Carbon stored in world's soils more vulnerable to climate change than expected: @physorg_com:
http://phys.org/news/2014-09-carbon-world-soils-vulnerable-climate.html
[science]
Why Sierra Nevada Mountains Are Drying Up: @motherboard:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-sierra-nevada-mountains-are-drying-up
[science, forests, water, drought]
RT Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann
Texas Judge on #HeartlandInst climate denier #JoeBast's "credibility with the court":
(http://tfninsider.org/2014/08/29/ouch-texas-judge-slams-right-winger-for-wasting-his-time/): http://pic.twitter.com/CUNj1lKleh
[science, denial, Heartland Institute, Joe Bast]
No More ‘Hiatus’ — Human Emissions to Completely Overwhelm Nature by 2030: robertscribbler:
http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/no-more-hiatus-human-emission-to-completely-overwhelm-nature-by-2030/
[science]
Some important context on Arctic sea ice melt: @CarbonBrief:
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/09/some-important-context-on-arctic-sea-ice-melt/#.VAZmco8246M.twitter h/t @anheepc
[science, denial]
New York to West Virginia: Stop Trying to Kill @EPA Carbon Rule:
http://thkpr.gs/1vNKWqL via @climateprogress
[air pollution]
Dominion Over Nature: Greenwashg Virginia Utility Is Member of Pro-Pollution Group ALEC:
http://thkpr.gs/1uhORsT
[denial, Koch, American Legislative Exchange Council]
Reason in a Dark Time: @hottopicnz:
http://hot-topic.co.nz/reason-in-a-dark-time/
[science, denial, books]
Emissions from Australia's energy generation jump most in 8 yrs after carbon price axed:
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/emissions-from-energy-generation-jump-most-in-eight-years-after-carbon-price-axed-20140903-10by8d.html
Study links polar vortex chills to melting Arctic sea ice: @borenbears @AP:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Study-links-polar-vortex-chills-to-melting-sea-ice-5728384.php?cmpid=twitter
[science]
California's 100-year drought: @usatoday:
http://usat.ly/1uhKY79
[science, food, water, farming, agriculture]
Warming Gulf of Maine imperils lobster, fish catch: @SFGate:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Gulf-of-Maine-Poster-child-for-global-warming-5729824.php?cmpid=twitter
[food, fishing, oceans]
Climate change group aims to turn out 100,000 Iowa voters: @DMRegister:
http://dmreg.co/1ukdXr1
[NextGen Climate, Tom Steyer]
"...[M]oving dollars out of fossil fuels is ... powerful demonstration of values." http://huff.to/1CmrLG8
[investing, divestment]
Showing posts with label heartland institute. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heartland institute. Show all posts
Friday, September 5, 2014
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Climate tweets for 7 July 2014
RT Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe:
I am adding this picture to my slides, so next time someone says "but what about China?"
