Splash Montana opens after delayed start | KAJ18.com | Kalispell, Montana

MISSOULA - Splash Montana is open to the general public after bad weather delayed the start of summer fun for the second straight season.
Missoula Parks and Recreation had hoped to open Splash for its first full day of operation Saturday, but the cold weather delayed the opening yet again.

Chris's 1st "Lean Forward" ad - Lean Forward

MSNBC is excited to premiere its new "Lean Forward" ad featuring Up w/ Chris Hayes host, Chris Hayes. The theme of the ad is addressing the issue of climate change, one that Chris calls "the biggest governing challenge I think we've ever faced."

Who Drives Climate Change? | Mother Jones

A new paper in the  journal Nature Climate Change assesses which human factors are the most important drivers of greenhouse gas emissions.

The authors note know that for every 1 percent increase in human population, greenhouse gas emissions go up by slightly more than 1 percent.

Errors in IPCC climate science » Blog Archive » Chart demonstrating slow startup for new light bulbs

My 75W incandescent bedside lamp bulb finally failed. So I installed a Philips 18W “Ambiance” fluoro, which is claimed to be equivalent to 100W Incandescent bulb. It emitted a dull glow befitting a mood light in a funeral parlour.

UN Believe Switch to a Green Economy will Create 60 Million Jobs | JunkScience.com

Chris Mooney | Mann Handled: A Decade Ago, Conservatives Attacked a Scientist—And Created a Leader

Despite my praise for Mann and his book—and I even gave it a cover blurb—I do have some differences with him. For instance, I think that here and in his public comments, Mann tends to focus too heavily on the idea that resistance to climate science, and his research, is corporate driven. Or as he puts it in the book: “well organized, well-funded, and orchestrated.” In contrast, I have increasingly come to think it is primarily ideological—driven by libertarian individualism, and those who embrace this view and its associated emotions—and the corporate connection is secondary (though often real). I thus think that focusing on it too much misleads us as to the nature of the opposition, which has grown so ideological at this point—and so driven by gut emotion—that it does the traditionally pragmatic business community no favors. If anything, it is out of synch with its own presumptive allies.