A better billboard
From the Climate Reality Project: (h/t David Appell) Related posts (randomly generated) Renewable energy is bullshit… literally
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Local vs global
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…
New 3-ball logo
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…
If you put all the water on Earth in one place
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…
Canada has no plan
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…
The dismal science
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…
Heartland and Microsoft
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”…
Heartland pulls billboards, wont apologize
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.…
The correct response to Heartland’s disgusting billboards
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…
Here we go again
TransCanada applies for Keystone XL pipeline permit: TransCanada Corp has asked the U.S. government for approval to build the $7.6 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline which has been put on…
The muzzling of Canada’s scientists
In a press conference, Environment Minister Peter Kent said that the perceptions of scientists being muzzled has been caused by journalists who want to set their own agenda of who…
Witnessing a glacier’s race to the sea
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The missing link to renewable energy
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Putting ocean warming into perspective
David Appell spots a nice little calculation in the recently published Levitus 2012 paper on ocean heat content: We have estimated an increase of 24 x 1022 J representing a…
About the Lack of Warming…
John Nielsen-Gammon takes a look at claims that the mean surface temperature has stopped warming: There aren’t that many full-blown El Niño events, but they seem to be following a…
Cyclists mark earth day in Hungary
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Mexico does what the rest of North America can’t…
… Pass climate change legislation. Via Nature news and the BBC. Related posts (randomly generated) Republicans block FISA talks Green Party Adopts Net Neutrality in Policy Platform Who knows more…
Economic growth and sustainability question
If people believe that sustainability and economic growth are incompatible then why would their place their bets with economic growth? I asked this on Twitter, Google+ and Facebook, but figured…
Earth Hour
I have never been a fan of earth hour and was contemplating writing an article explaining why I find it is pointless, but Maggie Koerth-Baker saved me the trouble: This…
The complexities of collapse
Even the mighty Thor was unable to prevent the collapse of Norse civilization in Greenland Many in the climate/sustainability world are understandably preoccupied with the notion of collapse. After all,…