2009

July

• Climate change impacts in our backyards:  the Great Plains (02 Jul 09)

• House climate bill gives White House science office lead role in guiding climate research & services (01 Jul 09)

June

• Video of Al Franken interview with climate change whistleblower Rick Piltz, 2005 (30 Jun 09)

• Paul Krugman on “treason against the planet”—“the immorality of climate-change denial” (29 Jun 09)

• Climate change impacts in our backyards:  the Midwest (29 Jun 09)

• Remembering Jack Eddy, 1931-2009, R.I.P. (28 Jun 09)

• Funding for adaptation in the Waxman-Markey House-passed climate change cap and trade bill (26 Jun 09)

• Jim Hansen’s statements at Coal River Mountain protest against mountaintop removal (25 Jun 09)

• Climate change in our backyards:  the Southeast (25 Jun 09)

• Climate change in our backyards:  the Northeast (24 Jun 09)

• “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States” – Report Overview (Part 1 of a series) (23 Jun 09)

• NASA climate scientist Jim Hansen arrested today for civil disobedience against WV coal mining (23 Jun 09)

• Letter to Congress from 22 environmental groups in support of cap-and-trade bill, preparedness (23 Jun 09)

• Open Letter to the President and Members of Congress from 20 leading scientists and scholars (22 Jun 09)

• Dr. James Hansen agrees to debate a major coal mining company CEO in West Virginia (22 Jun 09)

• House appropriates increased funding for climate research (20 Jun 09)

• What does Rep. Broun of Georgia have against a National Climate Service? (20 Jun 09)

• President Obama should lead in talking about the consequences of inaction on climate change (18 Jun 09)

• Video link and key quotes from White House briefing on Global Climate Change Impacts report (17 Jun 09)

• Climate Science Watch joins the e-fray:  we post on Daily Kos, and Tweet on Twitter… what’s next? (17 Jun 09)

• US Climate Change Impact Report Shows Immediate Need for Action - White House must lead in preparing (16 Jun 09)

• US government to release “Global Climate Change Impacts in the US” - Today at 1:30 pm (16 Jun 09)

• Rising sea level, rising trouble for US East Coast projected—5 state governors form pact (10 Jun 09)

• A deadly conflict in Peru over a rush to drill for oil in Amazon rainforest: how culpable is the US? (08 Jun 09)

• House Science Cmte approves National Climate Service provisions for inclusion in Waxman-Markey bill (05 Jun 09)

• How can we manage climate change risks in the private sector if companies won’t say what they are? (04 Jun 09)

• Check out “Earth 2100” tonight on ABC, a two-hour special showing us our climate future (02 Jun 09)

• It’s now open season for hurricanes:  How we can make our coasts more resilient? (02 Jun 09)

• Michael MacCracken’s review of Roger Pielke, Sr.’s May 14 climate talk to the Marshall Institute (01 Jun 09)

May

• MIT modeling study doubles earlier projected warming, poses challenge for impacts research (29 May 09)

• It’s Hurricane Preparedness Week…Are we prepared? (28 May 09)

• “Confidential” GOP memo on blocking cap-and-trade bill assumes lack of focus on cost of inaction (27 May 09)

• Update on defense strategy in the Tim DeChristopher monkey-wrench BLM oil lease case (21 May 09)

• Climate adaptation policy remains underdeveloped as cap-and-trade dominates the legislative debate (20 May 09)

• Some reassurance on White House regulatory czar-nominee Cass Sunstein (18 May 09)

• A wittle wiki—wif weawy wundaful wideos wegawding whistleblowah Wick (ah, Rick Piltz, that is) (17 May 09)

• GAP testifies at House hearing for government whistleblowers (15 May 09)

• Congress takes step to create a National Climate Service - but beware of shackles and poison pills (14 May 09)

• Reporters’ misuse of memo on EPA endangerment finding aided global warming disinformation campaign (13 May 09)

• Like a bridge under troubled waters…DOT Sec. LaHood, will you ease our minds?  An open letter (08 May 09)

• When will Pres. Obama choose a new head for NASA, and will they make Earth Science a priority? (04 May 09)

April

• Jim Hansen rallies for monkey-wrench activist Tim DeChristopher at his arraignment today in Utah (28 Apr 09)

• White House science & budget offices must lead in revitalizing federal climate research (27 Apr 09)

• New climate working groups in Senate Environment Committee must address preparedness, adaptation (23 Apr 09)

• “The concept is so broad that it may not make sense to place a climate service inside NOAA.” (21 Apr 09)

• John Marburger’s Bromley Lecture: Illumination or whitewash? (19 Apr 09)

• Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize to whistleblower Thomas Tamm for exposing secret wiretapping program (15 Apr 09)

• Should Utah student activist Tim DeChristopher go to jail for nonviolent monkey-wrench tactics? (15 Apr 09)

• EPA climate endangerment finding clears White House review (14 Apr 09)

• Provisions in the Waxman-Markey draft bill get us closer to ensuring climate policy is science-based (10 Apr 09)