The disclosure of research “missteps” hasn’t shaken the consensus that manmade emissions from burning fossil fuels are contributing to climate change, President Barack Obama’s top science adviser said.
The release of scientists’ e-mails and errors in a report by a United Nations climate panel show researchers are human, John Holdren said today at an energy conference in Washington’s Maryland suburbs. The errors don’t alter the fact that carbon dioxide emissions are warming the earth, he said.
As a captain in the Army, I was used to seeing the blasted, wasted landscapes of unfamiliar countries. From the window of a plane or the door of a helicopter, they were a familiar sight, the last high-level view before descending into a nasty fight.
I expected such images of destruction in Iraq and Afghanistan. But not in West Virginia.
It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on the science of global warming actually indicated that we do not face an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive measures to protect human civilization as we know it.
The Recovery Act, a key component of America’s tectonic shift away from foreign oil, should be celebrated for what it has saved—jobs, money and energy.
By making smart investments in clean energy technology and cutting taxes for 95 percent of Americans, the Recovery Act kept America on track to double our renewable energy output. It also funded critical efficiency and weatherization projects that save families and small businesses money on their electricity bills.
American Security Project Executive Director Dr. James Ludes responds to criticism of the intelligence community's parternship with climate scientists - "facts show this to be a low-cost, wise use of American intelligence assets."
Computer models predict a much drier Texas on par with or even exceeding 10- to 30-year "megadroughts" of past centuries, and these changes carry potentially enormous implications for agriculture, wildlife, water, infrastructure, public health, businesses and energy use.
On XM Radio's Left Jab, ASP Board Member Lieutenant General Claudia Kennedy, US Army (Ret.), discusses her work with the American Security Project and how important it is to inform the public and public opinion leaders about the national security implications of climate change.