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IPCC Chief Calls for U.S.-India Collaboration on Climate During Obama’s India Visit

By | 10.26.10 | 11:06 am

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman Rajendra Pachauri called on President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to commit to working together to tackle climate change and develop clean energy technology on the president’s upcoming trip to India next month.

Pachauri’s comments come as observers expect little progress in More…

The Best Reason to Ignore ‘Climategate’: The Climate Really Is Changing

By | 11.24.09 | 12:43 pm

Yesterday, I picked apart the “Climategate” scandal, arguing that climate change skeptics’ position — that the leaked emails proved the science behind global warming was fraudulent — didn’t hold water, simply because the emails just weren’t that incriminating. Well, there’s another, far more important reason why their argument More…

Economic Crisis Sidelines Global Warming Concerns

By | 03.17.09 | 12:26 pm

As the Obama administration moves forward with its green agenda, climate change concerns have been elevated to a top priority. Yet in the midst of the deepening economic crisis, public opinion appears to be moving in the opposite direction.

A Gallup poll released last Wednesday found a More…

Poll: Americans Are Becoming More Skeptical of Global Warming

By | 03.12.09 | 3:01 pm

Here’s a fairly disturbing trend. A Gallup poll released yesterday shows a significant jump in the number of Americans who doubt the seriousness of the global warming threat and who think that the press is over-hyping the issue.

Despite the increased political and rhetorical emphasis on climate change under More…