Daily Archives: January 5, 2010

G.P. Bear goes to Washington – Final Part 12

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By Bill Steigerwald “G.P. Bear for president” Of all the animals the Inuit traditionally hunted, Nanuk, the polar bear, was the most prized. Native hunters considered Nanuk to be wise, powerful, and “almost a man.” Some called the bear “the … Continue reading →

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Socioeconomic Impacts of Global Warming are Systematically Overestimated

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Socioeconomic Impacts of Global Warming are Systematically Overestimated Part I: Why are Impacts Overestimated? Indur M. Goklany [Note to the Reader: For the sake of argument, in this post I will accept the IPCC’s estimates of global warming. I will … Continue reading →

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December UAH global temperature anomaly – down by almost half

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December 2009 UAH Global Temperature Update +0.28 Deg. C by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. The global-average lower tropospheric temperature anomaly fell back to the October level of +0.28 deg. C in December.

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Shades of Fahrenheit 451 – British retirees burning books to stay warm

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Remember these chaps? This time they’ll be putting out the book fires rather than starting them. From Benny Peiser’s daily newsletter, it appears to be time for a revolt in Britain: GREEN BRITAIN: PENSIONERS BURN BOOKS TO STAY WARM Metro … Continue reading →

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