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Superfreakonomics Will Misinform Readers on Climate Science

Melanie Fitzpatrick | Posted 10.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Global Warming Arguments, Climate Science, Superfreakonomics, Misinformation, New Books, Books, Global Warming, Climate Change, Books News
Melanie Fitzpatrick

The forthcoming SuperFreakonomics, written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, plays fast and loose with the scientific consensus on climate change.

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Gideon Rachman: Inability to Prevent Mass Suffering and Death a "Dilemma for Climate Activists"

David Roberts | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Mainstream Media, Climate Science, Pundits, Climate Change, Environment, Environmentalism, Global Warming, Green News
David Roberts

It is incoherent, even immoral, to go on treating climate change as though it were merely a clash of interest groups. It's not a parochial issue.

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Mad Scientists Freeze Their Boat To Arctic Ice (VIDEO)

MSNBC | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, Future Earth, Climate Science, Climate Change, Arctic Icemelt, Environment, Tara Expedition, Arctic Ice, Green Technology, Green News

"Future Earth" is a four-part doc series on the planet, premiering this weekend. The first episode follows a you've-got-to-be-kidding-me expedition of...

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Washington Post Reporter Calls Out George Will For Lying In Washington Post

Grist | David Roberts | Posted 05.08.2009 | Green

Read More: George Will, Climate Science, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Washington Post, Global Warming Deniers, Green Politics, Green News

What jumped out at me is this bit, toward the bottom of the piece: The new evidence--including satellite data showing that the average multiyear ...

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The Republican's Global Warming Amateur Hour

Kevin Grandia | Posted 04.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Carbon Dioxide, National Wildlife Federation, Sustainability, Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), Global Warming, Green Living, Green News
Kevin Grandia

Republicans don't want to hear from real scientists like the climatologists at NASA and the National Academy of Sciences.

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Climate Denial Sending Scientists Into Depression

AFP | Marlowe Hood | Posted 04.16.2009 | Green

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"But if you stop and look at the implications of what is coming down the road for humanity, it is rather scary. I have kids in college -- what do they...

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Huffington Post Blows It With Recycled Climate Skeptic Nonsense

David Roberts | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Huffington Post, Climate Change Skeptics, Global Warming Skepticism, Climate Science, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
David Roberts

Let's examine a few climate-change-skeptical claims again. After all, the only thing hucksters need is for the rest of us to get tired of repeating the same damn truths over and over again. Right?

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Methane Thaw Worries Climate Scientists

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Climate Science, Methane, Nitrogen, Greenhouse Gases, Methane Thaw, Arctic Methane, Environment, Green News

WASHINGTON — Carbon dioxide isn't the only greenhouse gas that worries climate scientists. Airborne levels of two other potent gases _ one from ...

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General Motors Responds, Defends Global Warming Denier Bob Lutz

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.20.2008 | Green

Read More: General Motors, Climate Science, Climate Change, Colbert Report, Tom Wilkinson, Bob Lutz, Global Warming Denier, Global Warming, Political News, Politics, Green News
Josh Nelson

A top executive at GM, Bob Lutz, doesn't accept the role humans play in global warming. Incredibly, GM dispatched its Director of News Relations to defend both Mr. Lutz and the company's environmental policies by commenting here on the Huffington Post.

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