Author: Dan Moutal

Pure insanity doesn’t even come close to what some legislators are trying to do in North Carolina: Some lawmakers will go to great lengths to deny the reality of climate change. But this week, North Carolina lawmakers reached new heights of denial, proposing a new law that would require estimates of sea

By Franke James and in keeping with our recent focus on Canadian science issues. Related posts (randomly generated) Canadian music creators have a spine Stephen Harper, why do you mock me? The RCMP’s common sense in tackling copyright violations Carol James and the BC NDP redeem themselves Biofuels behind high

This is what the Planet3.0 home page looked like on June 4th 2012 Why was Planet3.0 blacked out yesterday? In short because here in Canada we are facing somewhat of a crisis. While south of the 49th parallel in the US, politicians talk about a wide scale gutting of environmental

The news that Pacific Bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California have been found to have radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear accident has caused quite a stir in some quarters. But there isn’t anything to worry about as the BBC makes abundantly clear numerous times: The fish would

When anyone says _______ (insert favorite policy, technology here) is “the” solution to a big, complex problem, they are invariably wrong. Via Jonathan Foley on Twitter Related posts (randomly generated) Laying dormant Quote of the day Delinquent blogger How the right should respond to envrironmetal problems Patpong Ping Pong

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Lack of funding has prevented Heartland from putting on any more climate denial conferences: In his closing speech at this year’s event in Chicago, Heartland President Joseph Bast said that financial troubles are preventing the organization from putting on another event. “I hope to see you at a future conference,

Last week we showed you what it would look like if you put all the water on earth in one place. The result is that the earth doesn’t have nearly as much water as we typically assume. But that doesn’t paint the whole picture because most of that water is

From the Climate Reality Project: (h/t David Appell) Related posts (randomly generated) Renewable energy is bullshit… literally

Over at collide-a-scape Keith has inadvertently stumbled upon an interesting observation from an article in the Guardian which states: The world’s cities have seen a 45% increase in population since 1992, according to the Global Footprint Network, and urban residents typically have a much larger carbon footprint than their rural

Now with more globe-y-goodness Isn’t it pretty? This new fancy 3-ball was created by Ali Lupu. Go check out his other work and while you are over at his place tell him to hurry up and release his amazingly illustrated children’s book! Related posts (randomly generated) What is in a name?

If you put all the water on Earth in one place it would look like this: Yes that is a lot of water, but compared with the rest of the planet it really is a tiny ball via Boing Boing Related posts (randomly generated) The coming water crisis Bush’s Vulcan

Canada has no real plan to meet its stated 2020 GHG emissions goals, and has no idea how much its hodgepodge of sector specific regulations will cost. In his latest report, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Scott Vaughan says Canada would need to reduce emissions by 178 million

XKCD is always a great way to cheer up on a Monday morning. Here is just a snip from the latest brilliant comic that is sure to please at least some Planet3.0 readers: Related posts (randomly generated) Lost in Deep Time with Richard Alley Steroids, baseball, and climate change

I think Tamino is right: Some have criticized Microsoft for “supporting” the so-called “Heartland Institute.” The basis of this is that Microsoft provides free software because the so-called “Heartland Institute” is, at present, legally classified as a nonprofit organization. There have even been suggestions to pressure Microsoft no longer to

By now the news is stale, but on Friday Heartland pulled down the highly offensive billboards comparing the acceptance of mainstream climate science with such despicable people as the Unabomber. They, however, refuse to apologize: We do not apologize for running the ad, and we will continue to experiment with ways to communicate

This absurd and extreme guilt by association that Heartland is pushing should be countered by making it abundantly just clear how absolutely absurd it really is. And while we are at it why not make people laugh a little. (image via Dan Johnson on Facebook) Related posts (randomly generated) Prawngate: Monckton tries to censor