Science & Technology

Climate Diaries: Texas Drillers Might Freeze Their Frackers Off In Winter.

October 30, 2011

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Texas faces now not only extraordinary dryness and fire danger, climate change has introduced the risk of gas production wells freezing up. Per a USDOE report: “Much colder than normal weather in the Southwestern Unit…

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Trees are the Winner in UK’s Landscape Photography of the Year Prize

October 30, 2011

Trees are the winner in the Landscape Photographer of the Year 2011 prize — and what a stunning stand of trees they are….Read the full story on TreeHugger

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CNN�s Steve Hargreaves Peddles Untruths On Keystone XL, No Retraction To Be Found (Video)

October 29, 2011

There are now so many story lines that one can look at when examining the debate over the Keystone XL pipeline–among them pollution, greed, and a pervasive lack of leadership. The one that I gravitate toward is accountability. For instance, is Presi…

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CNN�s Steve Hargreaves Peddles Untruths On Keystone XL, No Retraction To Be Found (Video)

October 29, 2011

There are now so many story lines that one can look at when examining the debate over the Keystone XL pipeline–among them pollution, greed, and a pervasive lack of leadership. The one that I gravitate toward is accountability. For instance, is Presi…

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Yes, We’re Still Causing Climate Change & Yes, It’s Still Bad

October 29, 2011

The following piece, by Dana Nuccitelli, originally appeared in Skeptical Science.

Now that the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) study results are in, and have confirmed the accuracy of the surface temperature record (see here and here), thos…

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Lightbulbs Made of Paper Eliminate Packaging

October 28, 2011

Designer Tien-Ho Hsu has come up with a concept idea to reduce the amount of waste created by lightbulbs and their packaging. The solution, as this design presents, is emulsion-covered paper that glows when hooked u…

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Cape Wind Held Up Yet Again: Court Claims it Could Prove Hazardous to Airplanes

October 28, 2011

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Cape Wind was supposed to be the nation’s first offshore wind farm. It was announced over ten years ago, and after fighting through miles and miles of bureaucratic red tape, it was finally approved by the Department of the …

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Mitt Romney’s Downward Spiral to Climate Denial Now Complete

October 28, 2011

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It’s official: Mitt Romney will now literally say anything he thinks the Tea Party wants to hear to prove that he’s a real conservative. He claims he’ll repeal Obama’s health care plan (which was modeled after his ow…

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Major Victory: Dangerous Leaded Gasoline Now Banned Worldwide

October 28, 2011

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Since we don’t see enough good news filter through these pages, I’m happy to bring you word of this 100% positive development: After a decades-long push by environmental groups around the world, a global phaseout of le…

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Daily Show Blasts Media for Failing to Cover Study that Confirms Climate Change (Video)

October 28, 2011

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Jon Stewart and his crew at the Daily Show seem to recall a certain amount of noise-making over some emails that appeared to feature scientists behaving badly. So-called ‘ClimateGate’, of course, turned out to make not a …

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