Category Archives: climate change

When The Levee Breaks

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “When The Levee Breaks”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail “Disasters,” Jonathan Chait writes, “are inherently political, because government is political, and preventing and responding to disasters is a primary role of the state.” Rachel Maddow echoed Chait for the last few nights … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: The Song of the Norse

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: The Song of the Norse”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail There is a common misconception that environmental activism is all about saving the planet and the animals and the rain forests. In reality, it is all about the human environment. … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Climate Feedback

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Climate Feedback”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Researchers at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks (UAF) have found melting permafrost releasing methane into the atmosphere: Using aerial and ground-based surveys, the team identified about 150,000 methane seeps in Alaska and Greenland in … Continue reading →

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Why Mass Effect is a Parable About Climate Change

Posted on April 27, 2012 by MagicLoveHose

Share the post “Why Mass Effect is a Parable About Climate Change”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis post is going to have spoilers, including for the ending to Mass Effect 3. Mass Effect is my current science fictional obsession. I buttoned down and got an … Continue reading →

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Why America Lacks a Scientific Conversation

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Why America Lacks a Scientific Conversation”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The science is in, and Chris Mooney’s politicization hypothesis is real. Conservatives, especially evangelicals, are less apt to accept scientific evidence than they were 40 years ago. This trend has been driven … Continue reading →

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April Fool’s, We’re Dead

Posted on April 1, 2012 by MagicLoveHose

Share the post “April Fool’s, We’re Dead”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Going to go empty the drinks cabinet.

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Climate Change Propelling Conflict in Syria

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Climate Change Propelling Conflict in Syria”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI can’t stand another delusional paranoid blog post raving about the PNAC agenda in Syria. As much as lefties have talked about climate change and the coming age of climate wars, it’s … Continue reading →

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Saudi Oil Minister Still Denying Peak Oil

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Saudi Oil Minister Still Denying Peak Oil”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe Saudi Arabian Minister of Oil and Natural Resources, Ali al-Naimi, gave a speech Tuesday (.PDF) that apparently turned decades of climate denial on their head: Greenhouse gas emissions and global … Continue reading →

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Kochs Fund Wrong Climate Study

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Kochs Fund Wrong Climate Study”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail For their next trick, the Kochs accidentally fund peak oil studies that determine petroleum is not, in fact, an infinite resource. Oopsie: Muller’s team appears to have confirmed the basic tenets of climate … Continue reading →

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“There’s Always a Way” – Grant Morrison Vs. Nihilism, And The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Posted on August 10, 2011 by MagicLoveHose

Share the post ““There’s Always a Way” – Grant Morrison Vs. Nihilism, And The Stories We Tell Ourselves”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail By Magic Love Hose “If you want to change minds, you have to tell a better story.” – Matt Osborne About a … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: SpongeBob Politicized

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: SpongeBob Politicized”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailRemember when James Dobson said that Tinky Winky was secretly encouraging kids to be gay? Well, now FOX Noise says that SpongeBob is a devious plot to make your kids believe in climate change. … Continue reading →

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