Tell the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Don’t promote climate change denial
The LA Times recently instituted a policy change: they no longer print letters to the editor from climate change deniers. The LA Times believes that peer-reviewed work by established scientists have...
View ArticleHaiyan is an example of climate change making things worse
A few days ago a major typhoon struck the Philippines and then Vietnam, with another smaller storm heading in roughly the same direction. At about the same time, a tropical cyclone hit Somalia and...
View ArticleI’m Giving A Talk On The Global and Local Impacts of Climate Change
Please join us. It will be at the West Metro Critical Thinking Club on Saturday, December 28, 2013, at 10:00 AM at the RidgePointe Senior Apartments on 12600 Marion Ln. W, Minnetonka, MN. I know...
View ArticleFaux Pause: climate contrarians lose favorite talking point
In an ongoing effort to discredit mainstream climate science, climate contrarians have incorrectly asserted that there is a “pause” in the rate of global warming. This was never true, but now, it is...
View ArticleHere is what will happen in 2014
Yes, we’re already into the second week of 2014. Too late for predictions? Why, because that first week gives away the game? I suppose it’s a bit of a game, because making predictions is hard....
View ArticleWhy Erik Paulsen Has To Be Replaced As Minnesota’s Third District Representative
Huxley hoarding snow, just in case!My son, Huxley, is 4. It is possible that he will see the end of the present century. If climate change proceeds as it is now, with no serious action to curtail the...
View ArticleYoung voters both encouraging and discouraging
Just to steer clear of the false balance thing implied by the title, more encouraging than discouraging. But yes, a bit of both. The youth vote has become vital to Democrats. We’ve been winning the...
View ArticleStop fighting about global warming
Let me be clear as possible about that headline. No, don’t stop fighting global warming. Don’t stop trying to do something about it. Yes, stop fighting about it. Stop wasting time with science deniers....
View ArticleHubbard Broadcasting backs climate denial conference
This shouldn’t surprise anyone. In July, the Heartland Institute will host its annual conference railing against the scientific consensus that humans are the main cause of climate change. The...
View ArticleHD2B Steve Green dislikes both science and law
State Rep. Steve Green, R-2B, has authored some interesting bills. By “authored”, I suspect I mean “stuck his name on some special interest’s bill, and who knows if he even read it”. But let’s give...
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