18 minutes ago by WCAS Undergraduate Seminar: Explaining Science

There is an oasis in the middle of the Bronx in New York. It isn’t the zoo or a park, in fact, it’s more than 70 feet above the ground. It’s a green roof, or a roof covered in a waterproof lining, sod, and plant life. Climatologists believe they may be helpful in reducing the effects of cities on cl ...

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1 hour ago by Jim Lippard

One of the regular critics of creationism on the Usenet talk.origins newsgroup (where the wonderful Talk Origins Archive FAQs were originally developed) was a guy who posted under the name "Dr. Pepper." His posts would always include the same request--"Please state the scientific theory of creationi ...

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1 hour ago by Rick Moore

I love it when this happens: As D.C. continued to dig out from Snowmageddon and is keeping an eye on another storm system, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was busy making a climate change announcement. NOAA, part of the Department of Commerce, is going to be providing information ...

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2 hours ago by GreenMe

WHEN it comes to adopting green parenting practices, being environmentally aware is not the same thing as being environmentally friendly, says green parent and ‘ mumpreneur’ Claire Lancaster, founder of Dandelion Lounge, a personalised stationery service with a focus on families. ” If you asked my m ...

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2 hours ago by Joanne

In a recent column Lorrie Goldstein posited that the reason so many in Canadian MSM ignore climategate and associated flaws that are now bubbling to the surface, is because those journalists have invested so much into the subject that they are afraid of losing face: …Why have Canadian media largely ...

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3 hours ago by Barbara Campagna

I started writing this True Green blog just about a year ago as a way to post sections of my forthcoming Best Practices Manual. Life, work and blog fatigue (both writing and reading them) got in the way and this is my first posting since August. Sometimes all it takes is a historic winter storm [... ...

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3 hours ago by Critical Political Thinking - rbs

Progressives are hard-wired opposite from the rest of us, in sort of a reverse polarity, which causes them to view the world backwards.

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3 hours ago by Christopher Zurcher

The Jonah Center is still promoting state-subsidized energy efficiency program (Home Energy Solutions, HES) that will reduce your energy bills and protect the environment. 64 households have obtained this service and the feedback has been very positive. The co-pay is $75, but the service is worth up ...

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3 hours ago by Christopher Zurcher

REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called studies supporting global climate change a “bunch of snake oil science” Monday during a rare appearance in California, a state that has been at the forefront of environmental regulations. via Palin likens global warming studies to ’snake o ...

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3 hours ago by rddavidian

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Climate scientists do their research and publish their findings. Then they fight one another with criticisms and accusations. Well, such wrangling is not new to science. Here are some articles on global warming, melting glaciers, mistakes and accusations. Climate sc ...

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