IN the Sierra Nevada, there are Whitebark Pines, Pinus albicaulis, thought to be thousands of years old now growing at an altitude where seedlings can’t survive winter. So, they reproduce from suckers. Larry Fields told us the story earlier this … [Read more...] about About a Clump of Ancient Black Oaks: Helen Mahr
Archives for August 2009
Vested Interests in Emissions Trading
I believe corporations are just as bad as government in selling out on green issues. Most companies in the Fortune 500 have jumped on the climate change bandwagon. And there are lots of groups out there that will gain from carbon trading if it … [Read more...] about Vested Interests in Emissions Trading
Senate Rejects Cap n Trade
AUSTRALIA'S Senate rejected the government’s climate-change legislation, forcing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to amend the bill or call an early election. Senators voted 42 to 30 against the law, which included plans for a carbon trading system … [Read more...] about Senate Rejects Cap n Trade
AGW is a Thermometer Count Artifact: A note from E.M. Smith
I HAVE been “characterizing” the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) temperature process and how the data are transformed... My conclusion is that the anthropogenic global warming (AGW) “signal” is an artifact of the arrival and departure of … [Read more...] about AGW is a Thermometer Count Artifact: A note from E.M. Smith
Burning China’s Trash
After surpassing the United States as the world’s largest producer of household garbage, China has embarked on a vast program to build incinerators as landfills run out of space. But these incinerators have become a growing source of toxic emissions, … [Read more...] about Burning China’s Trash
Cows Greener than Soy?
I am dismayed that so many people have been so easily fooled on the meat eating and climate change issue following the UN report. The culprit is not meat eating but rather the excesses of corporate/industrial agriculture. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Cows Greener than Soy?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
