Tag: policy
member name: David K.
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December 10, 2009 05:50 PM EST --
Yes, News Corp. The parent organization of Fox News Channel, Dow Jones and many other conservative outlets. James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Chairman and Chief Executive . . .
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December 14, 2009 06:59 AM EST --
I have been posting the statements of key participants in the recent Senate EPW Committee hearings on TSCA chemical control reform. Previously I posted the Chairwoman's opening statement , the Ranking . . .
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November 05, 2009 04:49 PM EST --
Today I spoke with a man who attended the Michele Bachmann's Tea Party rally near the capitol in Washington DC. He was an honest man. With honest concerns. Most of which were based . . .
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November 25, 2009 10:09 AM EST --
I first predicted this about 10 days ago, but President Obama has now officially confirmed that he will be attending the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen. He will attend on December 9th, the . . .
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July 11, 2009 08:28 AM EDT --
Climate skeptics like to claim that there are many independent scientists who refute the consensus of climate change. They love to cite folks like S. Fred Singer, Robert Carter, Roy Spencer (ahem, . . .
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December 07, 2009 03:16 PM EST --
Several outlets are sources of information on the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference running from December 7 to December 18, 2009 in Copenhagen.
The official COP15 web site has continuous . . .
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December 05, 2009 11:36 AM EST --
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson testified at the Senate hearing on TSCA reform on Wednesday, December 2, 2009. The title of the hearing is "Oversight Hearing on the Federal Toxic Substances Control . . .
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June 11, 2009 03:43 PM EDT --
UPDATED: The House has now voted 307-97 to pass the bill and send it on to President Obama to sign, which he as indicated he plans to do. This was a clear bipartisan measure.
Yesterday . . .
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November 18, 2009 07:16 AM EST --
Regarding the recent video of two EPA lawyers providing their opinions on cap-and-trade, I received the following comment in response to something I said.
I'm actually suprised David, above, is . . .
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November 15, 2009 05:11 PM EST --
Will he or won't he? That's the question that people worldwide have been asking regarding whether US President Barack Obama will go to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) scheduled . . .
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February 07, 2009 07:59 AM EST --
A recent study published in the journal Environmental Science and Policy (see full citation at end) calls for greater efforts to enhance the use of scientific evidence in environmental policy decisions. . . .
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March 14, 2009 06:40 AM EDT --
As I noted previously , the University of Copenhagen this past week hosted an international scientific congress on climate change under the heading "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and . . .
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April 26, 2009 07:08 AM EDT --
In a surprise move, the US government published in the Thursday, April 23rd Federal Register a " request for public comment " on a scientific integrity memo. This relates to the memorandum . . .
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June 16, 2009 05:24 PM EDT --
A new report says that climate change is already happening, and and its effects are on track to get much worse in the coming century. The report, "Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States," . . .
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July 24, 2009 06:55 PM EDT --
I’ll start by highly recommending this book. Especially to scientists or those interested in science. As suggested by the title – Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy . . .
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September 14, 2008 06:34 AM EDT --
In today's New York Times there is an Op-Ed piece by columnist Thomas Friedman, author of "The World is Flat" and other books. The man knows a thing or two about . . .
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May 01, 2009 08:59 AM EDT --
Climate change, or global warming, is a popular topic of scientific debate on Gather. Proponents on either side studiously present their factual evidence supporting their views and....
...sorry, . . .
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February 05, 2009 03:32 PM EST --
Scientists have a love/hate relationship with policy makers. We want to "do our science" but not necessarily get all into the whole political rangling thing. On the other hand, it displeases . . .
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February 09, 2009 02:36 PM EST --
A doctor in the UK "changed and misreported results" in his research, "creating the appearance of a possible link" between the MMR vaccine and autism, according to an investigation . . .
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February 16, 2009 01:49 PM EST --
This past week, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore urged scientists to exert their influence on global climate change. In short, he said that scientists must play a more active role in how their science . . .
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