Durban climate talks enter the week when we’ll see if anything gets done. China budges (maybe)
Another Mitt Romney flip-flop: Now he’s a global warming denier and wants to drill, baby, drill
Al Gore to Fox’s Bill O’Reilly: Heavy Snow ‘Consistent’ With Global Warming
2010 wettest year on record, tied for hottest
In terms of climate change, 2010 was remarkable for three things. First, media coverage of it "fell off the map." Network news and traditional print media were the worst. Second, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday, it tied with 2005 for being the warmest year beginning with 1880. Third, in...
A tragicomic view of climate bill failure: Now it gets worse
Not so very long ago some people were calling climate change the signature issue of our time, the most urgent of urgent tasks, a crisis our leaders in Washington absolutely had to do something about right friggin' yesterday. The same people are still saying it. But yesterday has come and gone. And what happened? A...
Open thread for night owls: Warmer makes for colder
At the Independent, Steve Connor writes, Expect more extreme winters thanks to global warming, say scientists:
Scientists have established a link between the cold, snowy winters in Britain and melting sea ice in the Arctic and have warned that long periods of freezing weather are likely to become more frequent...
Global Warming: Taking a Look at the Partisan Divide Over the EvidenceFiled under: Democrats, Republicans, Polls, Poll Watch, Independents, Tea Party, Climate ChangeSeventy-nine percent of Democrats accept the evidence of global warming, compared to 56 percent of independents and 38 percent of Republicans. Permalink...
Climate change is an economic crisisLast week, a generic right-wing propagandist named S.E. Cupp appeared on Bill Maher's show, spewing what to a certain breed of climate denialist has become a favorite misdirection. They don't flat out deny the science, although they certainly don't acknowledge the gravity of what the science tells us; but they attempt to pretend that the... Follow seriouslypolitics on Twitter!
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