Paul Krugman in the New York Times (from email – link when available): It’s hard to feel any sympathy for Trish Regan, the Fox News host who was fired after a rant in which she called the coronavirus “yet another…
For those that believe windmills cause cancer, and up until last week, were convinced that Corona virus was a hoax, it’s a great moment to double up on health scams, and maybe even make some quick cash? Local Anti-Wind activist…
EnergyWire: New York’s historic decision to require workers to live at facilities operating the state’s power grid during the novel coronavirus pandemic may be a test case for the rest of the nation. For the first time, the grid operator…
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis: “The fracking sector as a whole has been struggling mightily throughout the decade to register positive free cash flow but for those based in Appalachia, the numbers have been even more dismal,” said…
Remaining Koch brother, even with one foot in the grave, still reaching out to keep Americans from following best science and health practice to socially distance in what is clearly a global crisis. They are truly merchants of Death. Intellectualist:…
Andy Dessler took some of his social distancing time to critique a recent slide set by climate denier Roy Spencer. Worth your time, and if you have not seen Andy and others tear into Spencer, and his partner John Christy’s,…
Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan, who hasn’t released an original song since 2012’s Tempest,unexpectedly dropped a previously unheard, nearly 17-minute-long new track, “Murder Most Foul,” late Thursday night. Dylan didn’t say exactly when the song was recorded, but his delicate vocal…
Kentucky GOP representative Thomas Massie is in the news, but sharp eyed readers of this blog probably remember him from this exchange above with Secretary of State John Kerry, about climate change. He’s now one of the most hated members…
No-so-clean coal strikes again. NBC 12 – Richmond: Coal mining continues in Southwest Virginia even as workplace constraints prevent miners from following many of the social distancing practices recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Monday,…
I’ve been following research on the North Atlantic Current (Scientists call it the Atlantic Overturning Meriodonal Circulation – AMOC) for some years. New research underlining the climate connection to a slowing of that current has now been published. Nature Communications:…
East Antarctica, until a decade or so ago, was considered so cold and remote that the effects of warming would not be seen for some time, perhaps centuries in the future. That was then. Bloomberg: An Antarctic glacier that contains…
Bloomberg: With every passing week, the pandemic-led economic crisis gets deeper and the interventions to cushion the blow get bigger. Such upheavals in world economies are rare. With governments announcing hundreds of billions of dollars in stimulus packages, many see…
I don’t think I have to explain the carbon bubble to any readers here. There is more carbon in the ground than we can burn.At some point the world wakes up to climate change, and we stop burning it.Or, something…
Jennifer Rubin in the Washingon Post: A worldwide crisis that scientists warned was coming threatens the lives of people in every economic, social, racial and partisan segment of the population. The economic impact alone will devastate families for years to…
Climate change is a threat multiplier. Buzzfeed: As an upsurge in coronavirus infections stretches thin the capacity of health care workers and emergency managers nationwide, the Midwest is bracing for another battle: a potentially devastating flood season. “The current situation…
I’m keeping a file of examples – climate denial and corona denial are basically coming from the same place. Let me know if you see anything along these lines. Media Matters: Some of right-wing media’s most prolific climate deniers are…
Washington Post: Stuart Stevens is a writer and Republican political consultant who has advised a pro-Bill Weld super PAC in the 2020 election. His book about the Republican Party, “It Was All A Lie,” will be published next month. Don’t…
Legendary climate scientist Ben Santer is in self-quarantine with symptoms, has been tested and waiting for results (America, right?)Meanwhile he is writing on the parallels between Covid19 and climate change.Excerpt here: Ben Santer in Scientific American: On day five I…
It will never change. There will always be an audience that wants to be lied to, and someone willing to lie to them. TPM Muckraker: The same people who brought you climate change as a hoax think the same about…
Above, Keira O’Brien, President of Young Conservatives for Carbon Dividends, testifying before the US Senate last year. Christian Science Monitor: The red sign on the red-draped table reads, “Stop Socialism. Unleash Capitalism.” For an exhibitor at America’s largest annual conservative…
Vox: Contagion is both horrifying and a little comforting; the scientists do eventually find and release a vaccine, and even though a lot of people die, most of the world’s population manages to survive. World war doesn’t break out. It’s…
