Germany's two largest power companies joined forces yesterday and announced an ambitious plan to build at least four nuclear reactors in the UK at an estimated cost of £20 billion. Read more here. … [Read more...] about More Nuclear for the UK
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Congratulations to Winners of the 2008 Weblog Awards
BASED on 933,022 votes cast in 48 categories over seven days of voting winners of The 2008 Weblog Awards have now been announced. Veteran political blogger, columnist and author, Andrew Sullivan, won the best blog beating the Huffington Post and … [Read more...] about Congratulations to Winners of the 2008 Weblog Awards
Valuing Passion Over Wisdom: Hansen Awarded Highest Honour by American Meteorologists
THE director of NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies, James Hansen, was awarded the 2009 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Medal in Phoenix yesterday. This is the highest honour bestowed by the American Meteorological Society and was awarded for Dr Hansen’s … [Read more...] about Valuing Passion Over Wisdom: Hansen Awarded Highest Honour by American Meteorologists
Still Raining in Fiji
Fiji has again been put on flood alert as another low depression hit yesterday, bringing more torrential rains. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Still Raining in Fiji
Claims of Data ‘Massaging’ at NASA
DATA on global temperatures is compiled by several organisation including NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) headed by James Hansen. This data set tends to show more warming than, for example, data compiled by the UK Meteorology … [Read more...] about Claims of Data ‘Massaging’ at NASA
Maintaining a Monopoly on Climate Science
LEVELS of atmospheric carbon dioxide have been steadily rising, but since about 1998 global warming has stalled. Some climate scientists claim the reason has everything to do with the sun. A little over a month ago a planning meeting was called … [Read more...] about Maintaining a Monopoly on Climate Science