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		<title>Sustainability runs amok in my town, part 3</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/12/09/sustainability-runs-amok-in-my-town-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers may recall my first and second entry on my town&#8217;s &#8220;sustainability task force&#8221; a couple of years ago. It has gotten so bad here that I made it an April Fools Joke in 2010. This editorial in the Chico &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/12/09/sustainability-runs-amok-in-my-town-part-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=52726&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My town&#8217;s Climate Action Protest- I get to be &#8220;zombietime&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WUWT readers may know of the famous zombietime.com where an anonymous photographer captures some of the bizarre things that happen at protests in SFO and Berkeley.  Today on the campus of Chico State University, a protest of sorts was held, &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/09/10/my-towns-climate-action-protest-i-get-to-be-zombietime/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=46921&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Denied: California Green School&#8217;s charter revoked</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a story about a charter school in my town of Chico, CA that had its charter revoked last night by the school board. I used to serve on that board, and I would have voted to pull the &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/08/18/denied-california-green-schools-charter-revoked/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=45369&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Week &#8211; rubbishing peer review</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/07/19/quote-of-the-week-rubbishing-peer-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here I am, minding my own business, looking at my local newspaper, and just reading what is happening locally. Then, out pops this profound quote of the week that is just gobsmacking. The first line of the story starts out &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/07/19/quote-of-the-week-rubbishing-peer-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=43751&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Sustainability&#8221; continues to run amok in my town</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written about this before. We have a group of citizens here in town called the &#8220;sustainability task force&#8221; which is highly influenced by the eco-zealotry of Chico State University pushing their ideas of how everyone should live onto the &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/12/15/sustainability-continues-to-run-amok-in-my-town/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=29421&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The season of disinvitation continues: Chico State University can&#8217;t handle a slideshow</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/10/27/the-season-of-disinvitation-continues-chico-state-university-cant-handle-a-slideshow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote back on September 28th about how Dr. Roger Pielke Senior and Dr. Bob Carter had been invited to present their views on climate science, then after the organizers found out what might be discussed, redacted the invitations to &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/10/27/the-season-of-disinvitation-continues-chico-state-university-cant-handle-a-slideshow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=27047&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A shift of wind</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where I live on the outskirts of Chico, I have an almost constant supply of wind. I&#8217;ve considered a wind turbine as a way of getting closer to being &#8220;off-grid&#8221; so that I don&#8217;t have to pay PG&#38;E the exorbitant &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/07/15/a-shift-of-wind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=21980&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diane Feinstein: turbidity denier?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was an interesting story in the Las Vegas Journal Review on August 20th. which had a passage and quote from California Senator Diane Feinstein (emphasis mine): Both U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Ensign announced that they and other &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/08/22/diane-feinstein-turbidity-denier/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=10160&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gore&#8217;s &#8220;WE&#8221; campaign cap n&#8217; trade call to action</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/04/14/gores-we-campaign-cap-n-trade-call-to-action/</link>
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		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently forwarded this email from Al Gore&#8217;s WE Repower America website. They have a call to action based on their belief that a majority of Americans support carbon &#8220;cap and trade&#8221;, even though recent Gallup polls suggest Americans &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/04/14/gores-we-campaign-cap-n-trade-call-to-action/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=7036&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Sustainability&#8221; runs amok in my town of Chico</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About two years ago I was asked by my local city councilman Larry Wahl to serve on the city of Chico &#8220;sustainability task force&#8221;. I was initially enthusiastic, but the talk soon turned away from alternative energy solutions that I &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/11/01/sustainability-runs-amok-in-my-hometown-of-chico/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=3961&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Global Warming to Shake Up Big Ten</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Goetz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by John Goetz Jim Nichols of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote an article this past Tuesday (September 16) that has gotten the attention of Ohio State and Michigan fans around the country: Global warming could send buckeye trees to &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/09/18/global-warming-to-shake-up-big-ten/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=3131&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A note to longtime readers of this blog &#8211; the demise of an old friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you who have been with me from the start will recall fondly the day I was annointed to &#8220;holy&#8221; status by our local alternate weekly, The Chico Beat. Hey, I&#8217;m a reverend! This came about because they had &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/09/05/a-note-to-longtime-readers-of-this-blog-the-demise-of-an-old-friend/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=2794&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Global Warming Destroying Dublin&#8217;s Infrastructure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Goetz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More Signs of the Apocalypse (Posted by John Goetz) From the Belfast Telegraph, Sunday, 31 August 2008: Expert called in amid fears for O&#8217; Connell Bridge Concerns are being expressed about the future of Dublin&#8217;s O&#8217;Connell Bridge. An independent expert &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/09/02/global-warming-destroying-dublins-infrastructure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=2686&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life in California: not fun at the moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been one of the roughest years I can remember living here. We&#8217;ve had two massive wind storms (one of which damaged my Stevenson Screens used for the paint test), and lightning induced fires on a massive scale. Life &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/07/10/life-in-california-not-fun-at-the-moment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=1608&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s storm is a 9.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A meteorologist friend of mine, Jan Null, has been keeping tabs on Winter Storms for some time. He&#8217;s developed something called the Bay Area Storm Index (BASI) which he uses to calculate the intensity of the storm by combining susatined &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/01/04/todays-storm-is-a-90/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=530&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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