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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)

Another op-ed on climate change Debunking the 'water vapor' nonsense	Andrew Dessler	18 Mar 2007	Gristmill
On March 8, the Newport Daily News published a commentary that recycled one of the stalest skeptical arguments around: because water vapor is the most powerful greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide must be unimportant. This is incorrect, of course, and has been debunked on several blogs (e.g., here). In response to this, my colleague Chris Reddy and I wrote this response, published March 16: Disregard inaccurate view on climateIn his recent editoria ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science (all these topics)

A long rant about facts, persuasion, and global warming Facts alone will never cut it	David Roberts	16 Mar 2007	Gristmill
I want to tear my %$#@! hair out. On Wed. night in New York City, there was a formal debate. At issue was the statement, "global warming is not a crisis." David Biello sets the scene: Arguing for the motion were the folksy (and tall) Michael Crichton, the soft-spoken Richard Lindzen and the passionate Philip Stott. Arrayed against were the moderate Brenda Ekwurzel, the skeptical Gavin Schmidt and the perplexed Richard Somerville. (Note: all the adje ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science (all these topics)

Hang the bastards! What should be the cost of skepticism?	Andrew Dessler	15 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Every few months, it seems, someone comes out with the great idea about how people who are wrong in the climate-change debate should have something really bad done to them. Who can forget our very own David's, ahem, indiscretion? Or Heidi Cullen and her suggestion to strip skeptical meteorologists of their AMS credentials? Over on Roger Pielke Sr.'s Climate Science blog, guest blogger Hendrik Tennekes suggests some tit-for-tat: More than once I have dreamed of ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

But What About Liechtenstein? Survey unearths international climate-change attitudes		15 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
But What About Liechtenstein? Survey unearths international climate-change attitudes A majority of South Koreans believe global warming is a critical threat. Same with Iranians. And Mexicans. And Israelis. But Americans -- not so much, says a recent survey of more than 20,000 people in more than 15 countries. Granted, the U.S. could have been more ignorant: a solid 46 percent of Americans deemed climate change crit ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, news (all these topics)

Why is climate change not taken seriously in the U.S.? Is it a communications failure?	Andrew Dessler	14 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Recent news articles have pointed out that we in the U.S. do not consider global warming a critical threat. Some bloggers have argued that this is the result of a communications failure (e.g., here or here or here). The decision whether to worry about a looming issue is a value judgment, not a scientific one. You and I could agree entirely on the science of climate change, but disagree about whether it's something for our society to address. For example, one ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, United States (all these topics)

More on the 'reasonable middle' Why Broad's NYT piece isn't all that important	Andrew Dessler	13 Mar 2007	Gristmill
[ed. note from David Roberts: It appears everyone in the climate world was writing about this piece at once! My response is here; RealClimate's is here; Tim Lambert's is here. Now take it away, Andrew.] William J. Broad writes today on the complicated relationship between Al Gore and the scientific community in the New York Times. Here's the thesis of the article: But part of his scientific audience is uneasy. In talks, articles and blog entries that have a ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science (all these topics)

Debunking the NYT's sloppy hit piece on Gore The gray lady gets it woefully, laughably wrong	David Roberts	13 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Yesterday, Drudge breathlessly reported a coming "hit on Gore" from The New York Times. Today that hit has come, in the form of a state-of-the-art piece of slime from Bill Broad. This may be the worst, sloppiest, most dishonest piece of reporting I've ever seen in the NYT. It's got all the hallmarks of a vintage Gore hit piece: half-truths, outright falsehoods, unsubstantiated quotes, and a heaping dose of innuendo. As usual with these things, unless you' ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change skepticism, climate science (all these topics)

Texas: Climate's anti-canary The last to react	Andrew Dessler	09 Mar 2007	Gristmill
We all know and love the 'canary in a coal mine' analogy, where the canary is a first warning sign of some potential catastrophe. The Arctic is a good example of a canary for climate change, since we expect (and indeed see) the effects of climate change there first. Then there's the anti-canary. Rather than being the first to react, the anti-canary is the last. When the anti-canary moves on an issue, you know that everyone else has already moved. In the climate ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, politics, Texas (all these topics)

Creation Careless Evangelical policy director chastised for speaking out on climate change		06 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Creation Careless Evangelical policy director chastised for speaking out on climate change Rev. Richard Cizik, policy director for the National Association of Evangelicals, says global warming is human-caused and the God-fearing should take it seriously. Science-based belief? Quelle horreur! Last week, a group of conservative Christian leaders unaffiliated with NAE wrote a ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, green living, news, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

The 'two sides' of the climate debate One of them is missing	David Roberts	05 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Bad Actors and their enablers have been pushing a particular spin on the climate debate: it has "two sides," the denialists and the alarmists. What can wise people above it all in the center do but roll their eyes at the grubbiness of it all? I'd like to introduce you to one side of the debate: Only 13 percent of congressional Republicans say they believe that human activity is causing global warming, compared to 95 percent of congressional Democrats. Mor ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate change skepticism, jackassery, James Hansen, politics (all these topics)

