Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Obama's ocean task force releases report / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
At its core, the plan would set up a new National Ocean Council to guide a holistic "ecosystem-based" approach intended to elevate and unify what has long been a piecemeal approach by US agencies toward ocean policy and development -- from oil and gas exploration to fisheries management to ship transportation to recreation.
The overpopulation myth « Prospect Magazine
...within a generation, the world’s population will almost certainly be stable, and is very likely to be falling by mid-century.
Alarmist Jo Abbess weighs in
Skilled Climate Change “sceptic” argumentators, like Marc Morano, use all the psychological tricks in the book for manoeuvring his audience, but he is at root anti-Science and should be challenged
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It may not be possible to challenge Morano in open debate, since he is so adept at twisting the spin to craft his case. But he does need to be challenged, as he is taking part in a well-organised, wide-ranging anti-Science drive
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The Climate Change “sceptics” are living in their own little universe, too, with its own set of invented truths and contested facts, its own interpretation of governance, policy and economy. Because most of the Media people seem to believe in relativism (not Relativity), they feel that the Climate Change “sceptic” universe has an equal voice to the voice of Climate Change Science.

This is a completely invalid perception. For example, I doubt if Marc Morano has ever compiled a temperature record for his own back yard, let alone for his Nation. Without the data, he has nothing to stand on. Let’s be clear here : he is not a scientist, he is a social activist. He takes this stance because of his political allegiance, not because of any knowledge of the facts – in fact, I don’t know if he has any acquaintance with Climate Change Science at all.

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