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Our High Energy Planet: A Climate Pragmatism Project

by Roger Pielke, Jr., Daniel Sarewitz, Alex Trembath, Jason Lloyd, Lisa Margonelli, Michael Shellenberger, Ted Nordhaus, Mark Caine, Max Luke, Todd Moss, Joyashree Roy, Mikael Roman, Kartikeya Singh Breakthrough Institute and Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State … Continue reading

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Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop

Emily Pugach, one of two winners of the American Association for the Advancement of Science “Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering” Workshop Student Competition recently attended the workshop and provided this report: “The workshop truly exceeded my expectations, and those … Continue reading

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Roger Pielke Featured on NBC News Special on Climate Change

On Sunday, April 6, Roger Pielke, Jr. was featured on the NBC’s News Special: Ann Curry Reports Our Year of Extremes: Did Climate Change Just Hit Home? NBC News In a special one-hour documentary, NBC’s Ann Curry travels from the … Continue reading

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Balancing Energy Access and Environmental Goals in Development Finance: The Case of the OPIC Carbon Cap

Balancing Energy Access and Environmental Goals in Development Finance: The Case of the OPIC Carbon Cap by Todd Moss, Roger Pielke, Jr., and Morgan Bazilian Center for Global Development CGD Policy Paper 038, April 2014 Abstract: The international community has … Continue reading

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Webcast Now Available for CSTPR Noontime Seminar on Governance of Climate Change in the U.K.

Webcast Now Available for CSTPR’s Noontime Seminar on Governance of Climate Change in the U.K. Reporting, Regulation, and the Governance of Climate Change in the U.K. by Samuel Tang, Department of Geography, King’s College London Watch the webcast Abstract: The … Continue reading

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Celebrities, Climate and Showtime’s ‘Years of Living Dangerously’

Max Boykoff quoted in a Yale Forum’s on Climate Change & The Media article on celebrities and climate change. Celebrities, Climate and Showtime’s ‘Years of Living Dangerously’ The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media by John Wihbey, March … Continue reading

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In Retrospect: The Social Function of Science

Roger Pielke Jr assesses the legacy of J. D. Bernal’s science-policy classic on its 75th anniversary In Retrospect: The Social Function of Science by Roger Pielke Jr Nature 507, 427–428 (27 March 2014) doi:10.1038/507427a The Social Function of Science J. … Continue reading

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When Picking a Bracket, It’s Easier to Be Accurate Than Skillful

When Picking a Bracket, It’s Easier to Be Accurate Than Skillful FiveThirtyEight by Roger Pielke, Jr. March 24, 2014 So, how is your bracket after the first weekend of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament? Did you pick Mercer to win … Continue reading

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Extreme Weather Censors

Roger Pielke, Jr. was highlighted in the Denver Post on climate change and extreme weather: Extreme weather censors By Vincent Carroll Denver Post, March 22, 2014 If you were looking for the extremes of political intolerance in America, you’d begin … Continue reading

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Understanding a Period of Policy Change: The Case of Hydraulic Fracturing Disclosure Policy in Colorado

Understanding a Period of Policy Change: The Case of Hydraulic Fracturing Disclosure Policy in Colorado by Tanya Heikkila1, Jonathan J. Pierce, Samuel Gallaher, Jennifer Kagan, Deserai A. Crow, and Christopher M. Weible Review of Policy Research Volume 31, Issue 2, … Continue reading

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