Anyone who wants to get a start on understanding the current state of the global-warming controversy, is advised to check out this article in Salon by Joseph Romm, which starts out by stating that there is not really a "consensus" on global warming -- just "well-tested science and real-world observations." (Yes, dorsai, this means you too.)

The science ( Read more... )

A couple of suburb-apologists are trying to blame cities -- and people who think cities are decent places to live -- for global warming, and trying to find new ways to shield the suburbs they love from the blame.

In all fairness, the Washington Post Outlook article, by Joel Kotkin (a fellow at Chapman University and author of The City: A Global ( Read more... )

If there is any lingering doubt that the party of George W. Bush has been taken over by its lunatic fringe, this New York Magazine article (via Andrew Sullivan) should lay it all to rest...

Bush-administration officials privately threatened organizers of the U.N. Climate Change Conference, telling them that any chance there might've been for the ( Read more... )