THE ONE AND ONLY WAY May 21, 2013
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Group Think as might be expected is the way of corporations, as is propaganda. When these two characteristics combined with money as political influence, the mere semblances of democracy process are cast into disrepute.
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WE MADE IT: 400(PPM)!!! May 12, 2013
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That is all of us. Everyone on earth. As in any common activity there a some slackers, some non-makers. The Chinese and Indians lately have picked up, assisted with imports of Australian coal.
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HOLOCENE COOLING, ANTHROPOCENE WARMING? March 10, 2013
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In recent days a study has been publishing suggesting that over the past 11,300 years the mean surface temperature has been showing cooling trend, until the hundred years or so.
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SAVING CIVILIZATION February 7, 2013
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At different times it has been alleged that those who see the need to take action with respect to existential challenge of climate change are by so doing putting in peril a perfectly good civilization.
CLIMATE NEGLIGENCE January 31, 2013
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We did not see this problem coming did we?
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SO IT IS CLIMATE CHANGE THEN? January 10, 2013
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Let’s get conspiratorial. The recent hot weather, with resultant bush fires, is due to climate change.
ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF REALITY December 20, 2012
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Reading the blog Catallaxy is like entering an alternative reality, and commenting can be both weird and productive. For one thing be prepared for the personal attacks.
THE CLIMATE CLOCK December 12, 2012
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The times are out of joint. Existing political institutions and the underlying structures of economic and social power have delayed effective responses to the climate crisis, and the delay will continue.
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GOODBYE DOHA December 10, 2012
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What is to made of the apparent failure at the Qatar talks recently concluded to confront the urgency and magnitude of the global atmospheric and ecological crisis?
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HOT AND NOT BOTHERED November 27, 2012
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Opposition to government can be both non-pragmatic and destructive. Government is the condition for liberty and social action, not to mention survival and well being.
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LIMITS TO FOSSIL ECONOMY GROWTH November 21, 2012
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The World Bank ahead of the latest international meeting on the Climate Crisis, next week in Doha, Qatar has is warming that the fossil fuel economy will hit the wall unless the 4 degree Celsius increase in Average Global Temperature.
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“THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN” October 30, 2012
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Days before US General Election, as the rulers allocate more money of war and empire to make the country strong and respected, and as a storm of unprecedented size and ferocity takes form off the eastern seaboard, it seems appropriate to reflect on the “mandate of heaven”.
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CRIMINALIZE COAL? August 2, 2012
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If climate change is to be taken seriously, banning coal sounds like the right idea.
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MELTING GREENLAND July 27, 2012
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Greenland might better have been called White Land. It history is nothing if not dramatic.
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CLIMATE CRASH? July 20, 2012
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Climate Science is not an easy. Climate is a complex with a many dynamic, often interrelated, variables. There are straws in the wind suggesting that things are getting serious.
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