http://pic.twitter.com/QndJhYJEa9 via @ClimateReality
[solar, energy]
RT Fossil Free De @FossilFreeDe:
Students protest at @WWU_Muenster. The university refuses to #divest from climate killer banks:
RT Capital Climate @capital_climate:
What happens in Vegas, really should stay in Vegas: The Climate Clown Show:
[denial]
Lake Mead, Largest U.S. Reservoir, to Reach Record Low This Week:
[drought, water]
Bad news for sea level rise as quickening Antarctic winds point to faster ice melt: @smh:
[science, glaciers, Antarctica]
Australia plows ahead with carbon tax repeal despite asininity:
http://gu.com/p/3qyyf/tw via @guardian
Rose-colored glasses: Antarctic sea ice is Mail on Sunday's latest global warming distraction:
http://gu.com/p/3qmxf/tw
[science, denial, David Rose, Antarctica]
Opinion: Carbon tax a win 4 economy & planet: @citizensclimate @ydrcom
http://www.ydr.com/letters/ci_26083066/carbon-tax-win-economy-and-planet-column
[Citizens' Climate Lobby]
RT Bill McKibben @billmckibben:
Sens Manchin (D-WV) and Heitkamp (D-ND) apparently winning fight to keep the Ex-Im Bank building coal plants. Ugh:
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/211341-coal-poised-for-rare-win-over-obama
Letter: Turn to facts when considering climate changes: @MichaelEMann:
http://www.theherald-news.com/articles/2014/07/04/d435dac67dd848ae901dad554fa3aecd/index.xml
[science]
Movement targets fossil fuel divestiture: @pittsburghpg:
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2014/07/06/Religious-and-liberal-groups-target-fossil-fuel-divestiture/stories/201407060217
[investing, divestment]
Study: Rising Arizona temps make for hostile environment: @StarNet:
http://azstarnet.com/news/science/environment/study-rising-az-temperatures-make-for-hostile-environment/article_f95aa84b-13a4-5f84-9944-2d092c8647cc.html
[science, Risky Business]
http://gu.com/p/3qyyf/tw via @guardian
Rose-colored glasses: Antarctic sea ice is Mail on Sunday's latest global warming distraction:
http://gu.com/p/3qmxf/tw
[science, denial, David Rose, Antarctica]
Opinion: Carbon tax a win 4 economy & planet: @citizensclimate @ydrcom
http://www.ydr.com/letters/ci_26083066/carbon-tax-win-economy-and-planet-column
[Citizens' Climate Lobby]
RT Bill McKibben @billmckibben:
Sens Manchin (D-WV) and Heitkamp (D-ND) apparently winning fight to keep the Ex-Im Bank building coal plants. Ugh:
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/211341-coal-poised-for-rare-win-over-obama
Letter: Turn to facts when considering climate changes: @MichaelEMann:
http://www.theherald-news.com/articles/2014/07/04/d435dac67dd848ae901dad554fa3aecd/index.xml
[science]
Movement targets fossil fuel divestiture: @pittsburghpg:
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2014/07/06/Religious-and-liberal-groups-target-fossil-fuel-divestiture/stories/201407060217
[investing, divestment]
Study: Rising Arizona temps make for hostile environment: @StarNet:
http://azstarnet.com/news/science/environment/study-rising-az-temperatures-make-for-hostile-environment/article_f95aa84b-13a4-5f84-9944-2d092c8647cc.html
[science, Risky Business]
Monday, January 6, 2014
Climate tweets for 5 January 2014
RT GlobalClimateTreaty @ClimateTreaty: We can't afford to ignore global warming - Indianapolis Star http://bit.ly/1eZjMpJ - #GlobalWarming
Climate Scientist Ralph Keeling Makes Crowdfunding Plea to Back Key Research: @InsideClimate http://insideclimatenews.org/content/climate-scientist-ralph-keeling-makes-crowdfunding-plea-back-key-research … #divest
Climate change increasing sea surface temps around Australia: http://indymedia.org.au/2014/01/05/climate-change-increasing-sea-surface-temperatures-around-australia … #globalwarming #divest
RT seth borenstein @borenbears: Last time US set cold monthly record: Dec. '83; hot records Mar & July 2012; Last hot month global record: Nov. 2013: Last cold: Dec. 1916
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality: We're doing something special today! Our second giveaway will be #IAMPROSNOW T-Shirts!!! No way? WAY! http://pic.twitter.com/GV60WmF224
Big weather events "getting worse": climatologist: @VoiceofRussiaUK http://voiceofrussia.com/uk/news/2014_01_05/Big-weather-events-getting-worse-climatologist-9310/ … #climatedisruption #divest
Water Bonds Shrivel as California Sees Driest Year: @Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-02/water-bonds-shrivel-as-california-sees-driest-year-muni.html … #drought #climate #divest
Climate Hangover: 5 Reasons to End America's Fossil Fuel Fiesta in 2014: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kassie-siegel/our-climate-hangover-5-re_b_4537564.html … #globalwarming #divest
