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Keystone XL Pipeline — Game Over?

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the climate blogosphere. Perhaps the biggest news that has hardly garnered any headlines is the protest taking place on a daily basis and acts of civil disobedience by those hoping to call attention to the Keystone XL Pipeline, which is still under review by the Obama Admin. […]

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Mann Vindicated — AGAIN!

The NSF OIG has concluded its review and has found no evidence that any of the claims of research misconduct against climate scientist Michael Mann had any basis in fact. Here is the text from the document, which you can read at this link: OIG Review NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICE OF […]

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Should Science be King?

Imagine a discourse: Unless either scientists be­come kings in their countries or those who are now called kings and rulers come to be sufficiently inspired with a genuine desire for scientific knowledge; unless that is to say, political power and science meet together … there can be no rest from troubles, my dear reader, for […]

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How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic

I am really still working on a post, but am very busy at work with a new project that is taking up a lot of mental energy. I generally have an excess of mental energy (need to get more exercise) but this is more than usual. In the meantime, how about a round of the […]

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Open Thread #?

I’m working on a post but it won’t be ready for a while due to other commitments, so I thought I would start a new open thread so you can discuss anything your heart desires related to the topics at hand – climate science, denialism, skepticism, global warming — as long as it’s relevant, please […]

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Losing My Religion

Over at Climate etc., the eminent Professor of history and political science Dr. Don Aitken, posted an article titled “How did we get into this? . According to Aitken, AGW “orthodoxy” is dominant in part because of a loss of religion, among other things. In my opinion what has occurred is a slow and essentially […]

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