nytimes.com - 9/28/2009
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Every once in a while I feel despair over the fate of the planet. If you’ve been following climate science, you know what I mean: the sense that we’re hurtling toward catastrophe but nobody wants to hear about it or do anything to avert it. And here’s the thing: I’m not engaging in hyperbole. ...
nytimes.com - 9/25/2009
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So, have you enjoyed the debate over health
care reform? Have you been impressed by the civility...
of the discussion and the intellectual honesty of reform opponents? If so, you’ll love the next big debate: the fight over climate change. The House has ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - It’s Easy Being Green
economistsview.typepad.com - 9/29/2009
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Why aren't people getting hot under the collar
about climate change?: Cassandras of Climate, by Paul Krugman,...
Commentary, NY Times : Every once in a while I feel despair over the fate of the planet. If you’ve been following climate science, ...
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Paul Krugman: Cassandras of Climate
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... Cassandras of
Climate, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: Every once in a while I feel
despair over the fate of the planet. If you’ve been following climate science,
you know what I mean: the sense that we’re hurtling toward catastrophe but
nobody wants to hear about it or do anything to avert it. ...
A Warmer Planet
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... Cassandras of Climate: Every once in a while I feel despair over the fate of the planet. If you’ve been following climate science, you know what I mean: the sense that we’re hurtling toward catastrophe but nobody wants to hear about it or do anything to avert it. And here’s the thing: I’m not engaging in hyperbole. These days, dire warnings aren’t the delusional raving of cranks. They’re what come out of the most widely respected climate models, devised by the leading researchers. The prognosis for the planet has gotten much, much worse in ...
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