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A clarion call for climate action in US Senate

Posted on 30 December 2012 by Peter Boyer

In this YouTube video, recorded on 5 December 2012, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) speaks at length in the US Senate on the campaign of doubt run by deniers of human-induced global warming and the increasingly urgent need for … Continue reading →

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Wake-up calls from the real world

Posted on 23 October 2012 by Peter Boyer

What sort of climate calamity will it take to stir humanity into action? [23 October 2012 | Peter Boyer] There’s a lot of black humour about in climate science circles these days. Here’s a sample from a CSIRO seminar on … Continue reading →

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While the debate rages, so does the climate

Posted on 5 July 2011 by Peter Boyer

The growing gap between public support for action and the scientific evidence is driving senior scientists to distraction. [5 July 2011 | Peter Boyer] Neither Al Gore nor yours truly seems to have much to say these days, lamented a … Continue reading →

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