Archive for March 12th, 2008
Jim Turnour on Political Leadership and Much More
Posted by jennifer, March 12th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Comments: 15
I have just returned from the national capital, Canberra, where my brother Jim Turnour gave his maiden speech to the Australian federal parliament.
While Jim and I don’t agree on climate change – his views are more like those of David Jones, occasional commentator at this blog and Head of Climate Analysis Section, Australian Bureau [...]
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Roger Pielke Sr on The Political Issue of Global Warming
Posted by Paul, March 12th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 23
Thus we have the reasoning as to why the science issues on Climate Science have been mostly ignored – the issue is not about climate science. The goal is to use the term “global warming” (with “climate change” used to make the concept cover all aspects of climate) not to ”motivate” change, but to [...]
UK 2007 Floods ‘Not Linked to Climate Change’
Posted by Paul, March 12th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 17
The UK’s summer floods of 2007 were a freak event unrelated to global climate change, according to a report from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH).
The key cause was that extended rains early in summer soaked soils that would normally have been dry at that time.
When heavy storms came later, water could not soak [...]

