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DeLong and Deltoid on Roger Peilke Jr. "train wreck"
Roger Pielke Jr. has written the most Titanic whine in the history of the climate blogosphere, “Giant Fish, Big Fish and Minnows of the Liberal Blogosphere.” And I do mean […]
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Obama speaks on climate action from MIT
The naysayers, the folks who would pretend that this is not an issue, they are being marginalized. But I think it’s important to understand that the closer we get, the […]
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Friday music blogging: Here We Go Magic
Here We Go Magic is the new project from Seattle singer-songwriter Luke Temple. It is quite a departure from his previous albums under his own name, which were folky, hummable […]
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A2B verses A123
I’ve seen a couple of these A2B machines running around town. I finally spotted one on display at a scooter store. That’s my electric bike parked next to it. Some […]
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No wonder public and media seem uniformed
UPDATE: Yes, bad coverage by big media, including the NYT’s Revkin, is one reason there has been a modest decline since April 2008 in the number of Americans who know […]
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Hunters and anglers rally for climate bill
A recent poll by the National Wildlife Federation, which counts more than 420,000 members across 42 states, found that 66 percent of hunters and anglers surveyed believed that global warming […]
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GOP proposes to cut solar technology funding
Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) is continuing his effort to limit the scope and spending of a solar technology bill headed to the House floor today with an amendment that would […]
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18 leading scientific organizations send letter to Senators
Here is the letter from 18 top U.S. scientific organizations: Dear Senator: As you consider climate change legislation, we, as leaders of scientific organizations, write to state the consensus scientific […]
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Bicycles, Trauma Centers, and Injury Severity Scores
Two recent articles have motivated me to do another biking post. First up is this one, from Science Daily Despite the wide-spread attention paid to the importance of wearing helmets, […]
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Coauthor of SuperFreakonomics apologizes to me
[Note: The error-riddled book is now searchable again on Amazon, so readers can confirm that all of my excerpts were correct and in context. The book has garnered a number […]