DeSmogBlog: International Climate Science Coalition Lacks Credibility, Launches Heartland Institute Anti-Science Report

The self-proclaimed experts at the International Climate Science Coalition have today launched another fanciful flight into the realm of climate denialism and United Nations conspiracy theories. The ICSC, headed by Tom Harris, a former Canadian energy company public relations consultant, is trying to grab media attention with a new report

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DeSmogBlog: Keystone XL Decision Delayed Again? Inspector General Pushes Report on ERM Scandals to January

Did the Obama administration’s decision on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline just get delayed again? Quite possibly, since the State Department Inspector General announced today that it has delayed until January the release of its review of the scandals surrounding Environmental Resources Management, Inc., the contractor chosen by TransCanada to

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DeSmogBlog: Powerful Video Contrasts Obama Climate Speech with Expanded Coal Leases on Public Lands

Greenpeace US released this powerful video today, contrasting the laudable statements that President Obama made during his climate change address in June with his administration’s efforts to greatly increase the amount of public lands leased for coal mining. Watch: Next week, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to auction

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DeSmogBlog: Climate Denial’s Death Knell: 97 Percent of Peer-Reviewed Science Confirms Manmade Global Warming, Consensus Overwhelming

A new survey conducted by a team of volunteers at Skeptical Science has definitively confirmed the scientific consensus in climate science literature – 97 percent of peer-reviewed papers agree that global warming is happening and human activities are responsible.   It does not get any clearer than this. It should

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