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How to Talk to a Climate ‘Skeptic’

By Erik Curren | September 10, 2019

We originally published this piece in September of 2010, but because we still get comments from climate science deniers, as a service to our readers, we've just updated it and published it again. -- Editor We've all had the experience: Arguing with somebody who doesn't believe that climate change is real. You know there's no way to win. You'll never convince a real science … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: climate skeptics, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Oct 2010, United Nations

The stealth president: When climate change is the issue

By Vicki Lipski | October 16, 2012

Obama

By January of next year, Barack Obama will have been president for four years. We'll know by then whether or not he’ll be president for an additional four years. Election years are frequently a time of taking stock – talking about where we’ve been, how far we’ve come, how far we have yet to go. When a subject becomes taboo, as climate change very nearly has, the matter of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: climate change, climate skeptics, conservation, election2012, global climate disruption, presidential election

Seven myths used to debunk peak oil, debunked

By Staff Reports | May 3, 2012

Peak oil deniers embrace Hydra

Peak oil is a fact, not a theory. From US conventional oil production peaking in 1970 to global conventional oil production peaking in 2006 the figures are indisputable. Even institutions such as the International Energy Agency (IEA) and publications like The Economist that are not known for alarmism have admitted that oil production from conventional sources has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: ASPO, clean energy, climate skeptics, conservation, peak oil, plutocracy

Teaching climate change denial

By Vicki Lipski | March 1, 2012

Never Mind the Science

Why would an organization call itself  The Heartland Institute (HI)? To me the heartland of America is our country’s center – the Midwest and the Great Plains. The stereotype of this region arouses pictures of farm country, where good, honest, hardworking folks lead sober, unsophisticated lives. My suspicion is that the HI would like to piggyback on the values just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: climate change, climate skeptics, global warming, global warming truth index

What’s really in and out for 2012

By Staff Reports | January 16, 2012

Romney at Bain Capital

Every year popular magazines and newspapers produce "In and Out" lists that make a claim to cultural prescience through boldly distinguishing what's jumped the shark from what's just about to become a break-out sensation. Trouble is, too often the ins and outs are totally predictable, being driven by the mainstream corporate culture and so-called style makers. What they're … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: "In and Out" list, backyard chickens, Chris Martenson, climate skeptics, Mitt Romney

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