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I Know I’m Right! A Behavioral View Of Over-Confidence 27 Aug 2013 | 05:20 pm
At the very least it is important for decision-makers to be aware that people are prone to overconfidence, and that to assume one is not is to unwittingly fall prey to the bias. Most of us can improve...
Retreating Alaskan Glacier Reveals Remains Of Medieval Forest 27 Aug 2013 | 01:39 pm
The Canadian Exit Glacier began retreating at the end of the Little Ice Age, retreated at a much faster pace between 1889 and 1917 than anything seen since, and stopped retreating 40 years ago. As the...
America’s Shale Revolution: CO2 Per Capita Lowest Since 1964 27 Aug 2013 | 01:21 pm
America’s shale revolution is providing significant economic and environmental benefits; CO2 per capita lowest since 1964 From my op-ed in today’s Detroit News “Get Onboard Shale Revolution“: Despit...
Is Arctic Sea Ice Rebounding? 27 Aug 2013 | 01:15 pm
Green shows ice present in 2013 which was not present on this date in 2012. Red shows the opposite. Arctic Sea-Ice Monitor Real Science, 25 August 2013
Is Germany Planning To Introduce Retrospective Green Subsidy Cuts? 27 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
Germany should not introduce cuts to already guaranteed renewable subsidies, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said, adding such a move would seriously hurt investor confidence. Politic...
Robert Mair: Here Are The Facts About Fracking 27 Aug 2013 | 12:35 pm
Fracking can be safe if we follow the rules. At the heart of any judgment should be evidence-based science and engineering, which will help to ensure that the best decisions are made, unswayed by prec...
While Britain Dithers, The World Is Fracking 26 Aug 2013 | 11:21 am
Shale gas is not just about affordable energy and growth. It’s about reducing dependence on the Middle East Campanilismo, meaning horizons constrained by the bell tower or campanile, is a term that c...
Estonia Becomes Self-Sufficient On Shale Gas Boom 26 Aug 2013 | 10:55 am
The Baltic tiger of Estonia is the world’s first country to meet all its power needs from shale, with enough left over for neighbours and fuel exports for the shipping industry. Estonia has been digg...
The Wind Farms That Generate Enough Power To Make A Few Cups Of Tea 25 Aug 2013 | 12:53 pm
Some of Britain’s biggest wind farms are at times producing only enough electricity to make a few cups of tea, according to official industry figures. One wind farm, Trysglwyn, in Anglesey, Wales, wa...
Christopher Booker: The Dangerous Greenies Are In Brussels, Not Balcombe 25 Aug 2013 | 12:48 pm
The real threat to fracking took place at a meeting of the EU’s Council of Ministers with a presentation by Jeremy Wates All media eyes were last week focused on that infantile little ruckus over fra...
