Northern lights are quietest in decades

“We are at the solar minimum,” the UAF professor said. “When solar activity dies down like this, the aurora activity also diminishes in the north.”

TheDartmouth.com | Prof. says climate change exaggerated

Scientific literature, which [Patrick] Michaels said should present an equal distribution of positive and negative conclusions about climate change trends, is overwhelmingly pessimistic, Michaels said. This phenomenon can be partially attributed to the “small inbred community” of scientists who peer review global warming research, he said.
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Michaels’s theories are not widely supported, Stephen Schneider, professor of biology and co-director or the Center for Environmental Science and Policy at Stanford University, said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Schneider compared Michaels and the other climatologists who share his views to the tobacco industry, saying that they seek to alter the trajectory of political and scientific progress.

“It is completely illegitimate for somebody like Pat Michaels to [look at] speculative evidence with competing explanations and say it’s not proved,” he said. “Science isn’t bipolar. Science deals with degrees of truth.”

C-SPAN Video - National Clean Energy Summit - 2.5 hours

The Center for American Progress Action Fund held a forum on “National Clean Energy Project: Building the New Economy.” Fmr. Pres. Clinton, Fmr. V.P. Gore and Congressional leaders Sen. Reid (D-NV) & Speaker of the House Pelosi (D-CA) participated in discussions on integrating new resources for an energy-efficient society.