http://stopcapewind.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Stop Cape Wind! en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:04:14 GMT 2010-01-01T09:04:14Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963360&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Climate denialists like to argue that they are "well armed" to deny the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change.  And in some respects they are, because these non-science free market . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:01:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963360&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-12-26T12:01:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977813600&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Okay, technically the European Union isn't saying that sushi should be banned. But the EU has recommended listing bluefin tuna as an endangered species. And that could eventually mean that trade of . . . Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:14:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977813600&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-09-15T18:14:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977808947&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will reprise the tradition he started last year and host the second annual “ Governors' Global Climate Summit 2 ” in Los Angeles from September . . . Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:58:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977808947&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-09-11T19:58:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799011&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace At a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society , the worlds largest professional scientific society, a researcher from Japan presented a paper demonstrating that plastics floating in the ocean . . . Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:38:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977799011&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-09-03T19:38:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977786039&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Sigh.  More lies from the climate denialists. These are all just from one recent post. The lie : the whole global warming agenda is a hoax The truth : There is a scientific consensus . . . Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:33:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977786039&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-08-24T18:33:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977742260&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace [UPDATED: See the note and link at the bottom of the article] Climate skeptics like to claim that there are many independent scientists who refute the consensus of climate change.  They love . . . Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:01:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977742260&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-07-21T18:01:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977733195&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Climate skeptics like to claim that there are many independent scientists who refute the consensus of climate change.  They love to cite folks like S. Fred Singer, Robert Carter, Roy Spencer (ahem, . . . Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:28:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977733195&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-07-11T12:28:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977670857&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Climate change, or global warming, is a popular topic of scientific debate on Gather.  Proponents on either side studiously present their factual evidence supporting their views and.... ...sorry, . . . Fri, 01 May 2009 12:59:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977670857&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-05-01T12:59:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977666295&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace In a surprise move, the US government published in the Thursday, April 23rd Federal Register a " request for public comment " on a scientific integrity memo. This relates to the memorandum . . . Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:08:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977666295&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-04-26T11:08:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977625381&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Global warming denialists are carrying on an ideologically motivated campaign to discredit real climate science. And they are doing so by willfully and repeatedly misrepresenting the state of our knowledge. . . . Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:11:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977625381&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-03-15T11:11:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977624209&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace As I noted previously , the University of Copenhagen this past week hosted an international scientific congress on climate change under the heading "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and . . . Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:40:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977624209&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-03-14T10:40:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977587144&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace A recent study published in the journal Environmental Science and Policy (see full citation at end) calls for greater efforts to enhance the use of scientific evidence in environmental policy decisions. . . . Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:59:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977587144&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-02-07T12:59:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977581288&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace All eyes in the United States have been on the $813 billion economic stimulus package passed last week by the US House of Representatives. One line item that many may have missed is an amendment that . . . Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:58:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977581288&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-02-01T14:58:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977580327&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace The European Union's Ecolabel scheme should be beefed up to encourage less use of potentially dangerous chemicals in products, says a report by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and the European . . . Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:05:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977580327&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-01-31T13:05:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977576104&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Yesterday President Obama signed two important energy-related Executive Orders (EOs) as he declared a national goal of ending dependence on foreign oil and promised new U.S. leadership in the fight . . . Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:45:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977576104&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-01-27T10:45:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977556916&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace On January 7, 2009, President-elect Barack Obama introduced a new position called the Chief Performance Officer, and named Nancy Killefer to fill the position.  Why? According to . . . Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:20:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977556916&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-01-08T12:20:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977528457&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Welcome to the first edition of what may or may not be a series of "observations" from a political observer.  Whether there are follow ups depends on interest - both yours and mine, so . . . Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:02:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977528457&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2008-12-07T13:02:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977526100&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace From my inside sources it appears that President-elect Barack Obama will name Lisa Jackson as the new EPA Adminstrator. Jackson is former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental . . . Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:55:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977526100&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2008-12-04T20:55:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977510304&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger welcomes more than 600 climate change leaders from across the country and around the world today for the opening sessions of the Governors' Global Climate . . . Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:56:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977510304&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2008-11-18T18:56:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977501878&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace The Executive isn't the only branch of government ordering up moving vans.  A good number of long time members of Congress have retired, and of course there will be turnovers in seats . . . Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:06:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977501878&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2008-11-09T13:06:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977500759&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace And they aren't kidding. Ever hear of peridotite?  According to an article that is scheduled to appear in the November 11th edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [*see . . . Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:36:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977500759&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2008-11-07T21:36:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977495674&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace I have started a new group called Innovation Futures .  In short, we will seek solutions to the grand problems and opportunities of the nation and the world. Innovation Futures is all about the . . . Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:55:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977495674&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2008-11-02T20:55:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977466220&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace With less than an hour before the showdown between the Palin and Biden, its time to crack out the popcorn and settle into your favorite recliner for what promises to be better than watching Big Ben Rothlessberger . . . Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:29:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977466220&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Klaus Daimler 2008-10-03T00:29:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977464714&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Studying for the GRE - and can't believe how boring the "words in context" section is. Here is one of my own. Please feel free to draft up your own sentence and help me ace this test! . . . Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:09:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977464714&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Klaus Daimler 2008-10-01T17:09:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977348196&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Any of you tired of hearing far right people denounce this or that Democrat or program or policy or whatever as being socialististic?  Like any government intervention to actually help people is tainted . . . Sun, 18 May 2008 20:33:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977348196&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace George McNaughton 2008-05-18T20:33:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977280668&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace In America, perhaps due to the prevalence of stronger fundamentalist millennial notions, Christianity has not been at the forefront of concern for the environment.  In fact, some Christian groups . . . Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:33:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977280668&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace George McNaughton 2008-03-10T15:33:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977264897&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Regional - For years, residents of Cape Cod and the Islands have been promised that the Cape Wind project would lower their electricity rates. Remember: "The Wind is Free?" But, apparently . . . Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:39:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977264897&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Dona Tracy 2008-02-22T10:39:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977234930&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace MMS Report on Cape Wind project opens door to 7 Million Dollar Contract     Is the Massachusetts Audubon Society, with a mission to protect birds, selling them out for . . . Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:49:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977234930&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Dona Tracy 2008-01-20T14:49:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977228498&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace I just received this in an email and thought it was quite profound. Thanks to talented writer  and friend, Carol Roach I now know that the author is  Nicole Johnson.  I sure loved . . . Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:21:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977228498&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace Pamela G. 2008-01-13T11:21:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977184810&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace   I received an email from Michelle H earlier today with this question: " " You are the scientist...How many years of oil do we have left on the planet? I'm thinking . . . Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:50:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977184810&grpId=3659174697245655&nav=Groupspace David K. 2007-11-23T17:50:32Z