Somebody went back and looked at all the articles about climate change in peer-reviewed scientific journals. 10,853 articles accepted that climate change is real and humans are the cause of it. 2 did not. Graphically, that looks like this: Can we stop the “debate” now?
It Took A Spill, But NC Voters Finally Came Around
Good news: The Sierra Club on Tuesday released the results of a poll it commissioned from Hart Research Associates that shows broad bipartisan support for regulation of coal ash among voters in North Carolina. Hart polled 600 North Carolina voters earlier this month, and found that 83 percent of respondents want coal ash regulated as a hazardous substance and 90 percent think … Read More
Didn’t See This Coming?
West Virginia'ss image as caring more about corporations than people is really being bolstered this week. West Virginia emergency planners never put together any strategy for dealing with spills of a toxic chemical from the Freedom Industries’ tank farm, despite the facility’s location just 1.5 miles upstream from a drinking water intake serving 300,000 people, officials acknowledged this morning. Local emergency … Read More
Bad Day For West Virginians
Although… the West Virginian who I'm thinking of is named Pat McGeehan. Pat McGeehan is a 34 year old "constitutional conservative" running for U.S. Senate in 2014. From his campaign website: Pat McGeehan is a strong proponent for constitutional government. Since returning to West Virginia from active duty military service, he has traveled across the state in order to spread … Read More
If There’s Global Warming, Then Why Is It So Cold?
Forecasts in the midwest call for temperatures to drop to 32 below zero in Fargo, N.D.; minus 21 in Madison, Wis.; and 15 below zero in Minneapolis, Indianapolis and Chicago. Wind chills have been predicted to fall to negative 60 degrees — a dangerous cold that could break decades-old records. All of which begs the question — if climate change is real, … Read More
Where’s Cable News?
Today, Obama made a very major environmental speech. Here are the bullet points: Curbing carbon pollution • Directs the EPA to establish carbon pollution standards for both new and existing power plants. • Promises $8 billion in loan guarantees for fossil fuel projects. • Directs the Interior Department to permit 10 gigawatts of wind and solar projects on public lands … Read More
Global Temperatures Are The Highest In 4,000 Years
How long will the deniers keep denying? Global temperatures are warmer than at any time in at least 4,000 years, scientists reported Thursday, and over the coming decades are likely to surpass levels not seen on the planet since before the last ice age. Previous research had extended back roughly 1,500 years, and suggested that the rapid temperature spike of … Read More
Another Data Point In the Climate Change Debate
NOAA released its end-of-year temperature records for 2012 today, and the chart below tells the story. For the contiguous 48 states, 2012 was the hottest year on record by an enormous margin. It was a full degree hotter than the previous two record-setting years in 1998 and 2006.
Blame Pb
Violent crime has dropped significantly since the mid-90's. In New York, it's down 75 percent. Dallas' has fallen 70 percent. Newark: 74 percent. Los Angeles: 78 percent. Washington DC: 58 percent. Why? Conventional wisdom is that crime rates drop when the economy gets better. Therefore, violent crime rates drop with the overall decrease in all crimes. But that doesn't seem to … Read More
Enjoy The Satellites While We Have Them
It's worth noting that those space images of Sandy that are not only cool but actually help scientists predicts its path and strength — well, they come from satellites which are nearing or past the end of their functional lives, and we have no replacement satellites scheduled to be launched for a few years. And if Republicans have their way … Read More
But Climate Change Is A Hoax, Right?
Graph don't lie… The average global land surface temperature between June and August of 2012 was the warmest ever recorded,according to data from the National Climatic Data Center. The three month period saw an average land temperature that was 1.03°C (1.85°F) above the 20th century average. This follows a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showing that the period between January … Read More
Greenland Suddenly Melting
Uh-oh: WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say there's been a freak event inGreenland this month: Nearly every part of the massive ice sheet that blankets the island suddenly started melting. Even Greenland's coldest place showed melting. Records show that last happened in 1889 and occurs about once every 150 years. NASA says three satellites saw what it calls unprecedented melting over four days beginning July 8. … Read More
Welecome To The Rest Of Our Lives
The extreme weather we've been seeing for the past month all over the country isn't going to be "extreme" in the future. Due to climate change, it will be "par for the course", as this video compilation depicts: