Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Hilarious Comic: Learn How To Combat Climate Change Denial | ThinkProgress

The Strip, by Brian McFadden, from the NY Times

Twitter / @BBCRBlack: Up to £60m of UK internati ...

Up to £60m of UK international climate finance will go on CCS in emerging markets, says DECC

Twitter / @EnergyTomorrow: How is "big oil" helping m ...

How is "big oil" helping millions of Americans reach their financial goals? Click here to find out.

Twitter / @MichaelEMann: @JohnRussell40 @drbobbulla ...

And unseasonably warm in Central Europe, and forecast next few days here in Vienna...

Twitter / @MichaelEMann: Humbled by the standing/fl ...

Humbled by the standing/floor-sitting room only crowd for my medal lecture.

On an Urban Heat Island, Zippy Red Oaks - NYTimes.com

Red oak seedlings in Central Park grow up to eight times faster than their cousins cultivated outside the city, probably because of the urban “heat island” effect, Columbia University researchers report.

William M. Briggs » Tennessee Votes To Teach Uncertainty In Science. Result?

In short, Tennessee has forbidden politicians from interfering with teachers who point out that all is not certain in matters scientific. Regular readers of this blog will know that scientism and over-certainty is rampant, such that any program which encourages people to understand (let us call it) scientific cockiness is to be welcomed. This bill forbids Lysenkoism, which is the deciding of scientific “truth” by vote or popular acclaim.

It rewards teachers who imbue in students how to best “review in an objective manner” evidence, which is the stated purpose of science. So what are folks saying about this legislative breath-of-fresh-air?

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