Hurricanes: A new and improved hockey stick Another silly debate around the IPCC report	Andrew Dessler	01 Feb 2007	Gristmill
News stories have been reporting that the IPCC will make a statement about the relation between global warming and hurricanes: During marathon meetings in Paris, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change approved language that said an increase in hurricane and tropical cyclone strength since 1970 'more likely than not' can be attributed to man-made global warming, according to Leonard Fields of Barbados and Cedric Nelom of Surinam.The blogosphere is already awash ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, IPCC (all these topics)

This explains a lot about Texas And it ain't pretty	Andrew Dessler	28 Jan 2007	Gristmill
Read this and weep. When we have the Governor, the Lt. Governor, the Speaker of the House, and a senior member of the Texas legislature denying the truth of global warming, we are in bad trouble. I wrote and sent in this letter in response to the article: I was greatly disturbed by your article, 'Leaders not sold on global warming.' There is a tendency for politicians these days to simply reject science that presents them with uncomfortable choices. Climate change i ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

'The U.S. is a net carbon sink' Only if you ignore fossil fuel emissions	Coby Beck	28 Jan 2007	Gristmill
(Part of the How to Talk to a Global Warming Skeptic guide) Objection: The United States absorbs more CO2 into its land than it emits into the air. The world should be grateful. Answer: As often the case, at the heart of this talking point is a grain of truth. But it does not serve the purpose for which it's been enlisted. According to the U.S. Department of Energy land-use changes in the U.S. between 1952 and 1992 have resulted in a net absorption of CO2. But this is ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic (all these topics)

More polling data on climate change Warming people believe, humans at fault, not so much	Andrew Dessler	25 Jan 2007	Gristmill
The Pew Center has released new polling data on climate change. The report shows that while 77% of people believe the earth is warming, only 47% believe there is solid evidence that humans are responsible.Political scientists tend to discount the idea of 'demand-driven science' -- the idea that, if we provide the general public with more research, their views on policy will change accordingly. While demand-driven science might be wrong in general, I think climate chan ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

'Climate change mitigation would lead to disaster' Not really, but this may well be a lesser of two evils situation	Coby Beck	25 Jan 2007	Gristmill
(Part of the How to Talk to a Global Warming Skeptic guide) Objection: The kind of drastic actions required to mitigate global warming risk the destruction of the global economy and the deaths of potentially billions of people. Answer: Is this supposed to mean the theory of anthropogenic global warming must be wrong? You can not come to a rational decision about the reality of a danger by considering how hard it might be to avoid. First things first: understand that th ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic (all these topics)

Should we burn climate skeptics at the stake? Eh, why bother	Andrew Dessler	19 Jan 2007	Gristmill
Of course not. That would release CO2, and we'd have to buy an offset or plant a tree or something. I jest, of course. The reason this comes up is a flaming debate going on right now. Over on the weather channel blog, Heidi Cullen asks: If a meteorologist can't speak to the fundamental science of climate change, then maybe the AMS shouldn't give them a Seal of Approval. (FYI: AMS is the American Meteorological Society.) Marc Morano, the high-strung Inho ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism (all these topics)

'Why should the U.S. join Kyoto when China and India haven't?' They have, they just have different obligations, as is morally appropriate	Coby Beck	11 Jan 2007	Gristmill
(Part of the How to Talk to a Global Warming Skeptic guide) Objection: Why should the U.S. join Kyoto while India and China haven't? Answer: The U.S. puts out more CO2 than any other nation on earth, including China and India, by a large margin. Considering the relative populations (a billion-plus each for China and India versus 300 million in the U.S.), per capita emissions in the U.S. are many times larger. This has been true for the past 100-plus years of CO2 poll ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic, Kyoto Protocol (all these topics)

'Kyoto is a big effort for almost nothing' Kyoto is only in its first phase	Coby Beck	10 Jan 2007	Gristmill
(Part of the How to Talk to a Global Warming Skeptic guide) Objection: The Kyoto treaty, even if fully implemented, would only save us about a tenth of a degree of future temperature rise many decades from now. What a waste of effort! You can see for yourself here at the Junk Science website. Answer: There are three big problems with this claim. First, it's a red herring. The purpose of Kyoto is to establish international political and economic mechanisms for deali ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic (all these topics)

'What's wrong with warmer weather?' The problem is not how high the temperature may go, but how fast it is changing	Coby Beck	09 Jan 2007	Gristmill
(Part of the How to Talk to a Global Warming Skeptic guide) Objection: The earth has had much warmer climates in the past. What's so special about the current climate? Anyway, it seems like a generally warmer world will be better. Answer: I don't know if there is a meaningful way to define an "optimum" average temperature for planet earth. Surely it is better now for all of us than it was 20,000 years ago when so much land was trapped beneath ice sheets. Pe ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic (all these topics)

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