Climate denial at a Canadian university
One of the most troubling aspects of the leaked Heartland Institute documents was the revelation that they were planning to create a school curriculum for K-12 students that “that shows…
Dan Moutal
Who’s writing style most closely matches the Heartland memo
One of the early claims made accusing Peter Gleick of faking the Heartland memo (before he admitted to being the source of the other documents) had to do with his…
Ethical considerations regarding Heartland/Gleick
Note: This is just a personal account of my thinking and subject to change upon further reflection. First I need to stress that I have no real journalism training. I…
The state has no business in the hard drives of the nation
Michael Geist has details Related posts (randomly generated) Business coalition speaks out against Canadian copyright reform Blame Canada for Piracy Apple to give levy back to Canadian iPod owners Putting…
Double standards
This excerpt of a comment by climatehawk1 gets to an important point that usually doesn’t get enough attention and deserves to be promoted: If Gleick’s reputation is “in ruins,” what…
New lows?
Keith Kloor is claiming that the Gleick/Heartland stolen documents incident is a new low in the climate wars. But is it? Is tricking Heartland into sending some documents really any…
Here come the lawyers
Over the weekend Planet3.0 reported that the Heartland Institute was threatening to sue anyone who commented on the leaked documents. Well yesterday they sent letters to Desmogblog, Greg Landen, David…
The send-packs-of-lawyers strategy
The Heartland Institute is obviously not happy about those leaked documents. In fact they are so unhappy that they have threatened to sue anyone who has dared comment on the…
Steroids, baseball, and climate change
(h/t Michael Tobis on Planet3.0) Related posts (randomly generated) An illustration of the climate change debate Lost in Deep Time with Richard Alley Quote of the Day Quote of the…
Superb Owl Sunday
Much more awesome than worrying about some sort of allegedly super bowl Related posts (randomly generated) Watch out Korea, Thailand has you beat… in BBQ! Yahoo Music to record execs:…
The morning sun reflecting off Lake Victoria
We spend our last morning in Uganda on Lake Victoria. The early morning sunlight reflecting on the waves made the entire lake seem as if it was made of liquid…
Chimp Vocalizations
Chimpanzee vocalizations in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Related posts (randomly generated) A day with my closest living relatives… Plan to Sell U.S. Nat’l Parks to Energy Industry Spurs Opposition How…
About those radical foreign interests opposed to the latest tar-sand pipeline
Rick Mercer injects a whack of sanity and hilarity to the absurd notion that opposition to the Northern Enbridge is driven by “foreign interests” If you are not sure what…
Mountain Gorillas at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After making the long journey to the picturesque Bwindi National Park (tightly clutching our gorilla tracking permits), and hiking down 600 metres to the valley bottom where the Mountain Gorillas…
Hunting on New Year’s Eve
This lion (along with 4 others) were hunting 200 metres from our tent on New Year’s eve on the bank of the Nile at Murchison Falls, Uganda Related posts (randomly…
A day with my closest living relatives…
Which would be chimpanzees of course! I am in fact 98% chimp… and so are you. Can you see the resemblance? Its like looking in a mirror that is 98%…
Black-headed weaver
Amazing little birds that weave basket like nests. Building a nest: Leaving in search of more nesting material: Taken in Bigodi, Uganda. Related posts (randomly generated) Suit could follow any…
More pics from Uganda
Back In Kampala after spending several nights in a tent in Queen Elizabeth National Park surrounded by lions, hyenas and Hippos. Here are a few pictures of the amazing wildlife…
Uganda teaser pic
So far I have taken over 2500 pictures. But the internet here is too slow for me to upload much, and you probably want me to go through the mountain…
Uganda!
I am currently sitting at the airport waiting for my flight. I’ll spend the next six weeks somewhere in Uganda trying to see things like this: I’ll be mostly out…