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Responses to the Japanese Earthquake

As a new iPhone user, I’ve been poking around the huge number of apps that specialize in wallpaper / background images. At the moment I’m fond of an app called Retina Wallpapers HD. New images get...

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A View from Portugal

It can be tough for those of us in the English-speaking world to access independent views from elsewhere. EcoTretas is a blog from Portugal. According to Google, the name translates as “Eco Bullshit.”...

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Munich Christmas Market

When I spoke in Munich last month, at the kind invitation of the European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE), I had the good fortune to be in town just as the annual Christmas market kicked off....

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Green Energy: the Auditor Isn’t Impressed

There’s too much to read, and too little time. But anyone who has an hour or so could learn a great deal about the alarming gap between wishful green thinking and stark reality by examining a couple of...

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Poverty Pollutes: Lomborg on the Rio+20 Conference

The current United Nations response to environmental concerns is doing more harm than good. A great article by Bjorn Lomborg appeared last week in Newsweek magazine. The author has a different analysis...

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From Canada, With Love

I’m currently in Australia for a four-city speaking tour arranged by the Institute of Public Affairs – and I’ve brought along a few gifts. At each of the public talks – in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane,...

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The ‘Smart Storms’ Hockey Stick

Humour is sometimes the best medicine. Brian Lloyd French reports that he was lying abed “listening to global warming blow our trees around” when he whipped up the following fun graphic and text. It...

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Isn’t It Too Darn Hot?

A resolution before the US Congress implies that global warming will increase prostitution. Cole Porter disagrees. hear Ella Fitzgerald sing Cole Porter’s ‘Too Darn Hot’ John Brignell maintains a very...

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Green Energy Unicorns

Everywhere it has been tried, green energy is costly, unreliable & financially unsustainable over the long term. Here’s a reading list for those still in doubt. click for source I’ve recently been...

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An Artist Talks Nonsense About Green Energy

Speaking of all that clean, green German energy. Franke James is a Canadian activist and artist. She has apparently written an entire book about the fact that this country’s national government...

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Inside the Warsaw Climate Summit

Obama's imperious behaviour at the 2009 climate summit is a key reason negotiations have failed dismally in recent years.

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SKETCH: Unsettling the “Settled Science” of Climate Change

Originally posted on Guy Fawkes' blog:The committee for Energy and Climate Change must be in line for an award. Its performance this week was exceptional. The mental level of Yeo’s committee is – well,...

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Oh No, the Weather’s Going to Be Superb!

Government forecasters are apparently from a different planet. They think warm, sunny weather is cause for alarm.

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Climate Change in the Courts

For well-funded green groups (and a growing list of governments), lawyers are weapons and courtrooms are a political battleground.

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Self-Correcting Science: A Slow & Haphazard Process

The celebrated ability of science to self-correct is accompanied by some major caveats.

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Swedish Car Fires: A Numerical Perspective

If 3,260 vehicles had been torched in America, how safe would ordinary people be feeling?

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A Few Days Away

I'm taking a few days vacation. See you next Friday, September 7th.

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Dreadful Year End for the UN

If you're a UN bureaucrat, recent weeks have been full of disappointment.

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Blog Resumes March 18th

Taking a short break. See you soon!

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Returning Monday, July 15th

Writing about grim things can take a toll on your soul. Batteries need recharging. Perspective needs recalibrating. Here’s to blue skies, roses, beach sand, and sunshine! . .

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