Taylor vs. Gleick, Battle Royale (That Gleick Will Be Sorry He Started)
Gleick says he cannot understand the “parallel universe” of facts and data that I presented that he says makes his “head explode.” Perhaps this is because the “parallel universe” in which I live is one where objective data trumps subjective opinion presented by uninformed or biased sources.
Climate change coverage by the media diminishing as Earth continues to heat up - thestar.com
“The Obama administration has taken this stance that climate change is not a good issue to run on,” says Robert J. Brulle, a professor of sociology and environmental science at Philadelphia’s Drexel University.
He follows the network nightly news for mentions of climate change. “It’s not in politicians’ interest to talk about it because, to really deal with climate change, we really have to change the way we live, especially in America. Nobody wants to hear that.”
...“Partly it’s a feature of the typical news cycle, but it’s also a general, and quite dangerous, ‘climate fatigue’ that is spreading far and wide,” offers York University business ethics professor Andrew Crane, co-director of the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business. “Keystone and Kyoto have kept climate issues in the news, but the facts about climate change have tended to be relegated behind the meatier news stories about political brinksmanship and raw national interests. ...“I don’t particularly blame the media — climate change in itself simply isn’t news any more — but they could work harder at finding an angle at putting climate issues at the forefront of our attention again,” says Crane. “The danger though is that ‘newsworthy’ often requires some kind of debate or criticism which ends up giving undue attention to climate deniers who have been discredited by now but still get air time in the interests of pseudo ‘balance.’ ”
Carbon tax already hitting Aussie new home buyers - LANKA BUSINESS ONLINE
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) estimates the carbon tax will increase the cost of a new home by 0.8 to 1.7 per cent - an extra $A2,000 (US$2,062) to $4,250 on a $250,000 house.
Twitter / @PeterGleick: USAToday poll. 26% of read ...
USAToday poll. 26% of readers will "refuse to fly to Europe" because of European airline carbon tax. How much? $3. (oh, 40% are OK with it).
Twitter / @ClimateComms: Investors see climate as o ...
Investors see climate as opportunity to make money, create jobs - hrld.us/xxCn8T via @miamiherald
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An excerpt from the LANKA BUSINESS ONLINE article says:
"With six months or more between a buyer signing a contract for a house and the start of construction, builders are raising prices now to account for higher materials and energy costs they will incur under the new tax."
Well, the issue of the cost of climate change has always been discussed mainly in terms of electricity and gas costs and nothing else. Well, the excerpt notes that higher "materials" costs are a factor.
If there is a carbon tax, all the mostly everyday items on the following list are going to get more expensive (or go away):
http://www.texasalliance.org/admin/assets/PDFs/The_many_uses_of_Petroleum.pdf
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