The disinformers are winning, but mostly with the GOP – New Gallup poll shows sharp partisan divide in understanding of climate change
The partisan divide on climate science has been growing for a while, as I discussed in a 2008 review of the Gallup polling. No surprise, really, since the anti-science disinformation campaign uses “experts” that are more credible to conservatives, and that disinformation is repeated to death on conservative media outlets.
Now Gallup has updated its polling [...]
Wattergate: Tamino debunks “just plain wrong” Anthony Watts
The leading anti-science blogger in the country, Anthony Watts, owes NOAA scientists an apology. So far, he’s passing the buck.
The former TV weatherman coauthored a “report” with Joe D’Aleo, “Surface Temperature Record: Policy Driven Deception?” accusing top U.S. scientists of various kinds of misfeasance and malfeasance in the global temperature record. I’m not linking to [...]
Energy and Global Warming News for March 11: Rural utility loan bill designed to spur efficiency; Poverty and tyranny central to immoral practice of mountaintop destruction, water and air poisoning — RFK, Jr.
Members introduce rural utility loan bill designed to spur energy efficiency efforts
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill today to provide homeowners and businesses with low-interest loans to make energy efficiency improvements to cut their energy use.
The measure would grant $4.9 billion in loan authority to the Rural Utilities Services, which finances rural electric [...]
Sealevelgate
Imagine this. In its latest report, the IPCC has predicted up to 3 meters of sea level rise by the end of this century. But “climate sceptics” websites were quick to reveal a few problems (or “tricks”, as they called it).
First, although the temperature scenarios of IPCC project a maximum warming of 6.4 ºC (Table [...]
Rep. Inslee: “This is a moment for scientists to channel their inner Rambo.” – Tells Senators to “put away your fear” and unleash clean energy jobs
One of the Congress’s true leaders on clean energy and climate, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA), was speaking at the Center for American Progress last week. Both Brad Johnson and I had a chance to interview him.
The above video was actually the second half of my (F)lip-camera interview. Here’s where Inslee explains the science and the [...]
You can support Van Jones and clean energy jobs
So The Economist is running an online debate about green jobs with online voting. And they have used a poorly worded debate “motion” — some might call it a set up — “This house believes that creating green jobs is a sensible aspiration for governments.”
Online voting is problemmatic to start with, but when you have [...]
Big Oil uses fake “Americans” to attack fake “energy taxes.”
The American Petroleum Institute is using fake “Americans” to defend billions in tax subsidies, as WonkRoom’s Brad Johnson explains in this repost. API is running full-page ads in Politico and Roll Call that attack Congress for “new energy taxes” — using stock photos:
Congress will likely consider new taxes on America’s oil and natural gas industry. [...]
Vote for Climate Progress in TreeHugger’s Best of Green Awards
Why should you vote for ClimateProgress in TreeHugger’s Best of Green Awards 2010 Readers Choice in the category of Best Political Website (click here to vote)?
Sure, you like the insider’s view of climate science, solution, and politics delivered every day to you for free. But the other nominees are pretty darn good, too.
Well, set aside [...]
Nature editorial: “Scientists must now emphasize the science, while acknowledging that they are in a street fight.” – Nature News: “Attack sparks memories of McCarthy witch-hunt.”
Nature, the highly respected British scientific journal, has an excellent editorial and news story tomorrow on the recent assault on climate science (excerpted below).
Taking Nature’s advice, I urge the administration to send science advisor Holdren and NOAA Administrator Lubchenco and Energy Secretary Chu on a media blitz and national tour to explain and emphasize the [...]
Glenn Beck Attacks You!
A must-see video, but it only works if you have a Facebook account (click here).
Be sure to watch until the very end. The last joke is just laugh out loud funny, especially if you have a young daughter.
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