Climate Change
SEJ Lists New Rolodex of Regional Climate Change Info Sources
Regional Climate Information Resources
The 2009 US Global Change Research Program report, Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, summarizes current science and focuses on impacts in different regions of the U.S. and on various aspects of society and the economy such as energy, water, agriculture, and health.
Outstanding Coverage
General Climate Coverage
- "Annals of Science: The Climate of Man," New Yorker, by Elizabeth Kolbert. Part I (4/25/06). Part II (5/2/05).
World Climate Report
Science & Environmental Policy Project
Science & Environmental Policy Project
SEPP is the creation of atmospheric physicist S. Fred Singer, professor emeritus of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia and founding director of the U.S. Weather Satellite Service in the 1960s. SEPP produces a Web site, meetings, and op-eds challenging the scientific mainstream view that human greenhouse emissions are significantly changing climate.
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Competitive Enterprise Institute
A policy advocacy organization dedicated to free enterprise and limited government, CEI generally espouses a market-oriented, anti-regulatory agenda and opposes the mandatory emission controls of the Kyoto Protocol.
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
Ranking minority member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Sen. Inhofe is one of the most outspoken skeptics in Congress.
A Note on Skeptics and Contrarians
As scientific evidence has accumulated that the planet is warming and that humans are behind it, many previous skeptics have been won over. There remains a vocal cadre of critics, however, at least some of whose arguments have shifted over the last several years from outright denial that the earth is warming to insisting it's unrelated to human activity — and even if it is, likely nothing much to worry about.
Climate Change: A Guide for the Perplexed
Climate Change: A Guide for the Perplexed
New Scientist magazine takes a shot at debunking 26 common global-warming myths.