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ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

They combined their expertise in climate science, science history, and document analysis to create a perfect blend of scientific analysis and socially relevant research. The lightest lines are from the earliest projections, the lightest grey being from 1977, and the darker colors are later with the black line being from 2003.

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Ripe for Disaster Declarations: Heat, Wildfire Smoke…and Death Data

Union of Concerned Scientists

This spring, Texas A&M climate scientists Andrew Dessler and Jangho Lee told the Associated Press that last year’s real national annual heat death toll may be 11,000, nearly five times higher than the 2,300 cited by the government. “Our Even better, of course, would be a serious drive toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

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Acts of Pessimistic Hope for the Anthropocene

HumanNature

Candidate in the Department of Political Science at Colorado State University What do a crack on Glen Canyon Dam and a Van Gogh painting covered in tomato soup have in common? 7] While despair, pessimism, and grief are often associated with political apathy, [8] pessimistic hope can inspire bold activism and provide an outlet for grief.

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On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare

Environmental Progress

In the final three chapters of Apocalypse Never I expose the financial, political, and ideological motivations. The invitations from IPCC and Congress are signs of a growing openness to new thinking about climate change and the environment. Environmental groups have accepted hundreds of millions of dollars from fossil fuel interests.

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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

“Rabbits, cows, pigs, and cats have negatively impacted the albatross population as well, and scientists believe cats and pigs caused the local extinction of the southern royal albatross on Auckland Island, while also preventing the species’ return.” Socialists blamed poverty for food crises, where Malthusians blamed too many people.