Thursday, June 23, 2016

Obama Signs Chemical Safety into Law - This is how Bipartisan Works

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President Obama on June 22, 2016 signed into law the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century law into force. It's been ...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

Climate Denial and Climate Fraud

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We've known it for a long time, but a recent analysis of court documents has provided further proof that fossil fuel corporations and ...
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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Yes, CO2 is Warming the Climate (And no, Exhaling is Not the Cause)

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Carbon Dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere is the primary driver of man-made climate change (often called global warming). This ha...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Climate Wars - Arctic vs Antarctic Ice Melt

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Arctic sea ice is melting. This is one of the most common points made whenever climate change is discussed (in addition to the obvious poi...
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Thursday, May 26, 2016

The Hot Climate Trend Continues in April and the Arctic is Melting

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2014 set a record for the hottest year on record. 2015 beat that to become the new hottest year. And 2016 is well on its way to becoming the...
Thursday, May 19, 2016

The Long Road to Reforming America's Chemical Law May Soon Be Over

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Earlier this week it was announced that Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and James Inhofe (R-OK) had reached an agreement on the long awaited...
Thursday, May 12, 2016

The Discovery of Global Warming by Spencer R. Weart

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Spencer Weart takes us on a journey into the past. In The Discovery of Global Warming , Weart provides a history of the science that ...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

Will Thinking in Collective Terms Lead to More Climate Action? Meh.

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Man-made climate change is real . So how do we encourage people to do something about it? One new paper suggests people are more willing t...
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Thursday, April 28, 2016

175 Nations Sign Paris Climate Agreement on Earth Day - What It Means

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"We are in a race against time. The era of consumption without consequences is over.  The poor and most vulnerable must not suffer fur...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

The Surreal Case of Sarah Palin vs. Bill Nye the Science Guy

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Among the many interesting climate-related activities this past week was one that qualifies as surreal. Former half-term Governor and 2008...
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Thursday, April 14, 2016

A Consensus on Consensus

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"Warming of the climate system is unequivocal." "Anthropogenic drivers...are extremely likely to have been the dominant cause...
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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Science Communication - How to Deal with Trolls on Facebook

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While all science is done via peer-reviewed research papers, scientific conferences, and active communication with other scientists, ther...