Tag Archives: climate change

Scientists need to speak up – and fight back.

Sunday’s Washington Post featured a great op-ed, extolling scientists to accept that the political and social climate in which we work has fundamentally changed, and that we need to quickly adapt.   No longer can we afford to ensconce ourselves in our labs and universities, content to teach students and disseminate our research results through papers written for an audience of […]

APS Council Overwhelmingly Rejects Proposal to Replace Society’s Current Climate Change Statement

The Council of the American Physical Society has overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to replace the Society’s 2007 Statement on Climate Change with a version that raised doubts about global warming. The Council’s vote came after it received a report from a committee of eminent scientists who reviewed the existing statement in response to a petition […]

The Solar Decathlon: Innovation Right Under Your Nose

The Department of Energy and its National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) are sponsoring a green technology competition that “challenges 20 college teams from around the globe in 10 contests to design, build, and operate the most livable, energy-efficient, and completely solar-powered house.”   This year’s competition, which is being held on the national Mall, is the […]

Too Hot and Too Sticky

Last August’s stultifying heat and humidity reminded me that climate change must still be a policy priority.  I say must, because although I’m not convinced the doomsday global warming alarmists have it right, if they do, the century-long dwelling time of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere does not give us the luxury of waiting thirty […]

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