Not All Roses in the Garden of Science | Planet3.0

When confronted with ridiculous criticisms, often the impulse is to blindly defend science. But science cannot proceed without vigorous criticism. There certainly are pervasive forces that tend to dilute its effectiveness and corrupt its participants. Denying that just makes us more, well, deniers.

IUPUI to host world premiere of award-winning opera on climate change : Newscenter : IUPUI

Musicians gathered at venues around the world and connected via high bandwidth Internet will simultaneously perform an award-winning telematic opera created by composer Matthew Burtner of the University of Virginia and producer Scott Deal, professor of music and arts technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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Appropriately bearing the Inupiat word for “melting snow/ice” as its title, the opera provides an in-depth journey into the rapidly changing arctic regions of Alaska and Canada.

Senior Republican knocks aid to Al Gore-backed green companies - The Hill's E2-Wire

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) is questioning Obama administration financial support for green energy companies in former Vice President Al Gore’s portfolio, calling it part of a “disturbing pattern.”
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Upton, a frequent critic of federal green energy support, calls the aid “reflective of a disturbing pattern that those closest to the president have been rewarded with billions of taxpayer dollars . . . and benefited from the administration’s green bonanza in the rush to spend stimulus cash.”

Horner Book: Obama Administration Least Transparent in 50 Years | MRCTV

[18-minute video] MRCTV sat down to talk to The Competitive Enterprise Institute's Christopher Horner to talk about his latest bestseller The Liberal War on Transparency. Among other revelations, Horner told us that the Obama administration's response to Freedom of Information Act requests, often depends on the personal views of the individual making the request. He also pointed out that both liberal and conservative groups agree that the Obama Administration is the least transparent in modern history.