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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

In other words, the debate about the role of the sun is old, and the explanation about the importance of sunspots has not stood the test of time, something I have described in the textbook ‘ Solar Activity and Earth’s Climate ‘ from 2002. Hence my friend’s question about COP28.

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Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 -- Three Mile Island

PA Environment Daily

A very polite man – whose name I never did knew -- explained that he needed to inform us that there was an incident at the plant at about 4:00 a.m, Mankind has had lots of fears through history, but as Dick put it later, radiation is one of "the worst fears of modern man." What's GPU?" "The The utility, you know, the electric people."

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

12 (In-Person), Dec. 18 EarthTalk Features Penn State Sustainability Director Lara Fowler On Decarbonizing The University [PaEN] -- PA Sea Grant/DEP: Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum Webinar Set For Nov. 19 [PaEN] -- PA Interfaith Power & Light Hosts Nov. 19 Watersheds And Their Problems Webinar [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center Hosts Nov.

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The Deadly $125-Billion ICBM Boondoggle

Union of Concerned Scientists

If elimination is not politically feasible, they recommended canceling the Sentinel ICBM replacement program and extending the life of the current Minuteman ICBMs for at least another 20 years. Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas would also probably face high levels of radioactive fallout.

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Michael Shellenberger talks with Nick O’Malley, National Editor of Climate and the Environment, Sydney Morning Herald

Environmental Progress

So you say that the 2020 fires burned half as much as the 2002 fires. I checked those figures and the figures that I can see the public figures in Australia are that in 2020, 18 million hectares burned, and in 2002 21 million. The idea is that any amount of radiation is harmful and contributes to, you know, shorten life or disease.