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More fun with numbers

I wrote earlier about how the IPCC has quietly changed its definition of its projected temperature rises to include all pre-industrial warming, not just…

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Politicizing the politicization of science

A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists finds “unacceptably large numbers of federal climate scientists [have] personally experienced instances of [political] interference…

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How to Bury the Lede

Are you an aspiring journalist for Reuters? If so, you need to know how to “bury the lede,” which is insider journo-talk for ignoring the…

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Piggies going to market

There is a respectable, if (we feel) incorrect, case to be made for the idea of raising taxes to lower demand for an activity or…