Heartland relying on more non-experts with vested interests to spin garbage: @uknowiSS https://uknowispeaksense.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/heartland-relying-on-more-non-experts-with-vested-interests-to-spin-garbage/ … #climate
2013: Much more than record-setting drought: @FresnoBee http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/01/03/3696430/2013-was-much-more-than-record.html … #California #climatedisruption #divest
Climate Scientist Ralph Keeling Makes Crowdfunding Plea to Back Key Research: @InsideClimate http://insideclimatenews.org/content/climate-scientist-ralph-keeling-makes-crowdfunding-plea-back-key-research … #divest
Climate change increasing sea surface temps around Australia: http://indymedia.org.au/2014/01/05/climate-change-increasing-sea-surface-temperatures-around-australia … #globalwarming #divest
RT seth borenstein @borenbears: Last time US set cold monthly record: Dec. '83; hot records Mar & July 2012; Last hot month global record: Nov. 2013: Last cold: Dec. 1916
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality: We're doing something special today! Our second giveaway will be #IAMPROSNOW T-Shirts!!! No way? WAY! http://pic.twitter.com/GV60WmF224
Big weather events "getting worse": climatologist: @VoiceofRussiaUK http://voiceofrussia.com/uk/news/2014_01_05/Big-weather-events-getting-worse-climatologist-9310/ … #climatedisruption #divest
Water Bonds Shrivel as California Sees Driest Year: @Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-02/water-bonds-shrivel-as-california-sees-driest-year-muni.html … #drought #climate #divest
Climate Hangover: 5 Reasons to End America's Fossil Fuel Fiesta in 2014: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kassie-siegel/our-climate-hangover-5-re_b_4537564.html … #globalwarming #divest
Heartland relying on more non-experts with vested interests to spin garbage: @uknowiSS https://uknowispeaksense.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/heartland-relying-on-more-non-experts-with-vested-interests-to-spin-garbage/ … #climate
2013: Much more than record-setting drought: @FresnoBee http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/01/03/3696430/2013-was-much-more-than-record.html … #California #climatedisruption #divest
Friday, May 25, 2012
Butterfly declared climate change 'winner'
There is some rejoicing in the global-warming-denial, anti-science camp today. As usual, it is caused by scientific findings, but ones of which deniers happen to approve. Today's lucky find: a formerly rare butterfly in the United Kingdom, the brown argus, whose range has rapidly expanded in recent years.
Even the U.K. newspaper The Guardian, which seems to have about the best environmental coverage of any mainstream news source in the world, had the kind of headline that the Heartland Institute (Denier Central) would love: "British butterfly defies doom prediction to thrive in changing climate." If, of course, the Heartland Institute believed the climate were changing. Meanwhile, one of the study's coauthors delivered another Heartland-warming sound bite: "There will be winners and losers from climate change."
It is good news--don't get me wrong--but some other outlets' stories had a less perky take. After a few minutes' perusal, my nominee for one of the most perceptive is Bryan Walsh's "Why an English Butterfly Is a Rare Winner in Global Warming" at Time magazine's EcoCentric blog. Walsh starts off by noting, "Little is expected to benefit from climate change, with the possible exception of air-conditioning manufacturers, popsicle makers and Canada," then reviews the scientific findings about the brown argus, and moves on to this insightful close:
"But the brown argus butterfly is likely to be the exception to climate change, not the rule. Past periods of sudden climate change in the Earth‘s history have led to a reduction in biodiversity and even great extinction waves. If warming keeps up at the expected rate—and we’re doing little to slow it down—far more species will suffer as they attempt to adapt than those likely to succeed, especially since climate change is only one of many other challenges wildlife will face, including habitat loss and degradation. And the big question for 7 billion plus human beings is: will we be able to adapt and even thrive like the brown argus, or will we fail?" Several good sound bites there too, and more important, an appropriate level of respect for the very complicated planetary climate and environmental system in which we are mucking about.
