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Climate change crisis worsens
Posted by Albany Times Union: Joan Wagner on January 2nd, 2012
Albany Times Union: We live in the 21st century and have the ability to collect and interpret huge amounts of data fed into computer models that provide amazingly accurate predictions. Yet, we have a large populace that does not trust the data predictions, or chooses to ignore them for political reasons.
In part, that is because most people do not understand the nature of science. They want their information presented as absolute truths and that is not how science works.
Science is based on the best information...
Australia: More storms on the way unless we learn to manage the land
Posted by Sydney Morning Herald: Paul Sheehan on January 2nd, 2012
Sydney Morning Herald: When the Bureau of Meteorology releases its annual data this week, it will probably announce that Australia has just had the second or third wettest year in its recorded history. No surprise. The most miserable summer in Sydney in 50 years. The coldest autumn nationally in more than 50 years. Record flooding in Victoria. A Christmas Day in Melbourne with hailstones the size of eggs. Massive floods in south Queensland. Cyclone Yasi in north Queensland. Heavy rainfall across the desert inland. Extreme...
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Comments Off on Australia: More storms on the way unless we learn to manage the landWhite House, GOP battle for supremacy on Keystone pipeline
Posted by Hill: Andrew Restuccia on January 2nd, 2012
Hill: With President Obama’s decision on the Keystone XL pipeline looming, the White House and Republicans will spend the next several weeks trying to win the messaging war over the controversial project.
The stakes are high for both sides. Obama risks backlash from key union supporters if he rejects the project, but faces the ire of environmental groups if he approves it.
Republicans, meanwhile, stand to score a political victory if Obama green lights the pipeline. But their successful effort to...
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