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Tue, 2009-12-29 10:15Kevin Grandia
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The Daily Mail's Distracting ChinaHack Theory

The Daily Mail is reporting that it might be, "Chinese hackers linked to 'Warmergate' climate change leaked emails controversy."

The Mail's revelation came about after they tracked a convoluted trail of IP (internet Protocols) addresses, through to a, " Chinese environmental institute, the Research Institute of Forest Ecology and Environment Protection, based near Beijing."


"‘Because this is an open relay mail server, the emails could have been sent through it from anywhere in the world. It is just as likely to be someone outside Malaysia as someone within the country."
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Thu, 2009-12-24 11:19Kevin Grandia
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Christian Science Monitor reviews Climate Cover Up

Nice!

Global warming skepticism is fueled by public relations, author says

 

In the book 'Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming,' James Hoggan says the campaign to create skepticism about climate change is 'by far and away the biggest public relations campaign that I've ever seen.'

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Tue, 2009-12-22 15:30Kevin Grandia
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Climate Cover Up still topping the charts in Canada and the US

If the best-seller catgories on Amazon are any indication, it looks like our book Climate Cover Up is going to be showing up in a lot of people's stockings this year.

Right now Climate Cover Up is the number one bestseller for Amazon Canada in the category of Public Policy and the second best seller in Media Studies.

On Amazon.com, Climate Cover Up is a top ten bestseller in the categories of Media Studies and Meteorology.

Thanks to everyone who continues to help us spread the word. And for those who are looking for a last minute gift for that ever-skeptical uncle or brother-in-law, wrap up a copy for under the tree!

Here's a screenshot of one of the rankings:

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Sun, 2009-12-20 23:21Kevin Grandia
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Our Politicians Failed Us in Copenhagen and Will Soon Regret It

World leaders failed to deliver a legally binding deal in Copenhagen that will begin to reduce the world's greenhouse gas emissions that are the cause of climate change.

It's that simple.

While we can point to the attempted happy face that politicians are trying to put on the so-called "Copenhagen Accord" that came out of this two-year negotiating process, the bottom line is that what has been delivered here is a promise to do something later on down the road.

Politicians love to make commitments to commit to action later. This "let's strike a committee" technique allows them to look like they're doing something while doing nothing at all.

Outside of anything politicians did over the last two years in this negotiating process, there were a few bright lights.

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Thu, 2009-12-17 09:17Kevin Grandia
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Breaking: leaked climate talks text makes disturbing conclusions

Cross your fingers that this latest revelation is another Yes Men hoax. [update 1: I've confirmed that this was NOT a Yes Men hoax]

[update 2: Guardian is now reporting the story]

A draft copy of a confidential memo to the UNFCCC Secretariat has surfaced here at the Copenhagen climate talks that has some pretty disturbing analysis. The memo dated December 15, concludes that at this point in the climate talks:

"Unless the remaining gap of around 1.9 to 4.2 Gt is closed and Parties commit themselves to strong action prior and after 2020, global emissions will remain on an unsustainable pathway that could lead to concentrations equal or above 550ppm with the related temperature raise around 3 degrees Celsius."  [my emphasis]


Here's a screenshot, you can download the 4MB PDF version here: leaked UNFCCC secretariat document.


In layman terms this means that if the developed nations, like the US, Canada, Germany and France don't commit to deeper emissions cuts at the talks underway in Copenhagen we're screwed.

Based on the best scientific research, experts in the field have concluded that in order to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, we need to stabilize carbon emissions at or below 350 parts per million.

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Thu, 2009-12-17 07:24Kevin Grandia
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Inhofe's 3 hour island tour to Copenhagen

The great leader of the Copendeniers, US Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), showed up on the Danish island of Copenhagen for a fly-by press event here at the international climate treaty.

If the lack of significant media coverage is any indication, it was a waste of time for the lonely fringe Senator from Okalahoma,

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend the press conference, as it was organized very last minute. But if I had, these are the questions I would have asked:

1. Given that you are one of the largest recipients of funding from the oil and gas industry in the Senate, I am interested in knowing who paid for your flights over to Copenhagen?

2. Is your former assistant Marc Morano and/or CFACT providing support for your trip here?

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