For others, it might have been a shake-head, face-palm moment but not for me. Barton obviously gave away his true feelings when he apologized to poor BP over the terrible treatment it has received at the hands of the Obama administration. Boo hoo. He knows who butters his bread. Finally a bit of truth, and […]
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The Climate Files
June 14, 2010 
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Just a quick post about Fred Pearce’s book “The Climate Files” on Climategate and the Guardian podcast interview with him, in which he discusses some of what he sees as the main issues in the whole saga. First, I was a bit disappointed that the core of the matter wasn’t addressed except tangentially — and […]
Continue readingTricks, Hiding Declines and Other Sleights of Hand
June 14, 2010 37 Comments
McI has a new post up about the “trick”. You’d think he’d develop some different material — this bleating on about the “trick” is getting pretty old, but I guess if it feeds the audience (and tip jar) well, why do real science? Besides, there is another trick being played on us all right now […]
Continue readingThe Real Cost
June 8, 2010 4 Comments
Yes, yes and another yes to George Monbiot’s latest blog post, The Money Gusher, in which Monbiot muses on the real cost of extracting fossil fuels. BP and other fossil fuel corporations just do not prepare adequately for exigencies such as the Deepwater Horizon spill or global warming, nor do they charge the real price […]
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The Policy Lass 
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