Wednesday, April 14, 2010

» ‘Science Czar’ Admits the Big Green Lie - Big Government
The video vault has now provided us another glimpse into the fever swamp occupied by President Obama’s moonbat science czar John Holdren. Holdren of course is the man brought in to put a scientific imprimatur on the Left’s latest excuse for much of its economic agenda, wrapped as it is in the cloak of averting environmental crisis.
Climate science: The dark side of the light | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian
All manner of scientists are having to get used to the fact that they no longer have an option of sharing their data with professionals while withholding it from those they deem cranks.
R. James Woolsey: How to End America's Addiction to Oil - WSJ.com
Shifting the way we produce electricity also has essentially nothing to do with oil dependence; less than 2% of U.S. electricity comes from burning oil. We may decide to shift from coal-fired electricity to wind or nuclear for environmental reasons, or not do so for cost reasons, but these issues are not at all central to the oil debate.
To Fight Climate Change, Turn on the TV | Global Poverty | Change.org
In Mozambique, the Red Cross has had some success in spreading the word about climate change via video, one focusing on how a shantytown vulnerable to flooding in Argentina has reacted. Though at first, one audience member reports, she thought the irregular weather was "God punishing us," after seeing the film, she says, "I see that white women at the other end of the world have the same problem we have! So maybe it is true that the global rainfall is changing, and ... I can do something about it."

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