s a brief economic history of the last quarter-century in taxes and growth. In 1990, President George H. W. Bush raised taxes, and GDP growth increased over the next five years. In 1993, President Bill Clinton raised the top marginal tax rate, and GDP growth increased over the next five […]
By Natalie Wolchover19 September 2012 Distracting from the news that Arctic sea-ice extent reached a record low on 16 September 2012 is a widely circulating blog article claiming that at the opposite end of the Earth, Antarctic sea ice is more than making up for the losses. In the post, climate change skeptic and blogger […]
By Erika Bolstad17 September 2012 CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (McClatchy Newspapers) – It was just six words, but when President Barack Obama gave a shout-out to global warming in his acceptance speech this month, he reintroduced an issue that had all but disappeared from the political debate. “Climate change is not a hoax,” Obama said, an […]
By Michael Mann17 September 2012 Breaking: A victory for science! ATI loses ATI/UVa FOIA case. Judge issues final order. Affirms the university’s right to withhold scholarly communications and finds that the documents & personal emails of mine demanded by ATI were indeed protected as the university had contended. I am gratified for the hard work […]
By Paul Douglas10 September 2012 During the Republican National Convention in Tampa, climate change became a punch line. “President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet,” Mitt Romney said. (Pause for polite laughter) “My promise is to help you and your family.” All well and good. But […]
7 September 2012 (AFP) – New Zealand’s High Court on Friday dismissed a challenge launched by climate change sceptics against a government research agency’s finding that the temperature had risen in the past century. The court backed the science that led the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) to conclude that New Zealand’s […]
By Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent, www.guardian.co.uk 7 September 2012 Barack Obama chose the biggest night of his re-election campaign to acknowledge the dangers of climate change – and to take a swipe at Mitt Romney for turning global warming into a laugh line in his convention speech. Obama thrilled Democrats when he accepted his […]
[Note: This is satire.] 30 August 2012 (Daily Currant) – Bill Nye may still be The Science Guy, but he’s no longer Mr. Nice Guy. During a live interview this morning with the Smithsonian Channel, the mild mannered science educator unloaded on U.S. Congressman Todd Akin, calling him “a fucking idiot” for accusing Nye of […]
Is it wrong for Desdemona to find this hilarious? Arctic Sea Ice Downfall Technorati Tags: global warming,climate change,Arctic,sea ice,propaganda
Bu Gina-Marie Cheeseman, Triple Pundit27 August 2012 Call him one of the bravest weathercasters in the country. Broadcasting in South Carolina, a red state for sure, Jim Gandy is not afraid to link extreme weather events and patterns with climate change. Gandy does a segment called Climate Matters, a segment that Grist describes as placing […]
