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    Best Places to Live 2009

    Not necessarily what I would have picked.......
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    A parting gift from the Bush administration - Mountain Top Removal

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120203055.html?hpid=sec-nation
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    Results are rolling in!

    So far it is a landslide for Obama (67%) over McCain (33%). However the sample size is small ;). http://www.politico.com/
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    The election prediction challenge

    As a break from the petty mudslinging and rumor milling, lets see who knows how to read the electorate! The purpose of this thread is to pick the following: The winner of the election The popular vote percentages The electoral college votes Who wins which battle ground states. Please, NO...
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    GOP 'goner' list warns of House rout

    The rest of the story.... With all the focus on the presidential race, it is easy to forget that there many other races going on as well.
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    Did McCain blow his last chance?

    I think McCain did a better job in this last debate than in the first two, but it appears it was not enough to 'win the debate' or convince viewers that he is the better candidate: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/15/debate.poll/index.html...
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    Negative advertising?

    What do you all think about negative advertising? After both campaigns had pledged to keep the campaign honorable and about the issues, they both appear to be sinking to new lows in attack ads. It seems that the main effect is to erode voter confidence in BOTH candidates. continued.....
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    Arctic ice 'is at tipping point'

    Arctic sea ice has shrunk to the second smallest extent since satellite records began, US scientists have revealed. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) says that the ice-covered area has fallen below its 2005 level, which was the second lowest on record. Melting has occurred...
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    Bush struggles to stay relevant in climate debate

    http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKN3023796820070930 I guess too little too late is better than nothing! One thing I do not understand is the call for voluntary measures to curb emissions. Corporations and countries are free to apply voluntary measures right now, yet very few are...
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    Western governors join forces on warming

    http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/305214_climatechange26ww.html If the Feds can't get their act together it appears that the states will.
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    International group sets plan to curb global warming

    NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Nearly 100 corporations, international organizations and experts agreed to a plan on Tuesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions, calling on governments to act urgently against global warming. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20219405.htm Thoughts...
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    Climate change may be worse than predicted, expert warns

    http://jurnalo.com/jurnalo/storyPage.do?story_id=16992 Just an effort to counter the endless string of editorials that get posted here claiming that the current climate change is not anthropogenic. It is odd that the VAST majority of people who actually study the earths climate believe that...
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    ExxonMobil muddies global warming science

    Scientists' Report Documents ExxonMobil’s Tobacco-like Disinformation Campaign on Global Warming Science Oil Company Spent Nearly $16 Million to Fund Skeptic Groups, Create Confusion WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 3–A new report from the Union of Concerned...
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    California to cap greenhouse gas emissions

    California to cap greenhouse gas emissions California is to cap its greenhouse-gas emissions under a landmark plan that marks a break with the federal Government and which campaigners hope will become a national model..... The Times If the Bush administration is going to bury its head in the...
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    Thank you for emitting

    Hot on the heals of the current film, "Thank you for smoking" are a series of ads from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) on the topic of global warming. The film takes a humorous, and one would assume farcical look at PR lobbyists for big Tobacco. However, after viewing the CEI ads...
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    Global Warming?

    Climate change seems to be an issue of far more importance to America and the human race as a whole than gay marriage will ever be. Yet it receives almost no attention on these forums or in the real world of politics. I am trying to understand why? If you are a climate change sceptic...
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    US Royalty to give Windfall to Oil Companies

    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/business/14oil.html?ei=5088&en=87dc413fa6add582&ex=1297573200&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1139933304-XsesG4d5AnHqD2wmeafhoA Should something be done about this?
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    Bush to seek $120 billion more for war

    http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060203/NEWS07/602030313/1009/NEWS07 Money well spent?
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    Climate Models Reveal Inevitability of Global Warming

    Scientific American: Climate Models Reveal Inevitability of Global Warming http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000DA7C0-FBE9-1239-BBE983414B7F0000 What do you think we should do about global warming?
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    1st Amendment and academic freedoms

    In a follow up to the thread on high school students low opinion of the 1st amendment, there is currently a raging debate in Colorado about the comments of a University of Colorado at Boulder professor's comments on the World Trade Center attacks and American imperialism. Unfortunately I cannot...
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