tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post2749228726060543233..comments2023-05-03T04:30:21.758-07:00Comments on NCFocus: This week: First it came for Moscow, Pakistan, the Arctic... - and our responseAnna Hayneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-18417585786536607832010-08-19T14:34:55.482-07:002010-08-19T14:34:55.482-07:00(as is science)(as is science)Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-81929665908512578692010-08-19T12:21:57.210-07:002010-08-19T12:21:57.210-07:00Frank, tempted though I am to chime in, I'm no...Frank, tempted though I am to chime in, I'm not going to go there.<br /><br />Greg, re "I feel that the debate over whether or not there is global warming is a distraction" - agreed, it is. That's why the fossil fuel folks are feeding it. The Q is, what happens if we cede the scientific ground here, and allow the public to stay misinformed about climate change and what it saysAnna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-87035510924619455462010-08-17T08:35:59.770-07:002010-08-17T08:35:59.770-07:00I'm now convinced that mass protests will only...I'm now convinced that mass protests will only happen when something has a short-term effect that a lot of people don't like: e.g. taxes get raised, or pay gets cut.<br /><br />Otherwise, pretty much nobody will lift a finger to do anything about anything -- even if tomorrow someone publishes a well-researched investigative report which conclusively shows that the whole climate change Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-18301652100562195972010-08-17T03:10:23.103-07:002010-08-17T03:10:23.103-07:00I keep thinking about this blog.
I feel that the...I keep thinking about this blog. <br /><br />I feel that the debate over whether or not there is global warming is a distraction, at this point, from a discussion about what could be done. It isn't just global warming, anyway. There are several other problems of human destruction in the same category.<br /><br />Why not a discussion about how to change our life styles for the better? That'gzallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901213724114743079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-15372992642135725542010-08-15T10:17:47.720-07:002010-08-15T10:17:47.720-07:00From that time: "Recent science editors at th...From that time: "Recent science editors at the New York Times include top editor Laura Chang, health editor Barbara Strauch, James Gorman, restaurant critic David Corcoran, and Cornelia Dean."<br />(<a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/03/16/nyt-science-deniers/" rel="nofollow">link</a>)Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-14311282529443770022010-08-15T10:13:47.765-07:002010-08-15T10:13:47.765-07:00Thanks for that link Don; I'd missed it.
&quo...Thanks for that link Don; I'd missed it.<br /><br />"“If you ask me as a person, do I think the Russian heat wave has to do with climate change, the answer is yes,” said Gavin Schmidt, a climate researcher with NASA in New York. “If you ask me as a scientist whether I have *proved* it, the answer is no — at least not yet.” "<br /><br />Here's hoping the *editors* of the Times&#Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099921.post-14515584660128835022010-08-15T07:12:47.513-07:002010-08-15T07:12:47.513-07:00These events seem to scream out the truth of anthr...These events seem to scream out the truth of anthropogenic global warming, and yet articles like this one in the NY Times is still couched in cautious and circumspect language, no doubt because the scientific method requires such caution in stating conclusions:<br /><br />"In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming"<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/science/earth/15climate.html?_rDon Peltonhttp://sierravoices.comnoreply@blogger.com