Questioning Competence
According to a recent AAAS survey, scientists perceive the public as not being well informed about scientific topics. In fact, the report falls just short of calling people outright stupid. Given the...
View ArticleStartup Act 3.0
In an increasingly rare bipartisan move, Startup Act 3.0 is being introduced by Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). This is a reboot of...
View ArticleClarifying Climate Change Doubt at the Senate
A keen response about creating false doubt by US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and its inappropriateness in government. Let’s get to work on fixing this! Tagged: climate, climate change, cojones,...
View ArticleWhy Arctic Oil Still Matters
This is nothing technically new, people have wanted to drill in Alaska, specifically the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), since the 1980′s. The major Exxon Valdez spill (1989) dumped somewhere...
View ArticleNonlinear Climate Change
In our globalized society where we are now more interconnected and interdependent than at any other time in the past presents a new set of challenges, many of them increasingly complex that require...
View ArticleThe Climate Cost of Foods
Typically we only look at the sticker price of foods when deciding what to purchase ($0.29/lb for bananas? score!) however there is a cost to the environment. “Food miles” are a rough measure that...
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