Did Lennart Bengtsson Know Global Warming Policy Foundation And Heartland Institute?
The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) has recently gotten worldwide publicity. It proudly announced that well-published climate scientist Lennart Bengtsson had joined its Academic Advisory Council (AAC), finally adding someone with scientific credibilty. A week later, he quit, and affairs went downhill, as per The Guardian, Huffpost, DeSmogBlog and many others. Of course, the usual denial […]
The Florida Everglades: A New Frontline for Fracking?
Pamela and Jamie Duran of Naples, Fla., had not spent much time worrying about fracking. Like most Floridians, they’d been repeatedly told it couldn’t happen there. Until it did. Texas-based Dan A. Hughes Oil Company recently used a form of “enhanced extraction,” which fits the description of fracking, in Naples, the gateway to the Everglades. The drilling […]
Southwestern Energy Executive Mark Boling Admits Fracking Link to Climate Change
An Executive* of a major shale gas development company has conceded what scientists have been saying for years: global shale gas development has the potential to wreak serious climate change havoc. Best known for his company’s hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) activity, Southwestern Energy Executive Vice President* Mark Boling admitted his industry has a methane problem on the May 19 episode […]
Years of Living Dangerously Takes On Climate Denial, Anti-Science Attacks on Climate Solutions
“Sometimes you can’t convince people, you just have to defeat them.” That was Washington state governor Jay Inslee’s message about dealing with climate deniers today at Climate Solutions‘ 6th annual breakfast in Seattle. “We’re not going to wait until the last person in Washington understands physics and chemistry in order to confront climate change,” Inslee […]
Photos of Superstorms and Extreme Events, Inspired by Years of Living Dangerously
The release of Showtime’s “Years of Living Dangerously” series about climate change inspired me to edit a collection of my climate change related photographs. They include the aftermath of extreme storms and drought. Although the United Nations has acknowledged the threat of climate change, as have President Obama and other leaders around the world, the fossil fuel industry forges […]
Environment Journal Editor Responds To Conservative Media Storm Over Rejected Climate Manuscript
THERE’S an old proverb that suggests it’s always the lie that gets half way around the world while the truth is still pulling its boots on. But if evidence from the latest conservative media beat-up on climate science is anything to go by, even if the truth is only a couple of blocks behind, the myth […]
Environmental Research Letters Journal Debunks Conservative Media Claims It Suppressed Climate Research
“Some are calling it the new Climategate,” said Fox News’ Washington reporter Doug McElway. McElway was reporting on a story published in the UK’s The Times newspaper that claimed climate change research had been “deliberately suppressed” by a leading journal because it “wasn’t helpful”. While the central claim in the story now lies in shreds, the way […]
Spike in Stillborn and Neonatal Deaths Reported in Heavily Drilled Vernal, Utah
A midwife in Vernal, Utah, has raised a red flag about a spike in the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in the small town in 2013. The concern has arisen alongside explosive growth in drilling and fracking in the area. Energy companies have flocked to Vernal in the last few years to develop massive oil and gas fields […]
Colorado Report on Birth Anomalies Near Fracking Sites Omits Key Factors
Last month, the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment announced it would investigate a spike in rare fetal anomalies reported in Garfield County, the second most heavily-drilled and fracked county in the state. The newly released report, which the department quietly put on its website without public announcement, does little to address fears about the safety of drilling […]
Pseudoskeptics Exposed In The SalbyStorm
Pseudoskeptics Are Not Skeptics was inspired by last year’s SalbyStorm, which highlighted the stark divide between scientific skeptics and most (pseudoskeptic) climate dismissives, who reject the mainstream consensus. Murry Salby’s unsupported, internally-inconsistent story of dismissal by Macquarie University was broadcast via blogs, to excited discussion. Contrary evidence mounted over the next few days, including here. Reactions […]