Monthly Archives: July 2012

The phoney scandal that was Climategate

The Climategate affair, now officially at an end, wrongly besmirched the reputations of climate scientists and their work. It may have set back efforts to fight global warming by a decade. [31 July 2012 | Peter Boyer] Let’s pause for … Continue reading

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How ignorance and inertia are working against us

Political opposition to climate science picks and chooses its target, rejecting the scientific tool that last week gave us a medical breakthrough on the cold virus. [24 July 2012 | Peter Boyer] David Walsh, bless him, has transformed Tasmania in … Continue reading

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A builder shows a way to warmer, cheaper homes

A Tasmanian builder has shown that energy-efficient housing does’t have to cost the earth. [ 17 July 2012 | Peter Boyer] It was England, home of the class system, that spawned the notion of “chattering classes” — people who spend … Continue reading

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