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Science, policy, and politics. Focus on science communication and climate change. The Dake Page offers news, analysis and book reviews.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

New EPA Head Scott Pruitt: The Fox Guarding the Hen House

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Last week this page looked at how the new administration - both the White House and Congress - was attacking human health and environmenta...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Republicans Attacking Health and Environmental Protection, Endangering All Americans

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As should come as no surprise to anyone who has been paying attention for the last decade or two, the Republican Party and Republican Hous...
Thursday, February 9, 2017

How Climate Deniers Saturate Facebook with Fake News

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Last week this page talked about how climate denier lobbyists control the message and manipulate public opinion . One of the ways was to t...
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Thursday, February 2, 2017

How Climate Deniers Control the Message

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In lobbying, the goal is always to control the message and manipulate public opinion. Climate deniers work hard to control the anti-scienc...
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Thursday, January 26, 2017

EPA Dealing with Censorship, Hostile Takeover by New Administration

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) woke up this week to a barrage of restrictions that a former Administrator under George H.W. ...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Answers to Questions - 2016 Warmest Year on Record

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NASA and NOAA issued a joint press release on January 18, 2017 confirming what climate watchers had expected - 2016 was the warmest year o...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know by Joseph Romm

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A tremendously valuable book that everyone interested in climate change should read. And we all should be interested in climate change. ...
Thursday, January 5, 2017

New Study Confirms Climate is Warming, Pause Never Happened

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"Warming of the climate system is unequivocal." This was the conclusion of the most recent IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR5). Als...
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Thursday, December 29, 2016

How to Assess Climate Change Through Critical Thinking

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To quote Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum in their book, Unscientific America , “[t]he problem with the internet is obvious to anyone ...
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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Record Sea Ice Losses at BOTH Poles: This is What it Means

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We've just hit the winter solstice - the first day of winter. And that means sea ice extent in the Arctic is going through its annual pe...
Thursday, December 15, 2016

The Madhouse Effect by Michael Mann and Tom Toles

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This is a book every American should read, and read now. The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial is Threatening Our Planet, Destro...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Who is Scott Pruitt?

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Scott Pruitt is apparently the new administration's choice to become Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the EP...
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Thursday, December 1, 2016

The Incoming Administration is Even Worse Than Expected for Climate Science

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Prior to the recent U.S. election this page noted " the last gasp of climate denial groups ." It seems denial lobbyists are now ...
Thursday, November 10, 2016

The Effect of the U.S. Election Result on Climate Change

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A disaster for the planet? Or will we keep building on the progress? No one knows for sure. There is no doubt that the surprise election...
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