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A Conundrum Haunts Climate Debate

November 28, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, development, Energy, global warming | 90 comments

https://inteligencialimite.org/2024/08/07/mi04fhpabtl This tweet caught my eye: Prof Joachim Schellnhuber, at @PIK_climate: “Stabilizing the climate and combating poverty is largely the same thing” #COP20Lima — Damian Carrington (@dpcarrington) November 28, 2014 A greater elaboration on this statement by Joachim Schellnhuber, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, can be read here. It starts out this… https://blog.extraface.com/2024/08/07/iap41vr Continue Reading…

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"Imbeciles" on Twitter Continue to Distract Nassim Taleb

November 26, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in Uncategorized | 7 comments

How To Order Xanax Online Cod Those of you familiar with Black Swan author Nassim Taleb know he has a formidable mind and an abrasive public persona. It is necessary to separate the two when analyzing his logic, which is what economist/writer Noah Smith does admirably in his Bloomberg column on Taleb’s controversial GMO paper. (More on Smith’s take in a minute.)… https://oevenezolano.org/2024/08/tdupcftvi Continue Reading…

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A Victory for Anti-GMO Forces and a Blow to Science

November 13, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, GMOs, green groups, science | 88 comments

Cheap Alprazolam Pills UPDATE: Additional news stories and responses at bottom. The campaign by Greenpeace and other anti-GMO groups to abolish the position of the European Union’s chief science advisor appears to have succeeded. James Wilsdon, a professor of science and democracy at the UK’s University of Sussex, laments this news in the Guardian, including the odd timing of… https://polyploid.net/blog/?p=io0sk8lwjz Continue Reading…

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Open Letter to Bill Nye from a Plant Scientist

November 10, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, science, science communication | 642 comments

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Bill Nye Explains Why he is a GMO Skeptic

November 6, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, science, science communication | 983 comments

https://www.completerehabsolutions.com/blog/b01yrb744fl Bill Nye, stalwart defender of evolution and climate science, has a new book out called, Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation. Nye, for those unfamiliar with him, is a popular science communicator. He also relishes verbal debate. In recent years, he’s become known for taking on creationists and climate skeptics. Nye’s reputation as a… Buying Xanax Online Canada Continue Reading…

Republican Takeover of Senate Will Spotlight Climate Denial

November 5, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, climate politics, climate science | 166 comments

https://nedediciones.com/uncategorized/ojpc7pqvl0 Now that the Republicans control Congress for the next two years, what’s in store for U.S. climate politics? Well, Keystone is the first order of business, and then probably a whole lot of bombast and theater, which many will find unappetizing: Most vocal climate change skeptic in the Senate now runs the Senate’s environmental committee:… Continue Reading…

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No Love in Boulder for Colorado's GMO Labeling Proposition

November 4, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, genetically modified foods, GMOs | 104 comments

The following is a guest post from Paul McDivitt, a second-year master’s student studying journalism and mass communication research at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Follow him on twitter @paulmcdivitt. UPDATE: The GMO labeling initiative in Colorado was soundly rejected. (Breakdown of Boulder vote is at bottom of post.) Today, Colorado voters will decide if the state should require… Cheapest Alprazolam Online Continue Reading…

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Why is Nassim Taleb So Venomous on Twitter?

November 1, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, GMOs, science, science communication | 37 comments

Watching Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan and other books, engage on twitter, is like being ringside at a verbal boxing match with the intellectual equivalent of Clubber Lang, the snarling, contemptuous boxer played by Mr. T in Rocky 3. In the movie, Clubber Lang was so mean and nasty the performance was almost a… Continue Reading…