Climate Change – Delaware Liberal

Australia Is Really, Really Hot

By pandora January 10, 20134 Comments

Take it away, Mr. Pierce: Australia is simultaneously burning down and melting, which is a considerable climatic feat when you think about it. There are gas stations that can't pump…

“It’s Global Warming, Stupid”

By pandora November 3, 20127 Comments

"Our cover story this week may generate controversy,” wrote editor Josh Tyrangiel on Twitter. “But only among the stupid.” I agree.

A Little Hot in Here

By nemski September 12, 201212 Comments

Thank goodness for August. If the dog days didn't cool down, we probably would have had the hottest summer on record. As it was, Delaware experienced our third warmest summer…

Poll: Americans Believe That Global Warming Is Linked to Extreme Weather

By nemski April 19, 20123 Comments

Yesterday, everyone was a buzz about the poll that showed Romney and Obama visually neck and neck. But this wasn't the poll we should have been focused on, this is: Americans believe that global warming is linked to our extreme weather.

Case Closed

By nemski September 2, 20112 Comments

Maybe one day, it won't be a "crime" to understand that humankind has caused global warming.

Climate Change Denialists vs. SCIENCE — Science Wins!

By cassandra_m May 19, 20111 Comment

One of the key papers trying to debunk the work of Climate Change scientists (the so-called Hockey Stick controversy) by Edward Wegman at GMU (paid for by your tax dollars) has been retracted by the journal it was published in due to plagiarism.

Koch Brothers Accidentally Prove The Earth Is Warming

By Unstable Isotope April 4, 20112 Comments

The Koch brothers gave $150,000 to climate skeptic Richard Muller to re-examine the temperature record.

Best Laid Plans Could Bring Cleaner Air

By nemski December 29, 2010

The New Republic explains that the Environmental Protection Agency would have broken the law if they did stood around and did nothing.

Why Does It Take A Republican To Say This?

By Unstable Isotope November 19, 201021 Comments

Finally a politician communicates about the benefits of addressing climate change in innovation and technology. Surprisingly, it's a Republican who's doing this.

Science vs “But… But It Snowed Last Winter”

By pandora November 8, 20102 Comments

I'd pay good money to watch this debate. Reporting from Washington — Faced with rising political attacks, hundreds of climate scientists are joining a broad campaign to push back against…

More Senate Sausagemaking — How the Climate Change Bill Failed

By cassandra_m October 10, 20105 Comments

The New Yorker has a great article from Ryan Lizza detailing how the Climate Change Bill came together in the Senate, and how it came apart. Do yourself a favor and read The Whole Thing. The subtitle doesn't do this article any justice and is really pretty wrong.

Climate Scientists Cleared

By pandora July 7, 20107 Comments

Not that this will matter to the educationally challenged. A British panel issued a sweeping exoneration on Wednesday of scientists caught up in the controversy known as Climategate, saying it…

So What’s Next: Climate or Immigration?

By Scott P April 26, 201051 Comments

Well, today was supposed to be the first day of the rest of our lives, climate change legislationally-speaking. John Kerry, Joe Leiberman, and Lindsey Graham were set to publicly unveil…