Politics drive political decisions
“It is absolutely essential that the negotiators get a continuous and repeated exposure to the science of climate change,” Pachauri told Reuters in ...
Category: Climate Change
Accepting climate science vs. climate policy
To continue musing why some people don’t’ accept climate science, I wonder if part of the blame lies with those of us who want legislative action. We̵...
Anti-science vs. epistemic closure in climate science denial
I’ve finally decided I can’t claim to write about science and politics without actually writing about science and politics. People want to make gene...
Climate science as astronomy
Here’s Matthew Bailes on climate science and astronomy: It may come as a big surprise to many, but there is actually no difference between how science wor...
There is more to science than climate change
I understand the Zack Beauchamps out there apply a national politics filter to almost everything they write. I get why they spend time on climate change and ste...
Politicians’ scientific beliefs, indicators, and cultural markers
Liberal bloggers have been attacking National Review’s Kevin Williamson for arguing politicians’ scientific beliefs don’t matter: Why would an...
Blog dump
Pretty busy this week with some applications, so I’ll leave you with a few links: Why we still pay for academic journals even though everything is now onl...
Indifference not scorn
Sorry for the long break–I’ve been traveling the past two weeks. I did, however, keep a mental list of topics I wanted to raise. Given that I̵...
Practical consequences
Environmental ethicist Donald Brown insists there are practical consequences to ignoring the ethical dimensions of climate change: Although the conclusions reac...
Stephen Schneider
It’s hard for me to think straight right now, but please check out Andy Revkin’s short write up. I’ve just lost a mentor and a friend.