http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner en-us Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:12:52 -0700 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:28:42 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d24-As-we-wait-for-Round-2-of-climate-gate?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner A number of computer scientists and engineers are analysing computer code contained in the files leaked anonymously to the Internet last week, and it will more than likely produce more controversy than the emails that have been the subject of inte... Liberal Skeptic Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:28:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d24-As-we-wait-for-Round-2-of-climate-gate?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Global-warming-misdirection-causes-resource-misallocation?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Imagine if President Barack Obama had assumed office with only two major crises--the economy, which is a house afire, and healthcare, which is a sinking ship. Think of how much extra flexibility he would have had in ordering his agenda, how much e... Liberal Skeptic Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:19:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Global-warming-misdirection-causes-resource-misallocation?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Real-world-consequences-of-global-warming-deceptions?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner The scientists whose emails and files were released to the outside world on Wednesday have been shown to be climate bullies and people who tried to game the scientific system to make sure their Team always came out on top. But are there more serio... Liberal Skeptic Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:51:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Real-world-consequences-of-global-warming-deceptions?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Global-warming-truths-were-based-on-political-need?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Global warming was always a political issue, but one side had a clear advantage by denying that and insisting it was only about science. This worked for them as long as they were also the gatekeepers who could decide what was called science and wh... Liberal Skeptic Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:19:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Global-warming-truths-were-based-on-political-need?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Evidence-of-a-desperate-push-to-pump-global-warming-up-and-up?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner The theory of global warming is 113 years old, supported by huge amounts of evidence and is about as non-controversial as scientific theories can get. It doesn't need my support--but I mention it here as we are busy deconstructing the career w... Liberal Skeptic Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:09:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Evidence-of-a-desperate-push-to-pump-global-warming-up-and-up?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Global-warmings-enemies-list?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner The Team, as the group of scientists who are at the center of the controversy raised this week are known, had trusted sources—and enemies. As attacks on their studies escalated over the past decade, their message strategy became more discipl... Liberal Skeptic Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:25:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Global-warmings-enemies-list?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Global-warming-Intent-to-deceive?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner The files leaked Wednesday that are spreading around the world at the speed of Internet are genuine files from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia--and should they prove to be accurate, they paint a clear picture of a group ... Liberal Skeptic Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:33:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Global-warming-Intent-to-deceive?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Whistle-blowing-documents-on-global-warming-are-genuine?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner The Examiner has learned that the data released yesterday and downloaded by thousands over a 24-hour period is in fact genuine correspondence between climate and paleoclimate scientists. This is only the most recent of a series of damaging leaks o... Liberal Skeptic Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:52:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Whistle-blowing-documents-on-global-warming-are-genuine?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Global-warmings-hidden-files?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner I have come into possession of electronic files that appear to include email correspondence between climate scientists, attachments to those emails and apparently some software code. I am not the only one who has or has seen the files. See for exa... Liberal Skeptic Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:53:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Global-warmings-hidden-files?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Examinercoms-first-global-warming-surveymore-analysis?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Two weeks ago we started publishing analysis of the results of Examiner.com's First Annual Global Warming Survey. Over 3,000 people completed the survey. (Here are Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.) In our previous analysis we talked about skepti... Liberal Skeptic Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:42:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Examinercoms-first-global-warming-surveymore-analysis?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Global-warming-after-Copenhagen?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Via The Blackboard we learn that world leaders have abandoned any hope of reaching an agreement at December's meeting of the great and the good to fight global warming. And although there will be blather and bother and deadlines drawn, it'... Liberal Skeptic Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:16:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Global-warming-after-Copenhagen?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Al-Gores-global-warming-victory-tour?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Al Gore visited his second home here in San Francisco this week, taking the opportunity to promote his new book and talk about climate change. He granted an interview to our cross-town rival, the SF Chronicle. Most of what he said was actually non... Liberal Skeptic Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:28:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Al-Gores-global-warming-victory-tour?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d10-A-green-portfolio-to-fight-global-warming?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner I want to start today by thanking Malcolm Drake for his exellent guest post and spirited participation in the comments over the weekend. Thanks, Malcolm. Second, I want to say that I'm still on deadline and that further analysis of last week&#... Liberal Skeptic Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:36:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d10-A-green-portfolio-to-fight-global-warming?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Back-to-green-technologies-that-work?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Malcolm Drake, frequent commenter (and voice of reason) here, has often posted on his experiences with solar power. He lives in southern Oregon (my two years in Portland were not blessed overly much by sun, but the southern part of the state is qu... Liberal Skeptic Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:22:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Back-to-green-technologies-that-work?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Global-warming-survey-Part-3-More-about-skeptics?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Key finding: 80% of skeptics disapprove of any geoengineering methods offered as a solution to global warming. We're taking a good long look at global warming skeptics because so many of them took part in our survey. We'll compare them... Liberal Skeptic Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:44:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Global-warming-survey-Part-3-More-about-skeptics?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Global-warming-surveyPart-2-portrait-of-a-global-warming-skeptic?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Update: I have moved the key finding up to the top, as I think it's actually quite important (and it was the principal objective of the survey in the first place.) Key Finding Skeptics are not monolithic, and they are not diametricall... Liberal Skeptic Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:42:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Global-warming-surveyPart-2-portrait-of-a-global-warming-skeptic?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Global-warming-survey-results-Part-1?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Okay, so here we go. I am now beginning analysis on a quantitative survey of 3,300 completed surveys gathered over a 4-day period from last Friday through today. Part 2 of the analysis can be found here. These preliminary tidbits are just ... Liberal Skeptic Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:50:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Global-warming-survey-results-Part-1?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d3-More-global-warming-blog-wars?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Those of you who are tired of seeing the bickering between the differing sides of the global warming debate might want to skip this--but others might be pleased to see that I have issues with people other than Joe Romm... This article is '... Liberal Skeptic Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:03:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d3-More-global-warming-blog-wars?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Climate-survey-update?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Wow. That's my first reaction to the responses we've seen so far to Examiner.com's First Annual Global Warming Survey. Just--wow. In less than three days more than 3,000 of you have taken the time and made the effort to fill out th... Liberal Skeptic Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:17:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Climate-survey-update?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Examinercoms-First-Annual-Survey-on-Global-Warming?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner   If you are tired of having everybody trying to tell you what you think, and especially if what you think isn't what's being reported, I heartily encourage you to take this survey. I will be doing the analysis for free and for fu... Liberal Skeptic Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:36:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Examinercoms-First-Annual-Survey-on-Global-Warming?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner