global warming

How high’s the water now?

Written May 27th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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You were wondering how much the Pacific Ocean has risen since the last time I checked, right? I mean, there’s something in the news almost every day on climate change. And according to everything we hear, the effects of global warming including rising sea levels are affecting us all and happening now.

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Tags: climate change, global warming, sea level rise

Obama and his climate hubs

Written February 5th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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The federal government is doing something else to save us from climate change. The Washington Examiner’s headline: “Obama Administration Creates ‘Climate Hubs’ to Combat Extreme Weather.” Well, too bad they’re not in time to combat and perhaps repel what’s forecast for the Willamette Valley starting Thursday: another bout of snow and maybe ice.

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Tags: climate change, global warming, Global Warming Realists, Obama's climate hubs

How about a tax on heating?

Written December 7th, 2013 by Hasso Hering

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Let’s remember the scenes from this winter when state and federal officials start talking again about imposing a “carbon tax” or increasing the energy taxes we already have.

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Tags: carbon tax, climate change, cold weather, global warming

Ice versus hot air

Written October 29th, 2013 by Hasso Hering

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The bird bath in our yard froze over this morning, pretty much right on schedule. Meanwhile, in the world of politics, the hot air continues to billow forth about global warming and the steps we must take to slow it down. In the local paper, the AP reports on the governors of Oregon, California and […]

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Tags: global warming, West Coast governors

Climate change: Where is it?

Written September 14th, 2013 by

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You may have noticed that while everybody talks about climate change, the climate around here has been staying remarkably unchanged. We moved to Albany in the drought year of 1977. In North Albany, where houses then still relied on water systems fed by shallow wells, outdoor watering was restricted. The rain resumed that September and […]

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Tags: climate change, global warming, IPCC, Oregon coast, Willamette Valley climate

Oregon temps essentially unchanged

Written January 14th, 2013 by

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Maybe it’s lucky that we don’t believe the hyperventilating about global warming in the papers and other mainstream media. If we relied on them, we might be tempted to think it’s been getting warmer in Oregon. And then we might step out the door into freezing fog without being properly dressed. Even if the weather […]

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Tags: global warming, NOAA, Oregon climate change

Science at work: The effect of AC

Written December 26th, 2012 by

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I see in the paper that scientists have made another breakthrough. They have studied the issue long and hard and discovered that since the advent of air conditioning, deaths from high heat in the United States have declined. At least that’s the conclusion the Washington Post reported in a story that made local papers on […]

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Tags: air conditioning, global warming