Climate change: Have countries kept their promises?

When you are sea-sick, always remember to go to the leeward (downwind) side of the boat, so that you don’t get your own back. The UK and EU have made…

Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda – another overhyped storm that didn't match early reports

NOTE: readers of this thread may be interested in this: An ethical challenge for Greg Laden – put your money where your mouth is ================================================================ Here is the sort of headlines…

Super Typhoon Haiyan, '…as intense as a tropical cyclone can get. '

Prepare yourselves for the second coming of Katrina, because you can bet that this storm will be hyped as an indicator of “global warming”. As of this writing, the storm…