I embrace differences of opinion. Democracy is based on it, and we make each other smarter and stronger when we exchange views. However, for a literate person in 2009 to claim that human-caused global warming is not a reality is akin to a literate person in 1859 claiming slavery in the South was not a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'IPCC'
The Psychology Of Naysayers On Global Warming
July 19th, 2009 · 16 Comments · sustainability
Tags: Bill Bigelow·climate change·denial·Exxon-Mobil·global warming·IPCC·ODD·Portland·psychology
The High Country Road of Walking The Talk
February 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments · sustainability
Since I live in the West and care about it, I recently started a subscription to High Country News. I just read a letter to the editor in it that I think cuts to the heart of dealing with climate change.
Mr. Graef, a self-described moderate conservative and environmentalist, writes that liberals are: “incapable of changing their own lifestyle to usher in the anti-oil world they desire. Have
Tags: bipartisan politics·carbon footprint·climate change·conservative·Ed Graef·Empowerment Institute·environment·global warming·High Country News·IPCC·liberal·low carbon diet·Prius
