http://thechillingeffect.org cooling heated rhetoric on global warming Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:31:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Climategate: Shameless Science No Teddy Bears: There is nothing cuddly about the WWF "Human role in climate change is the debate" 5 years later and still wasting taxpayer money in N.C. Global Warming: 'Take this snow and shovel it again, Al Gore!' Global warming one big snow job Freaking Amazing: "If one wonders why the climate ... http://thechillingeffect.org/2010/03/21/energy-and-environment-around-the-interwebs-83/ Gallup: For only the second time in more than two decades and the second straight year, Americans are more likely to say economic growth should take precedence over environmental protection when the two objectives conflict (53%) than to say the reverse (38%). Our thoughts: this figure has been greatly affected by ... http://thechillingeffect.org/2010/03/18/global-warming-weve-passed-the-rubicon-for-now/ Standards be damned, the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change plans to press forward in its Nursery Rhyme scare campaign. http://thechillingeffect.org/2010/03/17/for-the-children/ More info from Gallup on where global warming stands in the overall picture public concern: And given all the talk we've heard in recent years about global warming, we were particularly surprised at this figure: http://thechillingeffect.org/2010/03/16/putting-global-warming-in-perspective/ Bad news in this year's "State of the Birds Report" (yes, we were surprised too). Changes in the global climate are imposing additional stress on hundreds of species of migratory birds in the United States that are already threatened by other environmental factors, according to a new Interior Department report. The ... http://thechillingeffect.org/2010/03/15/stressed-birds/ http://thechillingeffect.org/2010/03/15/this-weeks-cartoon-pachauris-playmates/ We took a brief break and had a brief tech break-age, but we're back and going gangbusters. Here are some stories catching our eye: Backpedal! IPCC likely to backtrack on claim that global warming will destroy rainforests Heh: Albert Arnold Gore, Jr., Is Back and He’s Got ‘Global Warming With Him — ... http://thechillingeffect.org/2010/03/15/energy-and-environment-around-the-interwebs-82/ As polls continue to show that fear of global warming is going down, happiness with overall environmental quality are showing positive signs: Americans grew more content over the past year with the overall quality of the environment in the country. Their "excellent" or "good" ratings now total 46%, up from 39% ... http://thechillingeffect.org/2010/03/15/poll-americans-happier-with-environmental-quality/ Were one to say, "had you heard the American administration has colluded with the energy industry to attack a recent economic study that was giving them grief," the average response would likely include, "Oh, there goes Bush and Halliburton again." But that's not the story here. The Obama Administration appears to ... http://thechillingeffect.org/2010/03/03/obama-admin-colluded-with-dirty-energy-lobbyists/ Great piece from Investors Business Daily on Al Gore's recent attempt via op-ed in the Wall Street Journal to stoke declining public fears of global warming: If hyperbole and chutzpah had a child, it would be the opening paragraph of Gore's op-ed in Sunday's New York Times. Gore surfaced from the ... http://thechillingeffect.org/2010/03/02/al-gores-blizzard-of-lies/