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Raise Green Children

June 24th, 2010

By Dr. Jim Taylor Regardless of where you stand on the issue of climate change, I hope there is no argument that, environmentally speaking, we simply can’t sustain our current path for much longer. Air pollution caused by the growing number of automobiles on the road and coal-burning power plants worldwide. Our oceans and seas […]

Articles written by Dr. Jim Taylor
Tags: children, climate change, Earth, environment, garden, green, recycling
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Environmental Writing: The Next Generation

May 21st, 2010

By Jan Barry My explorations of innovative solutions to environmental problems have been on hold since January, as I focused on teaching journalism courses at two colleges, including launching a revived course at Ramapo College of NJ called Environmental Writing. The original course was called Environmental Journalism; it was created more than 20 years ago […]

Articles written by Jan Barry
Tags: climate change, energy, environment, journalism, Ramapo College
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ClimateGate Fallout

April 6th, 2010

By Tom Carter Der Spiegel has published a long, fascinating article examining the fallout from ClimateGate and how both scientists and politicians are dealing with it. It’s better and more balanced than anything I’ve seen in the U.S. media, and it’s well worth the time required to read it. The article makes it clear that […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: climate change, climategate, global warming, politicians, scientists
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Weather Is Not Climate

February 14th, 2010

By Tom Carter One doesn’t have to be a global warmist or a denier to understand that the hard winter being experienced, with record snowfalls in much of the U.S., means very little in terms of global warming. In fact, the argument can be made that warming results in more moisture in the air, causing […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: climate change, energy policy, global warming, Gore, Pachauri, snowstorms
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Climate Doom, Snow, Bombing

December 15th, 2009

By Tom Carter I came across a column today by Anne Applebaum, one of the most well-informed, fair-minded writers you can find. She’s particularly knowledgeable on issues and history regarding Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. Her Gulag: A History, which won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction in 2004, is by far the best book […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: bombing, children, climate change, Copenhagen, psychology, snow, war
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