Tag Archives: Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Wind farms affect local nighttime temperatures, not global warming

by on May 1, 2012 in Environment & Nature, Science & Technology

Contrary to conservative media’s reporting, wind farms affect local nighttime temperatures, not global warming.

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21 expert climate scientists refute Monckton’s House testimony

by on September 24, 2010 in Energy, Environment & Nature, Politics, Law & Government, Science & Technology

On May 6, 2010, Christopher Monckton, Viscount of Brenchley, was invited by the Republican members of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming to present testimony that contradicted over 100 years of established chemistry, physics, and climatology. Monckton, a non-scientist who has a long history of making erroneous claims, was seated as […]

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Climategate accusations shrivel under the glare of multiple investigations

by on April 19, 2010 in Environment & Nature, Internet, Telecom & Social Media, Science & Technology

For the second time in two weeks, an investigation has found that there was neither a conspiracy to deceive the public nor any scientific misconduct present in the scientific research of the scientists of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA). These scientists were at the center of the controversy […]

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NASA Inspector General finds James Hansen was censored, but not his research

by on June 4, 2008 in Environment & Nature, Politics, Law & Government, Science & Technology

On June 2, the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) Office of the Inspector General released the results of an investigation into allegations that James Hansen, Columbia University climatologist and NASA scientist with the Goddard Institute for Space Sciences (GISS), had been censored by the NASA Headquarters Office of Public Affairs. The results were a […]

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Quotabull: "We shouldn't have to give employers complete control over our private life so they can save a few dollars on medical care."

by on April 25, 2008 in Business & Finance, Crime & Corruption, Economy, Energy, Freedom & Privacy, Media & Entertainment, Music & Popular Culture, Politics, Law & Government, Quotabull, Race & Gender, War & Security

You get used to listening to that Alvin and the Chipmunks voice. — New York state Gov. David Paterson, who is legally blind, on the special tape recorder he uses to listen to long articles or books played “at speeds so fast, it is difficult for others to comprehend”; April 21. We shouldn’t have to […]

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