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Climate Change Doubters Really Aren’t Going to Like This Study

Washington Post May 18, 2016 Researchers have designed an inventive test suggesting that the arguments commonly used by climate change contrarians don’t add up, not only according to climate scientists (we know what they think already) but also in the view of … Continue reading

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Boulder Releases Draft on ‘Resiliency’ Plan to Bolster Preparedness

Daily Camera April 28, 2016 This decade has seen Boulder and surrounding communities faced with profound dangers posed by wildfire, flood and even a degree of social upheaval as its residents struggle to cope with quality of life factors sometimes … Continue reading

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Most Americans Say Climate Changing, Humans to Blame

The Desert Sun April 19, 2016 by Sammy Roth If you’ve heard the presidential candidates talk about climate change, you’d probably guess it’s one of America’s most divisive issues. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have described global warming as one … Continue reading

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Why Did Paris Climate Summit Get Less Press Coverage Than Copenhagen?

Climate Home March 7, 2016 by Alex Pashley Paris excelled where Copenhagen bombed. It clinched a universal pact to tackle climate change. But the world’s media were apparently less impressed. A research group at the University of Colorado Boulder’s tracking … Continue reading

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The NFL Needs Distance From Its Brain-Injury Funding

by Roger Pielke, Jr. Wall Street Journal February 21, 2016 By all means, keep funding concussion studies, but step back and let independent science take its course. Super Bowl 50 between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers was the second-most-watched … Continue reading

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Five questions for Roger Pielke Jr.

CU Connections February 18, 2016 Science professor discovers game changer in frontier of sports governance You might know Roger Pielke Jr. as a University of Colorado Boulder environmental studies professor, Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences … Continue reading

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What’s Missing at the U.N. Climate Panel’s Meeting on Climate Change Communication

New York Time Dot Earth February 8, 2016 by Andrew C. Revkin In a 2011 post on the limits of climate science communication in shifting public policies or personal behaviors, I called myself a “recovering denialist,” laying out my reasoning … Continue reading

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The Value of “Basic Research”?

New Heads for New People February 2, 2016 Jackie Sojico and Malcolm Rosenthal talk about what happens when science leaves the lab and ends up in the real world. Roger Pielke, Jr. is interviewed on the history and politics of … Continue reading

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Climate Debate Heats Up After 2015 Described As Warmest Year On Record

Washington Times January 20, 2016 Federal climate scientists announced Wednesday that 2015 was the hottest year on record, simultaneously heating up another round in the global-warming debate as climate skeptics quickly challenged the findings. Even as the East Coast braced … Continue reading

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Do We Need a New Green Revolution?

UC Davis’ Pamela Ronald, CU Boulder’s Roger Pielke, Jr., and Arizona State’s Daniel Sarewitz — weigh in below. The Breakthrough Institute January 7, 2016 Earlier this week, Phillip A. Sharp and Alan Leshner argued in the New York Times that … Continue reading

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