Even the U.K. newspaper The Guardian, which seems to have about the best environmental coverage of any mainstream news source in the world, had the kind of headline that the Heartland Institute (Denier Central) would love: "British butterfly defies doom prediction to thrive in changing climate." If, of course, the Heartland Institute believed the climate were changing. Meanwhile, one of the study's coauthors delivered another Heartland-warming sound bite: "There will be winners and losers from climate change."
It is good news--don't get me wrong--but some other outlets' stories had a less perky take. After a few minutes' perusal, my nominee for one of the most perceptive is Bryan Walsh's "Why an English Butterfly Is a Rare Winner in Global Warming" at Time magazine's EcoCentric blog. Walsh starts off by noting, "Little is expected to benefit from climate change, with the possible exception of air-conditioning manufacturers, popsicle makers and Canada," then reviews the scientific findings about the brown argus, and moves on to this insightful close:
"But the brown argus butterfly is likely to be the exception to climate change, not the rule. Past periods of sudden climate change in the Earth‘s history have led to a reduction in biodiversity and even great extinction waves. If warming keeps up at the expected rate—and we’re doing little to slow it down—far more species will suffer as they attempt to adapt than those likely to succeed, especially since climate change is only one of many other challenges wildlife will face, including habitat loss and degradation. And the big question for 7 billion plus human beings is: will we be able to adapt and even thrive like the brown argus, or will we fail?" Several good sound bites there too, and more important, an appropriate level of respect for the very complicated planetary climate and environmental system in which we are mucking about.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Change of Heartland: Institute vows 'new leaf'
Sunday, April 1, 2012--The Heartland Institute, long a stronghold of criticism of generally accepted science on such issues as climate change and the health effects of tobacco, said in a press release today that it plans to "turn over a new leaf" and work to heighten public awareness of the negative effects on the Earth's climate of burning fossil fuels.
Since the highly publicized leak of internal documents some weeks ago, a spokesman for the group said, "We've had to do some real soul searching. It's been a difficult time."
Of particular importance in Heartland's change of heart, the spokesman said, was the conduct of Dr. Peter Gleick, a climate scientist and commentator who announced in late February that he had impersonated a Heartland board member in order to obtain the documents.
"At first, we were naturally very angry with Dr. Gleick, but after thinking it over, we realized that we had been a part of a similar episode in the past with Greenpeace. We were also struck by the distinct difference between his conduct in coming forward and that of the unknown computer hackers who stole climate scientists' e-mails in the past and who remain at large.
"We also had to acknowledge, after others pointed it out to us, that we had applauded the e-mail hacking in a perhaps unseemly way that contrasted sharply with our reaction to having our internal documents made public.
"Our hearts go out to the many individuals and their families who have suffered from diseases associated with tobacco, such as lung cancer and emphysema, and to those around the world who are threatened by impacts associated with climate change such as flooding and drought. We promise to do better in the future."
In other breaking news, meteorologist Joe Bastardi today admitted that he doesn't know beans about thermodynamics.
Since the highly publicized leak of internal documents some weeks ago, a spokesman for the group said, "We've had to do some real soul searching. It's been a difficult time."
Of particular importance in Heartland's change of heart, the spokesman said, was the conduct of Dr. Peter Gleick, a climate scientist and commentator who announced in late February that he had impersonated a Heartland board member in order to obtain the documents.
"At first, we were naturally very angry with Dr. Gleick, but after thinking it over, we realized that we had been a part of a similar episode in the past with Greenpeace. We were also struck by the distinct difference between his conduct in coming forward and that of the unknown computer hackers who stole climate scientists' e-mails in the past and who remain at large.
"We also had to acknowledge, after others pointed it out to us, that we had applauded the e-mail hacking in a perhaps unseemly way that contrasted sharply with our reaction to having our internal documents made public.
"Our hearts go out to the many individuals and their families who have suffered from diseases associated with tobacco, such as lung cancer and emphysema, and to those around the world who are threatened by impacts associated with climate change such as flooding and drought. We promise to do better in the future."
In other breaking news, meteorologist Joe Bastardi today admitted that he doesn't know beans about thermodynamics.
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