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Lance Armstrong and Superstorm Sandy were both doped

Lance Armstrong’s wins weren’t caused by his doping, but he was still performance enhanced. Superstorm Sandy was similarly enhanced by industrial climate disruption.

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Milloy's latest climate op-ed riddled with errors

Today, the Washington Times ran an op-ed by science-denier-for-hire Steve Milloy titled “2012 GOP guide to the climate debate.” Based on the number of errors and irrelevancies masquerading as serious concerns I discovered while reading it, the Washington Times should have titled the op-ed “How to lie to voters about climate disruption.” Here’s a brief […]

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Nota Bene #106: [no title due to budget cuts]

“Working for a major studio can be like trying to have sex with a porcupine. It’s one prick against thousands.” Who said it?

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Nota Bene #100: Il Planetario di Figaro

Wow, 100 issues of Nota Bene! Props to Russ for helping me for a while with this nifty little S&R feature. Never mind all that now, let’s get on with this issue. “What splendid buildings our architects would be able to execute if only they could finally be less obedient to gravity!” Who said it?

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Nota Bene #97: toDwI'ma' qoS yItIvqu'!

“To be truly free, and truly to appreciate its freedom, a society must be literate.”

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Two new studies point to significant ice melt-driven sea level rise this century

In 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) refused to stake a firm position on how fast and how high sea levels would rise. The IPCC claimed that, while there was widespread agreement on sea level rise due to thermal expansion of seawater, scientists did not yet know […]

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20 million years of CO2 and ice sheet/sea level correlation

When you look at the ice core record, there’s a significant amount of correlation between sea level rise and the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air at the time. But the ice core record goes back less than a million years. A study published a couple of weeks ago in the journal Science […]

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Nota Bene #87: Supersize Moi

There’s an old saying in Tennessee

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The Weekly Carboholic: U.S. Chamber of Commerce files for EPA climate disruption trial (update #2)

U.S. Chamber of Commerce files for EPA climate disruption trial GRACE satellites show water use in India is unsustainable Biofuel crops may become next invasive species Is GM’s 230 MPG Volt claim real? Tubular Rail aims to invert train and rail July global ocean temperature sets two records Earlier this week, the LATimes reported that […]

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The Weekly Carboholic: Pew poll says climate lowest priority, but results are curious

Pew poll says climate lowest priority, but results are curious Talking heads continue to confuse weather for climate Study says some climate changes cannot be reversed NOAA research jet measures greenhouse gases around the Pacific Study says oceans to dissolve much less oxygen Waste heat to eventually overwhelm greenhouse gases New magnets may replace HFC […]

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So, does the end justify the means?

by JS O’Brien Sunday, January 18 will be the 97th anniversary of the day Robert Falcon Scott’s British Terra Nova Expedition arrived at the South Pole in 1912.  As many may know, there was a race to the Pole with the Norwegian, Roald Amundsen — a race the British lost.  They also lost their lives, […]

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The Weekly Carboholic: water vapor effect on climate measured

Water vapor effect on climate measured New data says southern ocean still absorbing CO2 Ocean acidifying faster than expected Missing radiation signature points to thinning Tibetan glaciers “Cash for Clunkers” to get old gas hogs off the road Portugal commits to electric vehicles by 2011 One of the larger problem with climate models, and with […]

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The Weekly Carboholic: new data reveals human-caused warming at both poles

New data reveals human-caused warming at both poles Methane concentrations increase globally in 2007 Architect of Berkeley’s new solar plan gives Grist an update Two useful climate change maps According to a new paper published in Nature Geoscience and available online here, scientists from the UK, US, and Australia have detected anthropogenic influence on the […]

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The Weekly Carboholic: So much for the "1970s cooling consensus" myth

70′s “cooling consensus” never existed Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf to be studied Efficiency created 1.46 million California jobs Memo: CO2, wildlife conflicts of interest OK Rolls-Royce developing efficient new propeller engines for commercial aircraft Reduce packaging to save money, CO2 Most scientists and activists who understand the realities of anthropogenic global warming (AGW) have […]

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The Weekly Carboholic: traditional media errs on latest permafrost study

MSM misunderstands or misrepresents permafrost study U.S. labs to study abrupt climate change Scientists witness first massive Arctic methane release Oklahoma plants absorb less CO2 after a hot year Cleaner air, more GHGs have increased rainfall Berkeley city council eases solar home refits SEC asked to force tar sand companies to reveal climate risks Nanotech […]

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The Weekly Carboholic

This week we start off with some interesting news from the world’s largest auto maker, General Motors. According to the AFP via Raw Story, GM is partnering with renewable energy company Coskata to convert trash into ethanol. Supposedly, the energy return is 7.7x more energy out than is used in creating the fuel, and the […]

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