Category Archives: Global Warming

WASHINGTON – Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey. In the survey, released Tuesday by Yale and George Mason universities, 70% of American adults say … Continue reading →

There’s also not much quality historical data on tornadoes. The Fujita scale wasn’t invented until the 1970s, at which point the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration went back and retroactively rated tornadoes based on historical records of the damage they … Continue reading →

A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts: Q. Is global warming to blame? A. You can’t blame a single weather event on global warming. In any case, scientists just don’t know … Continue reading →

The most impressive political and social commentary of our time has always come from former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin. For years, we have known Palin for her acute geopolitical awareness and impressive social commentary. Like most Americans, we’ve just … Continue reading →

In the midst of a natural disaster, there’s no place for politics. All of the victims of the Moore, Okla. tornado had not even been accounted for, yet Democratic Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse managed to use the tragedy to … Continue reading →

As citizens of Earth, we have already been told and have proof that global warming is a very real threat to our planet’s future. However, a team of international scientists have recently determined that global warming is in fact slowing … Continue reading →

Though it won’t come as a surprise to many, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin doesn’t really buy the global warming argument. Over the weekend, Palin highlighted the issue on her Facebook, pointing to the fact that was snowing in Alaska … Continue reading →

Thanks to humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels, carbon dioxide levels are the highest they’ve been in at least 3 million years. For some perspective on this, the last time CO2 levels reached 400 parts per million, the Sahara desert was … Continue reading →

Global warming isn’t happening, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) argued over the weekend, pointing to the fact that it was snowing in Alaska in May. “Global warming my gluteus maximus,” she wrote in a post on her Facebook page, … Continue reading →

It seems that plants aren’t taking this whole global warming business sitting down: new research shows that at least some plants are finding ways to fight back. This is despite the dire projections of how global warming may wipe out … Continue reading →