Showing posts with label National Academy of Sciences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Academy of Sciences. Show all posts

Sunday, July 18, 2010

National Academies suggests a different Climate Change Metric

by jamess


ClimateGate Advocates -- just got their work cut out for them ...

Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts Over Decades to Millennia
July 16, 2010  

Choices made now about carbon dioxide emissions reductions will affect climate change impacts experienced not just over the next few decades but also in coming centuries and millennia, says a new report from the National Research Council. Because CO2 in the atmosphere is long lived, it can effectively lock the Earth and future generations into a range of impacts, some of which could become very severe.


Who is the National Academies?
ABOUT:

The National Academies perform an unparalleled public service by bringing together committees of experts in all areas of scientific and technological endeavor. These experts serve pro bono to address critical national issues and give advice to the federal government and the public.

Four organizations comprise the Academies: the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council.



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Friday, July 16, 2010

BP has a Jobs Plan -- They want to Buy the Scientists

by jamess


BP buys up Gulf scientists for legal defense, roiling academic community
Ben Raines, Press-Register -- July 16, 2010

More than one scientist interviewed by the Press-Register described being offered $250 an hour through BP lawyers. At eight hours a week, that amounts to $104,000 a year.
[...]
The contract makes it clear that BP is seeking to add scientists to the legal team that will fight the Natural Resources Damage Assessment lawsuit that the federal government will bring as a result of the Gulf oil spill.


Is it their Scientific Expertise, that they want --

Or their Scientific Silence?



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