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pruned. Such controversial findings require years of painstaking,
independent verification.
Yet some events in nature are dramatic, conclude University of
California, San Diego, history and science professor Naomi Oreskes and
Princeton University geosciences professor Michael Oppenheimer, coauthors
of the study looking at the IPCC's bias. "If the drama arises
primarily from social, political or economic impacts," they wrote, "then it
is crucial that the associated risk be understood fully, and not discounted.”
IPCC Vice-Chair Jean-Pascal van Ypersele countered that, "the
mandate of IPCC is to assess where there is consensus, and to reflect the
full diversity of views that are scientifically valid where there isn't." He
conceded that by requiring teams of authors to agree upon a report's text,
the IPCC process is inherently conservative. Getting the balance right, he
said in an e-mail, is "not always easy."
Oreskes, Oppenheimer and their co-authors argue the conservative
bias pervades all of climate science. Read More
Kate Sinding’s Blog
"Promised Land" powerfully highlights what's at stake for
communities in fracking's path
Posted December 28, 2012 by Kate Sinding in Curbing Pollution,
Health and the Environment
Tags: fracking, gasdrilling, hydraulicfracturing, hydrofracking,
marcellus, naturalgas, newyork, pennsylvania, promisedlandmovie
I was fortunate to have the chance last week to attend an early
screening of "Promised Land," the compelling new fracking
movie starring Matt Damon, Frances MacDormand and John Krasinski
and directed by Gus Van Sant. The film, which opens in selected cities
today and nationwide on January 4th, effectively highlights the very real