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More on the Unstimulating Stimulus

By Kenneth P. Green -- January 21, 2009

The Washington Post reports on a new CBO study looking at the proposed economic stimulus program. Not surprisingly, the study finds that the majority of the spending will not happen until after 2011, and even then, will phase in slowly thereafter.

“For example, of $30 billion in highway spending, less than $4 billion would occur over the next two years. Of $18.5 billion proposed for renewable energy, less than $3 billion would be spent by 2011. And of $14 billion for school construction, less than $7 billion would be spent in the first two years.”

Who’d have guessed…oh wait, nearly everyone would.…

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Scientist Behaving Strangely? The Case of James Hansen

By Robert Bradley Jr. --

Historian of science Thomas Kuhn warned of “scientists … behav[ing] differently” and experiencing “pronounced professional insecurity” when one of their long-held beliefs comes under increasing pressure from new science (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. 1962. Reprint. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970, pp. 24, 67–68).

Is this the case with NASA scientist James Hansen, who (in the opinion of his many and growing critics, and even some friends) keeps putting his foot where his mouth is?…

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Sea-Level Rise: Still Inches, Not Feet

By Chip Knappenberger -- January 20, 2009

In recent days, several stories have hit the presses regarding climate change and, more specifically, the future threat from rising sea levels. The EPA has just released a report on the potential impacts of sea level rise along the mid-Atlantic coast, while NASA’s Jim Hansen, apparently worrying that the economy is going to dominate the Obama administration’s attention, has cited rapidly rising sea levels as the primary basis for his warning that we only have four years to save the world.…

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Exxon Laughs all the Way to the Bank

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Green Jobs: Is the Science “Settled” on This, Too?

By Robert Murphy -- January 19, 2009
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The Kochs and Public Policy: A Clarification

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Carbon Tax or Cap-and-Trade? Don’t Forget “Neither”

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 18, 2009
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“Finite” Is Not “Scarce”

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Wind Stimulus: Bad Green

By Glenn Schleede -- January 17, 2009
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Bush’s MMS gives the Kennedys a Parting Slap

By Kenneth P. Green -- January 16, 2009
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