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Another review of the work of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in Great Britain has found no misconduct or malpractice, but did have suggestions for how its work could be improved, post-Climategate.
Fri, April 16 2010 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page, Media » Comments Off
From the BBC: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the world’s science academies to review work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Work will be co-ordinated by the Inter-Academy Council, which brings together bodies such as the UK’s Royal Society. The IPCC has been under pressure over errors in its last major assessment [...]
Thu, March 11 2010 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page » Comments Off
Cornell University economist Robert Frank makes the case for why action on fighting dangerous climate change makes more sense than doing nothing.
Sun, February 21 2010 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page » Comments Off
I’ve been meaning to address this topic for some time, but Margaret Wente pushed me into it with her effort on Tuesday. The climate torque queen is up to her old tricks, even though she’s trying to be moderate this time.
Tue, February 16 2010 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Here’s the current headline on the G&M Web story about the so-called Climategate emails: “Breach in the global-warming bunker rattles climate science at the worst time” It’s also the version that appeared in this morning’s paper. And how was it headlined on the Web Friday night? “Scandal shakes foundations of climate science” (!!!!) I called [...]
Sat, December 5 2009 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page, Media » Comments Off