The Long History Of Eco-Pessimism

Written by Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak

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In December last year, veteran naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough warned attendees at the United Nations climate-change summit that the ‘collapse of our civilizations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon.’

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Communicating With Climate Activists

Written by Lynne Balzer

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Not so very long ago when I tried to communicate some facts to a woman, she interrupted with obvious annoyance, “Save your breath. Because no matter what you say to me, I won’t believe it.”

She was saying in effect that she wouldn’t listen even if I was telling her the truth.

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The True and False of Climate Change

Written by M. Ray Thomasson, Lee C. Gerhard

First let us state that the authors are avid environmentalists. Every geologist we know loves nature and “The out-of-doors” and wants to protect and preserve our planet.

Concern for the environment should not be confused with climate change.

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Greater Adria, a lost continent hiding in plain sight

Written by Frank Jacobs

Image: Utrecht University  Greater Adria, science’s newest lost continent, tore off from North Africa and was subducted beneath Southern Europe.

Following a 10-year survey, geologists discover a lost continent in the Mediterranean. ‘Greater Adria’ existed for 100 million years, and was probably “great for scuba diving”. Most of it has been swallowed up by Earth’s mantle, but bits of it survive.

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New Energy Sources and Inventions

Written by Peter Lindemann, D. Sc.

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In the late 1880’s, trade journals in the electrical sciences were predicting “free electricity” in the near future. Incredible discoveries about the nature of electricity were becoming commonplace.

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Debunking Popular Climate Myths About CO2

Written by Nancy Thorner

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If you believe the debate over global warming has ever been about science—or for that matter climate—you have been conditioned, through formal education or through reports warning of doom and gloom, to believe what others rightly describe as a world-wide hoax concocted to unite the world under a single socialistic government where there is no capitalism, no democracy, and no freedom.

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Should ‘global warming’ fraudsters spend time in the clink?

Written by Pat Boone

[Exclusive: Pat Boone offers Part 3 in his series on discrediting of ‘hockey stick’ scientist]

Gentle reader – and fellow taxpayer – let us again examine an important and unfolding story of global climate science fraud unreported by “fake news,” or to put it more tactfully, inaccurate, biased and selective mainstream media.

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End of the materialist-reductionist paradigm?

Written by Claire Edwards

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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction ― E.F. Schumacher

The Western world is insane. It suffers from a persistent delusion called the materialist-reductionist paradigm.

We learned this from the Greek philosophers who preferred to look at objects in isolation: nature, for example, was defined as the universe minus human beings and their culture.[i]

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Scientocracy: The Tangled Web of Public Science and Public Policy

Written by Norman Rogers

The title of this new book is a play on aristocracy.  The science aristocracy is living off its former reputation as honest investigators of the natural world.

Scientocracy: The Tangled Web of Public Science and Public Policy exposes largely mean-spirited bureaucrats who don’t hesitate to fake science when it serves their bureaucratic and financial goals.

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NASA: Antarctic Ozone Hole Smallest Since Discovery In 1982

Written by Katherine Rodriguez

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The hole in the ozone has reached its smallest size since scientists discovered it in 1982 due to unusual weather patterns in the upper atmosphere above Antarctica, according to NASA.

The hole fluctuates every year and is usually largest during the coldest months in the southern hemisphere, between late September and early October.

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