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Today (11/29/06) the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Massachusetts v. EPA in which over 25 plaintiffs, including a dozen states, are suing the EPA. There are two fairly straight-forward questions at issue: 1) Does the EPA have… more »

Thanks again to Christopher for this one: Cold set to snap city record (Calgary Sun, 11/28) http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2006/11/28/2530545-sun.html more »

see "Breakthrough in genetics sows better wheat seed" (SF Chronicle, 11/24/06) http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/24/BAG4JMJ6EK1.DTL After cloning a gene from wild Israeli wheat into strains of modern American wheat, scientists have… more »

re "US pours scorn on international greenhouse tax proposal" Sydney Morning Herald, 11/20/06 http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/us-pours-scorn-on-international-greenhouse-tax-proposal/2006/11/19/1163871272165.html To the Editors: The US and Austr… more »

In April, two respected climatologists at Colorado State University, Philip Klotzbach and William Gray, released their 2006 hurricane forecast in which they called for "another very active Atlantic basin tropical cyclone season in 2006. Landfall probabi… more »

This letter was sent to the editors of Scientific American by my Friend who is known on this blog as The Freak. Gentlemen, On a recent flight, Lufthansa provided me a copy of your September 2006 special issue focused on global warming. It was a l… more »

The Federation of American Scientists has released a fascinating document following their Summit on Education Gaming. The report, called “Harnessing the power of video games for learning”, makes some observations that are noteworthy, even if any teenager… more »

Thanks to Christopher for sending along this story. Note that it comes from a US Government web site, from the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Have no doubt that what you read in this piece is another reason we should be very afraid of… more »

see "Gore Warns U.N. on Climate Change" (NewsMax.com, 9/29/06) http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/9/28/220035.shtml?s=lh Last week, Al Gore spoke at the United Nations. The headline of the meeting was that Gore claimed that smoking is a si… more »

After all these years of learning about the nine planets in our solar system, Pluto has been demoted to "dwarf planet", leaving us with just 8 official planets revolving around our sun. It's rather unnerving to think that planethood can be taken away… more »