NPR: Public's Absolute Lack of Interest Global Warming
reason.com — NPR ran a piece on Dec. 7 about the apparent paradox that as "scientists" become more convinced that climate change is real, man-made, and catastrophic, the global public is shrugging its shoulders. (Submitted by Blinker1315) More...
Daily Show Explores the Self-Dumbing Down of Fox & Friends
tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.… — Jon Stewart last night took down Fox & Friends for using poll numbers on global warming -- more specifically, "climate gate" -- that added up to 120 percent. Then he zeroed in on host Gretchen Carlson for playing dumb -- even though she was valedictorian of her high school class, graduated with honors from Stanford and studied at Oxford. (Submitted by amprather) More...
The Psychology of Climate Change Denial
wired.com — Even as the science of global warming gets stronger, fewer Americans believe it’s real. In some ways, it’s nearly as jarring a disconnect as enduring disbelief in evolution or carbon dating. And according to Kari Marie Norgaard, a Whitman University sociologist who’s studied public attitudes towards climate science, we’re in denial. (Submitted by amprather) More...
Do the Copenhagen climate talks matter?
money.cnn.com — The Copenhagen climate talks won't likely deliver a new global treaty on global warming, but there are still plenty of reasons to pay attention. Starting Monday, 15,000 people are expected in Copenhagen, Denmark. Over the next two weeks they're supposed to be hashing out a successor to the Kyoto Treaty, the global deal regulating greenhouse gases (Submitted by wjappe) More...
Global Warming & the Fascinating 'Upside' to Greenland
outside.away.com — While effects of global warming -- and the attendant melting of glaciers -- will likely devastate many countries around it, Greenland is already experiencing an unlikely & complex boon that may well deliver its independence from Denmark. (Submitted by openthink) More...
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