Posts relating to “Research Projects, Global Politics, and More” (35)
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“Oil and politics mix well, but I’m not sure if oil and science mix …
Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy — Authority 428
By Alexa Engelman, UCLA Law delegation — one in a series of posts from COP 15 in Copenhagen: “Oil and politics mix […] , only one of which is Climate Research Unit (CRU) at East Anglia targeted by the hackers, and went to lengths to point to […] instead move on and make history. While the IPCC is not ignoring the ClimateGate frenzy, it too has more significant1 week ago -
Advent Calendar – Can the Internet change the nature of modern…
Intute blog — Authority 131
them more accountable? Recently the Global Language Monitor announced that based on its annual global survey of English […] exposed and investigated by journalists. In the USA this trend is more advanced. The Sunlight Foundation is a leading […] organisation. Its recent projects have included Party Time where users can find out what parties and social events their1 day ago -
Obama is not saviour of the world. Hes still an American president | …
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 986
pamphlets" . Official US policy now accepts that global warming is real and that man is the key cause. Obama can point to more […] bilateral deals with both China and India, undertaking joint research projects on clean coal and electric cars. Perhaps most […] stirred round the world a year ago, he will not be able to pull out his pen and, at a stroke, sign the deal that saves the5 days ago -
global warming, the gift that won’t stop giving
weird things — Authority 555
Here’s a forecast for blogs and sites that invoke global warming. Elevated comment accumulation with a high chance of […] shouldn’t do anything to mitigate global warming. In fact, the project was started in 1998 and used dubious tactics to get […] signatures that were then wielded for political machinations and propaganda tactics. More than half of the signatures on the2 days ago -
Head of Global Warming Research Unit Steps Down
Tim Oren's Due Diligence — Authority 486
Dr. Phil Jones, head of the East Anglia Climate Research Unit, and star of the leaked e-mail and document set from […] that institution , has stepped down pending an independent review of the unit and its research . So ClimateGate ( hate […] few comments elsewhere, but not posted here, as those with a lot more familiarity with the climatology data and2 weeks ago -
Can’t Change Energy Policy Without Revenue
Matthew Yglesias — Authority 781
legislation Monday to double U.S. nuclear energy output in 20 years and foster clean energy options with “mini-Manhattan Projects […] power, and recycling of used nuclear fuel. Completely leaving aside the merits of these projects, this costs money. Where […] various possible technologies. Finally, even as a matter of crass politics, Nordhaus and Shellenberger neglect a basic point4 weeks ago -
Proud to be Flesh: a Mute Magazine Anthology of Cultural Politics after …
chtodelat news — Authority 122
Proud to be Flesh: a Mute Magazine Anthology of Cultural Politics after the Net Edited by Josephine Berry Slater and […] murmurs of dissent and revels in the first signs of collapse. In the midst of a global crisis, Proud to be Flesh is an […] , artist projects, sound-art, websites and other Mute-flavoured ephemera from two decades of experimental publishing. Join us2 weeks ago -
Worst Potential Science Scandal of Century (Climategate) - “Under …
EbioAnt — Authority 141
, taxpayers being burdened with research-and-development grants to improve the efficiencies of "clean" energy projects like wind […] ruled out, one-by-one. It is estimated that the pro-green, global-warming research and development programs enjoy a 1000-to […] locations and time is an "up-and-down" matter - simple to modify or overlook a few numbers: a bit more on the "up" side, a bit1 week ago -
I hope there is a scandal about Gates, that way it would be called …
Rajan Rishyakaran — Authority 468
tendency to ignore or discount contrary evidence or alternate explanations – and in the case of East Anglia’s Climate Research […] Unit, mixing politics and science can corrupt science. Not shocking – politics is corrosive. At the same time, I find it […] house gas emission became a lot more damaging. Expensive subsidies are granted to “green” projects like biofuels (which2 weeks ago -
UN Climate Treaty: A Sneak Attack On Humanity
PA Pundits - International — Authority 561
to support more than three thousand projects across the country.” Is this education or indoctrination? The EPA has gone […] environmental program in general and its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in particular, to impose an international […] in science. The pretext has been that “global warming” is the result of greenhouse gas emissions that are causing the1 week ago