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Blog Entries by Kevin Grandia

The Daily Mail's Distracting ChinaHack Theory

Posted December 29, 2009 | 01:34 PM (EST)


The Daily Mail is reporting that it might be, "Chinese hackers linked to 'Warmergate' climate change leaked emails controversy."

The Mail's revelation came about after they tracked a convoluted trail of IP (Internet Protocols) addresses through to a " Chinese environmental institute, the Research Institute of Forest Ecology...

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Online Activism 1.7: Lessons Learned in Copenhagen

4 Comments | Posted December 27, 2009 | 01:52 PM (EST)


The Copenhagen climate summit brought together tens of thousands of activists from around the world and provides a unique opportunity to evaluate the state of online campaigning - so called "Online Climate Activism 2.0."

As someone fully immersed in this world for a long time now, and heavily...

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Cope 'En Blame 'Em Today, Fight Tomorrow

25 Comments | Posted December 19, 2009 | 04:18 AM (EST)


To begin on a lighter note, I am really going to miss the many ways one can manipulate the word Copenhagen.

The most high profile play-on-words here at the climate summit was probably "Hopenhagen," my favorite was "CopenDeniers" and the one I regret not using was "CopenHanging"...

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Breaking: Leaked Climate Talks Text Makes Disturbing Conclusion

4 Comments | Posted December 18, 2009 | 03:12 PM (EST)


Cross your fingers that this latest revelation is another Yes Men hoax. [update 1: I've confirmed that this was NOT a Yes Men hoax]

[update 2: Guardian is now reporting the story]
A draft copy of a confidential memo to the UNFCCC Secretariat has...

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The Questions Media Didn't Ask Inhofe in Copenhagen

8 Comments | Posted December 17, 2009 | 11:45 AM (EST)


The great leader of the Copendeniers, US Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), showed up on the Danish island of Copenhagen for a fly-by press event here at the international climate treaty.

If the lack of significant media coverage is any indication, it was a waste of time for the lonely fringe...

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Copenhagen Lockdown [video]

2 Comments | Posted December 17, 2009 | 08:33 AM (EST)


A good friend of mine, Kris Krug, is a top photographer and is here at the Copenhagen climate talks. He's been spending a lot time immersed in the protests and documenting what's been happening in the streets.

Here's a video he made of what he's seen so far:

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Danish Police Tear Gasses Naomi Klein Event

3 Comments | Posted December 15, 2009 | 08:41 AM (EST)


Blogger Cory Morning Star is reporting that international best-selling author and columnist Naomi Klein was speaking at an event in Copenhagen last night when she along with other attendees were tear-gassed.

The event was taking place in Christiania, a self-proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood...

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Henrik Svensmark: Global Warming Denier Has A Heart Attack On Danish TV

199 Comments | Posted December 13, 2009 | 05:28 PM (EST)


UPDATE: added the video below.

A little drama on Danish TV tonight here at the Copenhagen climate talks.

This article was drafted by Steffen Gronemann from the Danish site, Klimakampen.org, who I asked to write up a report on this, given my complete lack of ability to speak Danish.

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Copendenier Fred Singer on holes in the ozone, toxins in our food and Copendenier Fred Singer on holes in the ozone, toxins in our food and the misunderstood cigarette

8 Comments | Posted December 13, 2009 | 05:39 AM (EST)


Last week at the Copenhagen climate summit, we saw Christopher Monckton, the head of the delegation for the oil industry-friendly Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), accuse young climate change activists of being "Nazis" and the "Hitler youth."

Another member of Monckton's Copendenier delegation is a gentleman...

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Copenhagen Climate Talks: Monckton "Hitler Youth" Video

1 Comments | Posted December 10, 2009 | 04:22 PM (EST)


It looks like Christopher Monckton, the head of the right-wing CFACT delegation at the Copenhagen climate talks, is unfamiliar with Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies.

After calling a group of young people from Sustain US, "Hitler youth" and Nazis" at the Copenhagen climate summit yesterday, Christopher Monckton...

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Katie Couric: melting ice caps are worth more than 1,000 emails [video]

3 Comments | Posted December 8, 2009 | 04:10 PM (EST)


In her Notebook on Copenhagen, CBS anchor Katie Couric makes a very strong case for why the hacked emails do not undermine the scientific realities of climate science:

"A picture is worth 1,000 emails and pictures of the polar ice caps show a 20% decrease since 1979. NASA images...

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White House Says Leaked Email Story "Silly" - the Science Is Clear

2 Comments | Posted December 8, 2009 | 12:35 AM (EST)


According to an AFP story out today, the Obama White House has dismissed as "silly" the idea that climate science is in jeopardy over the Climate Research Unit leaked emails.

"I think everybody is clear on the science," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters.

"I think scientists are...

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Great Video Debunking the Stolen Climate Email Controversy

32 Comments | Posted December 6, 2009 | 04:42 PM (EST)


Watch this video and tell me how anyone can still think the stolen climate change email controversy is anything more than manufactured by the right-wing media echo machine and their fossil fuel friends in the free market think tanks:

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Hackers Attempt To Access Canadian Government Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis

8 Comments | Posted December 4, 2009 | 07:03 PM (EST)


On the heels of the controversial story about emails and data stolen by hackers from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, it has now been revealed that individuals posing as network technicians recently attempted to infiltrate another climate data center operated by the Government of...

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When cavemen roamed the earth 3,000 years ago?! [video]

2 Comments | Posted December 2, 2009 | 07:41 PM (EST)


Fox News loves it's strange science when it comes to climate change, but a recent interview with Michigan Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R) shows just how sad this channel really has become.

On the Red Eye show, McCotter makes a strange argument that climate change is nothing to worry about...

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An easy, very quick summary of the Copenhagen climate treaty

2 Comments | Posted November 26, 2009 | 02:31 PM (EST)


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Cartoon courtesy of David Horsey at Hearst Newspapers. Via The Daily Beast.

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Michael Mann in his own words on the stolen CRU emails

19 Comments | Posted November 26, 2009 | 12:31 AM (EST)


With all the wild accusations flying around over the illegally obtained email correspondence from the University of East Climate Research Unit, I thought I would ask one of the scientists in the middle of the issue to provide some context.

Penn State University climate scientist, Dr. Michael Mann,...

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Show me the email Morano! Climate spindoctors throwing stones in glass houses

15 Comments | Posted November 24, 2009 | 08:55 PM (EST)


The climate conspiracy theorists are enjoying their moment of glory with the hacked emails that were made public late last week.

And who can blame them, given that many of them were relegated to the fringe years ago?

I suspect that most mainstream media will not buy the overblown...

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Stolen CRU emails: Who are the criminals behind the conspiracy theorists?

7 Comments | Posted November 21, 2009 | 02:39 PM (EST)


Former Republican strategist Marc Morano is having as much fun with the stolen emails from the Climate Research Unit that he did with the Swift Boat Veteran's for Truth attack he led against John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election.

Morano and his site Climate Depot has...

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Stolen climate science emails just ain't the conspiracy some want it to be

37 Comments | Posted November 20, 2009 | 04:33 PM (EST)


I'll admit, as someone who spends most days looking for leaked documents, the package of stolen emails and documents from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University is pretty juicy. Anything provides insight into the inner-workings of your opponents is pretty much manna from heaven in this...

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