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us/Regina Newspaper Calls on Skeptics to Put Their Money Where There Mouth Is
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Local Regina publication, Prairie Dog Magazine, is laying down the gauntlet by asking climate change skeptics to record their doubts on paper. The magazine has created a declaration that outlines v...
us/Selective Journalism
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The echo chamber is alive and well and currently bouncing Phil Jones’ bastardized quote all over the global media. Recap - Phil Jones speaks to the BBC about climate change. The Daily Mail selects ...
us/Did China Kill Copenhagen?
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The Guardian published an interesting and depressing article yesterday on China’s behind-the-scenes involvement in killing Copenhagen. A fascinating peek into the closed door meeting between Barack...
us/Elizabeth May: A Response to Comments on East Anglia Emails
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Last week, in response to the hacked emails at East Anglia, Elizabeth May took the time to read every single email. Providing context and analysis, her report goes a long way, giving us more than j...
us/Wiping up Those Tears of Joy - In a More Sustainable Way
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Sometimes, toughing out a difficult relationship can be worth it in the end - as is the case with Greenpeace and tissue giant, Kimberly-Clark. Today Greenpeace announced that after a 5 year battle ...
us/How to Boil A Frog
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Long time friend of DeSmogBlog, Jon Cooksey, was a clueless man (his words not mine) before he started work on his eco-comedy How to Boil a Frog, uncovering a bigger picture of global warming than ...
us/1,606 Ducks Died Landing On Toxic Waste Pond
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Eleven hundred more ducks died after landing on a toxic waste pond in northern Alberta last year than was originally estimated, a Canadian oil sands official acknowledged earlier this week. The car...
us/Reporters Miss The Boat (Again) on Fargo Flood, Fail to Mention It Fits Global Warming Trends
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In an interview with reporters last week, President Barack Obama correctly raised the point that global warming could lead to more severe flooding events in the future.  Although it’s impossible to...
us/George Monbiot's Top Ten
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George Monbiot’s ‘Top Ten Climate Change Deniers’ reads like a keynote speaker wishlist from the Heartland Institute. Enjoy! 
us/New MIT research finds inaction on global warming will cost us 5 degrees Celsius
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New research out of MIT today finds that “… in the absence of stringent reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, 21st century climate change may be far more significant than some previous climate as...
us/Obama, Canada's government not worth its salt on global warming [pic]
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This full page ad by the grassroots group Avaaz appeared on page A3 of the Washington Post today in advance of Obama’s trip to Canada scheduled for tomorrow. (click to enlarge)
us/Scientists losing war of words over climate change
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In the conservative world of science, conclusions are couched in caveats and statements are chosen carefully to not seem overwrought. And in the world of climate science that’s no different. For ex...
us/The Clean Coal Sham
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A great 30 second spot highlighting just how ridiculous it is to claim that coal is somehow clean: Produced by the fine folks at ThinkProgress.
us/American Meteorological Society gives top honors to Dr. James E. Hansen
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NASA climate scientist James E. Hansen has been chosen by his peers to receive the 2009 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the American Meteorological Society (AMS). J...
us/Secret 2007 Aussie Defence report warns of climate conflict
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The Syndey Morning Herald has obtained the summary of an Australian Defence Department report titled: Climate Change, The Environment, Resources And Conflict. The 2007 report states that: “Environm...
us/Weather And Climate - Refresher 101
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Great brief in Time Magazine discussing the difference between ‘weather’ and ‘climate’. A common denier argument is to point outside and suggest that the cold weather obviously means that climate c...
us/Al Gore: Environmental Solutions Equal Economic Solutions
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When economy and environment are pitted against each other (a la Stephen Harper) we are manipulated into thinking that we must sacrifice one in order to achieve success with the other. In fact, our...
us/Promise to Protect Canada's Great Bear Rainforest - A Major Carbon Storehouse - Hangs in Balance
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Please consider digging this story. Two years ago, the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia captured the world's imagination when BC Premier Gordon Campbell announced a progressive conservati...
us/Letterman on Global Warming: "We're Dead Meat"
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As always, Letterman puts us straight - this time on global warming:
us/NY Time's Andy Revkin on the 'Allure of Clean Coal'
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On his NY Time's DotEarth blog, journalist Andy Revkin writes: This enduring notion — that the world can have its coal and climate, too, by pumping the carbon dioxide from combustion into the eart...

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