49 Signatories Create Another Climate Denier Publicity Stunt

Friday, April 13, 2012 49 Signatories Create Another Climate Denier Publicity Stunt WASHINGTON -- When former NASA administrators, astronauts and engineers released a letter earlier this week attacking the science of climate change, its veneer of legitimacy kicked off a media blitz. Yet none of the letter's 49 signatories are climate scientists, and with more than 18,000 people currently working for NASA, to say nothing of the tens of thousands more who are retired, the letter seems more than anything like a empty publicity stunt -- for which there's considerable precedent. Fracking Oversight Group To Coordinate Federal Regulations Midwest Tornado Outbreak Predicted For Weekend US House To Try Again To Advance Keystone Pipeline Defending Gains In The Green Sector New Mexico Governor: Horse Slaughter Is 'Wrong' BLOG POSTS Robert Koehler: Chemical Warfare To fight our insane wars, we're wrecking our soldiers' ability to live with themselves and function in society, then regulating what's left of them with chemicals, which often make things immeasurably worse. Phineas Baxandall: In the Public Interest : Led by Youth Americans Are Driving Less, But When Will Lawmakers Notice? More than older generations, they say that they will sometimes choose to take alternative transportation as a way to help the environment. Will our leaders notice this important trend? You wouldn't know it looking at Congress. Jan Mazurek: The Climate Post: U.S. Energy Department Says Peak Travel Season Could Cost Drivers 6% More Gasoline prices have edged off the pedal in recent days, but the Energy Information Administration this week released new data showing motorists will pay about a quarter more per gallon during peak travel season -- April through September. Daniel J. Graeber: Time to Switch to Switchgrass USGS scientists have developed a method for mapping grasslands that could be well suited for growing biofuel crops. This boils down to good and basic natural resource management. But just as scientists note that just because it's green doesn't' make it clean, switchgrass has its problems. Stefanie Penn Spear: Framing Judi Bari In a time of tremendous disregard for the environment, the new documentary Who Bombed Judi Bari? shows how activists can take on the powers that be and win, though at a great cost.

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