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The Green Skeptic
http://greenskeptic.blogspot.com
The Green Skeptic is a blog devoted to challenging assumptions about how we live on the earth and protect our environment. We have four focus areas: global climate change, social entrepreneurs, microfinance, and clean tech innovations.
Recent Posts
Why I\'m Not Going to Copenhagen
Why am I not going to Copenhagen? Because it's a waste of time, money, and CO2.Seriously. Over the years, these large gatherings of nations, NGOs, scientists, policy brokers, lobbyists, celebrities, and demagogues has continued to spiral into irrel...
Mulling Over ClimateGate
"It's Sunday evening, I've worked all weekend, and just when I thought it was done I'm hitting yet another problem that's based on the hopeless state of our databases. There is no uniform data integrity. ..." That quote comes from the log of a compu...
The Trouble with Cap and Trade
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeOn Tuesday, the State of California announced its plans for its own cap-and-trade program as part of Assembly Bill 32, which aims to cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions 15 percent by 2020.The California Environmental Protect...
The Green Skeptic on Fox Business: On Copenhagen, ClimateGate and Falling Polar Bears
Today I appeared on Fox Business speaking with Stuart Varney about ClimateGate, Copenhagen, and a horrible television commercial that shows polar bears falling out of the sky.Here it is:Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com...
Still Skeptical After All These (5) Years
Today marks the 5th Anniversary of "the green skeptic." The blog, if not the person. People often ask me why I'm skeptical and what I'm skeptical about. Well, the answer is, I believe that skepticism is a hallmark of human nature. Without it, we ar...
Philly\'s Startup Phinest Rock at Founder Factory
WXPN's World Cafe Live regularly features rock bands, but on one day in November, Philly Startup Leaders' Founder Factory gives entrepreneurs, from earnest beginners to successful experts, the chance to be the rock stars. The small stage and close pr...

