Mind of Dan: A lack of interest in Doha

Perhaps you have heard that delegates from around the world have gathered in Doha to discuss what to do about the climate problem. Perhaps you hope that something worthwhile will come out of the negotiation.

While I certainly do hope that something worthwhile is achieved by the delegates at Doha, I can’t seem to garner much interest in the efforts of the United Nations to deal with climate change.

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Mind of Dan: 4 amnesiac bloggers

Stephan Lewandowsky has identified the 4 remaining bloggers that he asked to post a link to his survey about climate denialism and conspiracy theories (paper here). They are: Dr Roger Pielke Jr (he replied to the initial contact) Mr Marc Morano (of Climatedepot; he replied to the initial contact) Dr

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Mind of Dan: Quote of the day

Uncertainty regarding global warming appears to be a legitimate basis for postponing action, which is usually identified as ‘costly.’ But this idea is almost unique to climate change. In other areas of public safety, such as terrorism, nuclear proliferation, inflation, or vaccination, an ‘insurance’ principle seems to prevail: if there

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