Dodging The Climate Comet | Hadly Lab blog - see more posts

[Elizabeth A. Hadly] It’s easy for us to envision a comet-caused catastrophe because the fossil record tells us it has happened in the past, with disastrous results. But what about the slow-motion catastrophe that is global climate change? There is no doubt about this catastrophe’s impact either.

Twitter / LizHadly: Al Gore to Speak at Stanford ...

Al Gore to Speak at Stanford | Stanford Woods Institute http://woods.stanford.edu/news-events/news/al-gore-speak-stanford#.UVUmtfV2bio.twitter …

Twitter / aDissentient: The problem of carbon taxes ...

The problem of carbon taxes is the outsourcing of tax rates to a highly politicised scientific establishment.

Twitter / aDissentient: Is there any difference between ...

Is there any difference between Exxon lobbying politicians and science "informing policy"?

Twitter / aDissentient: @BVerheggen The point of a ...

@BVerheggen The point of a Pigou tax is to internalise the externalities, right? Politicians aren't going to work that cost out themselves.

Twitter / aDissentient: @BVerheggen Politics should ...

@BVerheggen Politics should be informed by the public. Attempts by scientists to bypass the public are dangerous.

Flashback: Only Six Percent Of Scientists Are Republicans: Pew Poll

Only six percent of America's scientists identify themselves as Republicans; fifty-five percent call themselves Democrats.