For two years the American political landscape has been rocked by a movement that has turned the GOP into a Frankenstein and set back rational debate on climate change. I submit that the Tea Party’s power to shape politics and climate policy has now crested. Consider two seemingly unrelated events that happened yesterday. One of them, a…Continue Reading…
Via Desmogblog, I see there is an emerging anthropological investigation of a curious (some say hydra-headed) creature that is mostly haunting the American political landscape and the dreams of many in the climate concerned community. Mooney has broken out the main findings over there, so no reason for me to duplicate. But if you skeptic…Continue Reading…
H/T: This meandering thread at Lucia’s, where the faucet scene in My Cousin Vinny was fondly recalled. Vinny Gambini: [Vinny hears a drip in the motel bathroom] Weren’t you the last one to use the bathroom? Lisa: So? Vinny Gambini: Well, did you use the faucet? Lisa: Yeah. Vinny Gambini: Then why didn’tcha turn it…Continue Reading…
At Climate Central, I take stock of Monbiot’s recent onslaught against the anti-nuclear movement. Check it out and chime in over there. **** P.S.- The RSS feed for Frontier Earth is now fixed. Also, comments will be approved promptly (except when I’m asleep!).
George Monbiot is on quite a tear. His latest riposte begins: Over the last fortnight I’ve made a deeply troubling discovery. The anti-nuclear movement to which I once belonged has misled the world about the impacts of radiation on human health. The claims we have made are ungrounded in science, unsupportable when challenged, and wildly wrong….Continue Reading…
That’s what I’m wondering, anyway, over at Frontier Earth.
As I mentioned last week, I’ll be flagging my Frontier Earth posts in this space with a link. My latest, asking if security concerns can be an enduring focal point for climate and energy debates, is up. If you have any thoughts to share, please do so over there.
Well, there’s been an interesting response to the launch of my new blog at Climate Central. I kinda expected a few people in the climate blogosphere would grit their teeth. But I didn’t expect my new gig to prompt an immediate what-do-we-do-about it strategy session. Michael Tobis offers a vague description: Conversation about Keith came…Continue Reading…
Well, George, I did warn you. Here is Monbiot, sounding gobsmacked by the outcry to his recent pro-nuclear power column: The accusations have been so lurid that I had to read my article again to reassure myself that I hadn’t written the things that so many of my correspondents say I wrote. Not everyone is foaming…Continue Reading…
And this is for real. So I’m opening up a new shop in the blogosphere. (To add to this one.) I’m teaming up with the Climate Central outfit, which is nonpartisan and staffed by people I have tremendous respect for, such as science journalists Michael Lemonick and Andrew Freedman. (My friend Tom Yulsman also writes…Continue Reading…