How did you become interested in the issue of climate change? What sparked your interest, and why? For me, it was purely a coincidence. I wanted to get involved in school groups and so I joined the environmental club. I liked a lot of the people in it, and found the discussions very interesting. Around [...]
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A Good Discussion Starter
Posted in Musings, Other Advocates, tagged climate change, global warming, risk management, youth on March 15, 2010 | 23 Comments »
The Antithesis to Nitpicking
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged agreement, al gore, carbon dioxide, censorship, climate change, climategate, copenhagen, credibility, CRU, debate, denial, environment, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, hockey stick, IPCC, media, politics, risk management, science, skeptic, united states on February 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes we have to step back and look at the big picture. We have to remember that not everyone has heard or believed the one about global warming stopping in 1998. Denialists centre around nitpicking and ideas that global warming is a “house of cards”, so we respond the same way: countering all the “mistakes” [...]
A Good Batch of News
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged censorship, climate change, credibility, debate, denial, global warming, IPCC, media, science on February 4, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Today’s batch of news feeds was great. I have not one, but two, posts to comment on from elsewhere in the climate blogosphere. Firstly, James from The Island of Doubt has written a fantastic article on the new line of denialist attack. This is the best bit: “Here’s IPCC author Phil Duffy, whose thoughts on the [...]
Michael Tobis Takes Part 3
Posted in Media and the Public, Other Advocates, tagged climate change, climategate, credibility, CRU, global warming, media, science on December 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I was going to write a Science and Communication, Part 3 post that examined what ClimateGate actually tells us vs what the popular press says about it, and why this chasm between the two exists. Then Michael Tobis wrote a brilliant post discussing that very topic: What Was Actually Revealed a rehash of a well-known [...]
Where to Go for Answers
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged agreement, canada, carbon dioxide, climate change, credibility, debate, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, hockey stick, ice age, IPCC, media, oregon petition, petition project, science, skeptic, statements on November 22, 2009 | 29 Comments »
To all of our new readers, thanks to CBC and StumbleUpon, this is for you! Most of us don’t read scientific journals. We read the newspaper instead. We read our news feeds. We watch CNN. These sources, as we know, are fairly low on the credibility spectrum. But how are people like you and I [...]
Activists and Scientists
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged canada, climate change, global warming, politics, science, Stephen Harper, youth on October 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’m back from PowerShift, and I had a fantastic time. I attended many workshops – including one on paleoclimatology from Dr Michael Pisaric, in which I had the joys of learning about pack rat middens – but also had time to do a lot of touring and walking. Ontario in the autumn is absolutely beautiful; [...]
Coby Beck gets Philosophical
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged agreement, climate change, debate, global warming, science, statements on October 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Coby Beck has a fantastic post on the nature of consensus and its role in science. Fits right in with the topic of this blog.
A Pretty Typical Story
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged agreement, al gore, climate change, credibility, debate, denial, global warming, media, politics, science, skeptic on October 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It looks like Peter Sinclair has finished fixing the audio on his previous videos, and is now coming out with some new material. Check out this video, which tells a story that is infuriatingly typical.
Bill Maher on Climate Change
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged climate change, copenhagen, debate, denial, global warming, media, politics on October 5, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Start watching at about 2:00 and enjoy a good laugh. I envy Maher’s ability to communicate complex political subjects in a concise and public-friendly way. Does anyone know if Inhofe is actually coming to Copenhagen with Obama? I haven’t read that anywhere else, and I remember hearing something about each government only being allowed two [...]
Hooray for the Yes Men
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged climate change, global warming, media, science on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Possibly the greatest tactic ever. Watch for when the newspaper editor calls the random cyclist an environmentalist.
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