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“Ready or Hot?” Climate Smart Southwest conference in September

Monday, May 13th, 2013

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Arizona chapter is sponsoring a conference in Tucson on September 20 and 21, so save the dates now and register online for the Saturday all day event (click here). Friday night talk will be free, but it costs $35 for the Saturday workshops/conference.

Schedule:

Friday, Sept. 20
7-8 PM
Unisource Building Conference Room
88 East Broadway in Tucson.
Eric Klinenberg, an inspiring, nationally known speaker (author of the critically acclaimed book, Heat Wave:...

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Sequester Kabuki Theater: How Did We Survive Before 2009?

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

Or, Gadzooks, This Giant Sequester-Monster Is Going to Devour Us All!

Back in 1997, I was a youngish, single man living in Los Angeles—working in the entertainment industry and living in a studio apartment in the Virgil District. I had arrived in LA a few months earlier, just in time for — *insert scary music here* – EL NIÑO.

It was certainly a rainy year as a result of El Niño—unusually so, as I later learned. You see, to me, having not lived in Los Angeles before, it was ju...

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Is a Carbon Tax Market-Friendly?

Saturday, April 6th, 2013

Libertarians and conservatives need to support various ways to limit the state’s involvements in what can and should be largely market transactions. But we also need to think critically about each possible avenue to that goal:

The extent of environmental damage from man-made climate change is a debate in and of itself, but President Obama made it clear during his 2013 State of the Union address: there will be some form of government action during his second term. One of the most hotly deb...

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Death Knell Ringing for Climate Sensitivity?

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

Oh! Carbon, where is thy sting-a-ling-a-ling?
Oh! Gore, thy victory?
The Bells of Hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling
For you but not for me.

I must confess, I take personal glee in the idea of the climate alarmists eating climate crow:

The article then went on to survey emerging research (U.S. government funded!) casting doubt on high estimates of climate sensitivity, along with alternative explanations on some climate factors, such as “black carbon.”  The question in my mind at the time was how ...

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Stunning video: World getting greener BECAUSE of fossil fuels

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

Nineteen minutes is longer than most people will give a video these days, but if you have the time, check this one out, all the way to the end.

The world is getting greener—literally, more areas are becoming forested and covered with plants—because of fossil fuel use. Because of nitrogen fertilizer, because of carbon dioxide, because of efficient farming, and because products and energy sources that don’t use up other natural resources.

Another stunner? Not counting island species—ma...

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