Climate Change Research

Global Warming: Hansen's letter to Obama

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:29:00 GMT

James and Anniek Hansen recently sent the Obama's a letter regarding global warming. Interesting to see Hansen's focus on nuclear energy and his emphasis on the biological impacts of global warming.You will find a pdf and additional materials related to this letter here.9 December 2008 Michelle and Barack Obama Chicago and Washington, D.C. United States of AmericaDear Michelle and Barack,We write to you as fellow parents concerned about the Earth that will be inhe...
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Another Japanese Proverb

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 20:29:00 GMT

Show me a liar and I'll show you a thiefThe smear campaign to steal an election via lies came to Wunderblog in the form of a different Japanese proverb.Here's some truth from the AP to balance the BS.By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists" and doesn't see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign.And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her at...
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Hansen's June 2008 Congressional Briefing on Climate Change

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:06:00 GMT

Here is the full text of the Hansen's briefing to Congress.(You can download is as a PDF here and the PowerPoint slide here.)Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near on Global Warming James Hansen Tomorrow I will testify to Congress about global warming, 20 years after my 23 June 1988 testimony, which alerted the public that global warming was underway. There are striking similarities between then and now, but one big difference. Again a wide gap has develop...
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Climate Coverup: Hansen vindicated

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 16:40:00 GMT

NASA's inspector general has released a report regarding political interference in the reporting of climate science.NASA Office Is Criticized on Climate ReportsTwo years after James E. Hansen, the leading climate scientist at NASA, and other agency employees described a pattern of distortion and suppression of climate science by political appointees, the agency’s inspector general has concluded that such activities occurred and were “inconsistent” with the law...
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James Hansen admonishes publisher

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:27:00 GMT

Houghton Mifflin publishes a popular high school textbook, "American Government", that is authored by James Q. Wilson and John J. DiIulio Jr. In this textbook the authors make some very dubious and outright incorrect statements about the current state of knowledge regarding AGW.Here some passages from the book: "It is a foolish politician who today opposes environmentalism. And that creates a problem, because not all environmental issues are equally deserving of...
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