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Americans Need a Better Understanding of Science

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Toasty

A May, 2009 post on this site presented the results of a cooperative Yale and George Mason Universities study which reported that only about 51% of Americans believe that climate change is real and a serious problem.  Other, recent polls … Continue reading →

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Progress?

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Toasty

Twelve years ago the nations of the world met in Kyoto, Japan to chart a course of action that would reverse global warming.  187 nations ratified and signed the resulting “Kyoto Protocol”, pledging to reduce their emissions of the four … Continue reading →

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New Government Report Describes U.S. Climate Change Impacts

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Toasty

The United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released a major, new report on June 15, 2008 detailing the science and impacts of climate change on the United States. The USGCRP was established by the Global Change Research Act of … Continue reading →

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President Obama on Climate Change

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Toasty

Text of President-Elect Obama’s video message to the Governors Climate Change Summit. Continue reading →

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U.S. Government releases scientific assessment of climate change impacts

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Toasty

  On November 14, 2006 the Center for Biological Diversity, and other parties, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Bush Administration charging that it had failed to meet the requirement of the Global Change Research Act of … Continue reading →

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