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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Conspiracy uncovered! Letter to the editor from Arkansas	Andrew Dessler	24 Apr 2007	Gristmill
This is the text of a letter to the editor printed in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on April 16 of this year: You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottest March since the beginning of the last century. All of the trees were fully leafed out and legions of bugs and snakes were crawling around during a time in Arkansas when, on a normal year, we might see a snowflake or two. This shoul ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, insanity, politics (all these topics)

Green around the Gilchrest Good interview on climate change	Kate Sheppard	12 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Good interview with Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-Md.) in Foreign Policy in Focus this week. Gilchrest, chair of the House Climate Change Caucus and co-sponsor of the Climate Stewardship Act, was not appointed to the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming last month because he refused to deny that humans are causing climate change. A few excerpts from the interview: Gilchrest: There's no question that we're at a time when we need strong, bold initiati ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, politics (all these topics)

Inhofe makes the grown-ups laugh Even by his standards, this was pathetic	David Roberts	21 Mar 2007	Gristmill
I know that Sen. James Inhofe is a far-right bomb-thrower. I know he's built a career out of saying absurd things, particularly about global warming. I know nobody expects anything different from him. Despite all that, I was astonished at his performance in today's hearing. It's not that he disagrees with Gore. Plenty of legislators in both houses disagreed with Gore, thoughtfully and respectfully. What Inhofe did is flounce around and bitch and moan like a petulan ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, James Inhofe, politics (all these topics)

Grist cited in Senate hearing We bad	David Roberts	21 Mar 2007	Gristmill
In his question/rant for Gore, Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) cited a quote from Gore's interview with Grist. It's this: "I believe it's appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is." The quote bounced around skeptic circles for a long time a while back. Suffice to say, it's been yanked from context and grossly misinterpreted. See the full story here.
Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, politics (all these topics)

Mooney on Waxman hearing	David Roberts	20 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Here's Chris Mooney's promised post on the "new revelations" from Waxman's hearing yesterday. From what I can tell, the big revelation is that NASA press hacks did, indeed, try to block Hansen from giving an interview to NPR. But we mostly knew that, right? And given how spectacularly failed the effort to silence Hansen was ... this one isn't moving my outrage meter much. There are just so many things competing for outrage these days, no?
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, Congress, politics (all these topics)

Al Gore to testify to both houses of Congress tomorrow Political wonks everywhere feel the electricity!	David Roberts	20 Mar 2007	Gristmill
In what may be the blockbuster hit of the political season, Al Gore is testifying to Congress tomorrow -- twice. Not only is his testimony expected to influence the direction of coming legislation, but it may also reveal something of his intentions on the presidential race. One way or another, there's sure to be drama. First, at 9:30am, he'll testify to [deep breath] a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality of the Energy and Commerce Committee ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, James Inhofe, politics (all these topics)

House Republicans stack climate change committee with skeptics Not that they're trying to obstruct progress or anything	David Roberts	20 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Here's a glimpse behind the scenes at how Republicans were chosen to serve on the new House global warming committee: House Republican Leader John Boehner would have appointed Rep. Wayne Gilchrest to the bipartisan Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming -- but only if the Maryland Republican would say humans are not causing climate change, Gilchrest said. 'I said, 'John, I can't do that,'' Gilchrest, R-1st-Md., said in an interview. 'He said, 'C ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, politics (all these topics)

NYT on Waxman hearing	David Roberts	19 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Here's an account of Waxman's hearing from NYT's Revkin (who got this whole story going last year) and Wald. I think it supports my basic contention that nothing big happened, just a lot of quibbling over whether or not Cooney should have been editing. (An updated version.)
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, politics (all these topics)

Final reflections on this morning's Waxman hearing Quit arguing about the science already	David Roberts	19 Mar 2007	Gristmill
I just got done talking with Betsy Rosenberg at EcoTalk about the Waxman hearings. More on that in a sec, but first of all: EcoTalk is one of the only national radio shows that focuses purely on environmental issues. It's a fantastic source of commentary and ideas on green topics. Right now, the show's in a bit of a crisis and needs to raise a chunk of money by the end of the week. Please read this and consider helping out of you can. Now, the hearing. I missed the ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, politics (all these topics)

Wednesday must-see TV Gore and Inhofe, mano-a-wacko	Adam Browning	19 Mar 2007	Gristmill
If you thought today's fireworks were entertaining, wait for Wednesday. Gore will address the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Gore and Inhofe, mano-a-mano. Or, more accurately, mano-a-wacko. Pass the popcorn.
Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, James Inhofe, politics, TV (all these topics)

Spencer's testimony at Waxman committee Redonkulous	David Roberts	19 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Ah. It's clear that Roy Spencer's sole role before the committee is to establish that "Clinton did it too." Also, he's whining that Hansen was allowed to say whatever he wanted and he had to keep his skepticism to himself. When the stories broke he said he was happy they were finally asking Hansen to obey the rules. Also, he's making the (by now familiar) claim that any skeptical scientist is bullied. Oh, look, now he's citing Roger Pielke Jr.'s testimony ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, politics (all these topics)

Videos from Waxman hearing Good fun	David Roberts	19 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Here's Waxman's opening: And here's Welch v. Deutsch:
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, politics (all these topics)

The Waxman hearing ... Live-blogged!	David Roberts	19 Mar 2007	Gristmill
... is streaming live. Drama! Update [2007-3-19 8:57:46 by David Roberts]: Wow, this is squirm-inducing. Deutsch is on the stand. He is getting drilled. One member of the committee actually offered him a chance to apologize to Hansen. Update [2007-3-19 9:1:28 by David Roberts]: Oh, man. Chris Shays talking-points-I-got-from-some-right-wing-staffer vs. James Hansen I-know-WTF-I'm-talking-about. Advantage: Hansen. Update [2007-3-19 9:21:54 by David Roberts]: Oh lor ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, James Hansen, politics (all these topics)

Today's Waxman hearing: Philip Cooney speaks! At last	David Roberts	19 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Today is the occasion of "one hell of a hearing," as Rep. Henry Waxman's Oversight Committee has another go as the subject of "Allegations of Political Interference with the Work of Government Climate Change Scientists." WaPo has the following folks testifying: Philip Cooney, former chief of staff for the White House Council on Environmental Quality; James Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the National Aerona ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, James Hansen, politics (all these topics)

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