Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Another Physics Today Advocacy Article – This Time By Jane Lubchenco And Tom Karl | Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.

The article claims that they want to provide us with “environmental intelligence”.  If that is their goal, they certainly have missed the target. What is needed is a more informed approach to the climate issue than presented by Lubchenco and Karl in this article. Physics Today also should explicitly list such publications as op-eds rather than permit them to masquerade as regular articles.

Mr. Worthing: Get 'em while they're young

At the EA Gamechangers Event, Maxis announced a forthcoming release of a new SimCity simulation game.

EA strongly messaged its collaboration with organisations working for global
change, introducing filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, director of documentary global
warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth. The director said one of the biggest
problems in effecting change against global warming is a massive psychological
barrier that facts, reports and documentaries can’t always penetrate. Guggenheim
described SimCity as “artistry”, enthusing over its graphics.

Mr. Worthing: Explanation for decrease in polar bear numbers*

'Each hunter is allowed to kill one male only. We then turn them into rugs.'

China’s thrill-seeking nouveau riche are being offered a £50,000 trip of a lifetime – hunting down endangered polar bears, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Ken Livingstone: Taking on the energy giants for a low-cost, low-carbon London | RTCC

I will take personal charge of the drive to cut emissions because I genuinely believe tackling climate change is the duty of every elected person.

PIA | Philippine Information Agency | CSC grants 5-day calamity leave to gov’t employees

LEGAZPI CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- With the increasing risks brought about by climate change and global warming, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) saw the necessity to offer assistance to government workers in areas directly affected by natural calamities in the form of special leave.

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