Climate Debate Daily

Climate Debate Daily is a website which claims to offer “a new way to understand disputes about global warming”:
Climate Debate Daily is intended to deepen our understanding of disputes over climate change and the human contribution to it. The site links to scientific articles, news stories, economic studies, polemics, historical articles, PR [...]

PB&J campaign

While I’m no fan of peanut butter, there’s an important point here - the way we raise meat has a huge impact on the environment.
Livestock create a beefy portion of all greenhouse-gas emissions: 18 percent, according to the United Nations. Could the answer be as simple as two slices of bread and a slathering of [...]

Generalising Russell’s Law?

Barbara O’Brien reports on a spoof global warming denial site which many people - including ‘comedian’ Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, and possibly Senator Jim Inhofe’s staff - took for the real thing.
Russell’s Law states that it’s impossible to distinguish a creationist from a parody of a creationist.  This incident makes me wonder if it’s possible [...]

Poor showing for fall colours

Warmer weather has been blamed for less than impressive Fall foliage in New England. According to Dave Gram, writing in the Buffalo News:
Forested hillsides usually riotous with reds, oranges and yellows have shown their colors only grudgingly in recent years, with many trees going straight from the dull green of late summer to the [...]

The Nobel Peace Prize and the Caribbean

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the IPCC and Al Gore. As a long-time admirer of Gore, I was very happy with his win. I’m even happier now to realise that this win also extends into the Caribbean and to a former colleague.
When UWI professor John Agard went to his [...]

Gore and IPCC win Nobel

The Nobel Peace Prize has been jointly awarded to the IPCC and Al Gore.
Climate change campaigner Al Gore and the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The committee cited “their efforts to build up and disseminate knowledge about man-made climate change”.
I’m thrilled!
Of course, now the talk of running [...]

Live Earth

Almost 22 years ago, Live Aid was a major milestone in my life. Already an idealist, the entire experience had nudged me in a direction..actually, it made me want to go in a direction, but I never quite managed to get there. I have dabbled in activism, I have been keenly aware of [...]