Tag: chemistry

April 16, 2015 0

Under what circumstance does McConnell’s message to foreigners to do less on climate change help America rhetorical question?

By News Desk

Tweet Slate has a good article on Republican politicians siding with America’s foreign rivals when Democrats run the executive branch, multiple times throughout the years. The latest version of this is Mitch McConnell’s advice to foreign countries that "Considering that two-thirds of the U.S. federal government hasn’t even signed off on the Clean Power Plan and 13 states have already pledged to fight it, our international partners should proceed with caution before entering into a binding, unattainable deal." Ignore for the moment that these international commitments are voluntary, not binding

April 14, 2015 0

A Train Wreck Avoided

By News Desk

Tweet As has been reported, the American Physical Society has requested comments on its Draft Statement on Earths Changing Climate. There was some amusement value in how the draft was presented

April 1, 2015 0

It’s the Dragons, No It’s the Trolls, NO It’s the Sun

By News Desk

Well, it’s silly season again, and Nature has a good one  and it is open Emerging evidence indicates that dragons can no longer be dismissed as creatures of legend and fantasy, and that anthropogenic effects on the world’s climate may inadvertently be paving the way for the resurgence of these beasts.