Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Don't fall for comforting illusions of progress on climate change

Guardian: "The Owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk," wrote Hegel on wisdom's habit of arriving late in a time of crisis. Will the final acceptance by some former sceptics of climate science aid effective action by nightfall? It is all to play for. Global events leave only the most pathological forms of denial standing, and challenge dated economic doctrines. The worst drought in half a century in the US mid-west coincides with the hottest first half year from January to...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/aug/01/climate-change-scepticism-100-months
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/columnists/2012/8/1/1343814363290/Climate-change-and-Global-009.jpg

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