http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner en-us Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:17:05 -0700 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:22:56 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Consensus-on-climate-action-in-uncertain-times?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Welcome back to those of you who just finished the survey--if you haven't taken it yet, go here and click on the link! The point I'm trying to clarify in this survey is not who your favorite climate blogger is. I really want to know if... Liberal Skeptic Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:33:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Consensus-on-climate-action-in-uncertain-times?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Agreeing-on-one-specific-action-regarding-climate-change?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner I have on several occasions tried to get proponents and opponents of AGW (anthropogenic global warming) to agree on a limited course of action to address environmental issues including global warming. But I'm a bit hot-headed at times, and... Liberal Skeptic Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:06:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Agreeing-on-one-specific-action-regarding-climate-change?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Should-we-prepare-for-or-prevent-global-warming?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner The right answer to the question in the headline is obviously 'both.'  I think we will do both, and I think it will work. But not before lots of painful discussions and numerous blog wars, of course. The headlines should really be... Liberal Skeptic Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:33:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Should-we-prepare-for-or-prevent-global-warming?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d26-By-requestmy-beliefs-on-global-warming?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner I've actually had three people ask me what I believe about global warming--I did a series some months ago, but I think my beliefs have evolved a bit since then, so here goes. But let's do it differently this time--let's get your op... Liberal Skeptic Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:31:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d26-By-requestmy-beliefs-on-global-warming?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d24-The-way-the-wind-is-blowing-for-global-warming?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner You can tell by choice of topic what's happening in the global warming world. From the skeptical side, you see: On Watt's Up With That, a guest post by Bob Tisdale on ocean heat content that takes issue with James Hansen&#... Liberal Skeptic Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:47:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d24-The-way-the-wind-is-blowing-for-global-warming?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Its-what-we-dont-know-about-global-warming-that-bothers-me?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Over at Watt's Up With That, there's a post asking Al Gore where the hurricanes are. Some climate scientists have predicted for years that global warming would cause more and stronger tropical storms. We're having a record low. It ... Liberal Skeptic Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:52:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Its-what-we-dont-know-about-global-warming-that-bothers-me?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Where-should-global-warming-rank-on-our-list-of-priorities?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner That is the 64 dollar question. It may surprise some readers to find out that most of the websites that are being vilified as puppets of right wing oil conspiracies are actually run by people who believe in Global Warming. I certainly do. I try to... Liberal Skeptic Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:45:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Where-should-global-warming-rank-on-our-list-of-priorities?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d20-When-Rush-Limbaugh-and-other-major-media-morons-intrude-on-global-warming-discussions?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Rush Limbaugh told New York Times reporter Andrew Revkin to kill himself today. Just another day in global warming idiocy. Yesterday, after I blasted Rush's evil twin Joe Romm for saying similar stupid things, commenter Wolfgang asked why ... Liberal Skeptic Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:06:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d20-When-Rush-Limbaugh-and-other-major-media-morons-intrude-on-global-warming-discussions?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Distorting-the-global-warming-debate-How-low-can-Joe-Romm-go?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Joe Romm runs the Climate Progress weblog, where he posts long pieces about how global warming will be much worse than anyone (including the IPCC) thinks and how we need to stop waiting for science to give us anything like facts or numbers and do ... Liberal Skeptic Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:39:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Distorting-the-global-warming-debate-How-low-can-Joe-Romm-go?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d17-The-ups-and-downs-of-global-warming-over-time?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner While we're fussing and feuding over temperature rises and falls over the past decade, some people think it's better to look at things over a longer period of time. Bill Illis has written a guest post over at Watt's Up With That, a ske... Liberal Skeptic Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:26:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d17-The-ups-and-downs-of-global-warming-over-time?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Global-warmings-rocky-road-to-Copenhagen?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner I suppose it's possible that those who are committed to drastic and dramatic action on climate change will pretend that most of 2009 didn't happen. The world leaders, scientists and lobbyists from environmental organisations and their evil cousins, t... Liberal Skeptic Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:23:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Global-warmings-rocky-road-to-Copenhagen?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d14-What-will-be-the-effects-of-moderate-global-warming?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner I believe that global warming will increase average temperatures by about 2 degrees Celsius over the course of this century. But what will that mean in effect? Most of the predictions seem to come from people with a political stake in the outcome, an... Liberal Skeptic Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:09:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d14-What-will-be-the-effects-of-moderate-global-warming?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d12-First-annual-award-for-global-warming-sanity?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner Those who've visited this space over the past two days already know that Joe Romm of Climate Progress and I have $1,000 wagered on average temperatures over the next decade.I initially said that I would give any winnings to a charity nominated by my ... Liberal Skeptic Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:46:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d12-First-annual-award-for-global-warming-sanity?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner