As expert witnesses go, they don’t come any better than Professor James Hansen, one of the world’s leading climate scientists and Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Yesterday, he was called to give evidence before a UK Court on the threat posed by Kingsnorth coal fired power station to the world’s climate. […]
Greenpeace activists in the dock: Experts take ‘the stand’ on climate change
September 6th, 2008 · No Comments
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Stossel gets it right [denialism blog]
September 6th, 2008 · No Comments
John Stossel of ABC’s 20/20 has never been one of my favorites. He’s one of those folks who often poses as a skeptic by using doubt and mockery indiscriminately. Tonight, though, he got it right. He discusses food obsessions and fads, pointing out the contradictions inherent in food cultists.
One of the worst of the […]
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New and Exciting in PLoS ONE [A Blog Around The Clock]
September 6th, 2008 · No Comments
There are 9 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. Here are my own picks for the week - you go and look for your own favourites:
Sampling for Global Epidemic Models and the Topology of an […]
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