Some subscribers to TIPS might be interested in a recent post "Re: Keystone XL: The Pipeline to Disaster" [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:
************************************************ ABSTRACT: In his LA Times OpEd "Keystone XL: The Pipeline to Disaster," James Hansen at <http://lat.ms/16zLDF0> wrote: "In March, the State Department gave the president cover to open a big spigot that will hitch our country to one of the dirtiest fuels on Earth for 40 years or more. . . . . A public comment period is underway through April 22, after which the department will prepare a final statement to help the administration decide whether the pipeline is in the 'national interest.'. . . . . .THE PERSPECTIVE OF PIPELINE APOLOGISTS IS CONTRARY TO THE LAWS OF PHYSICS AND BASIC ECONOMICS. . . . [[My CAPS]]. . . ., neither of which gives a damn about politics. . . . . . . . All of president Obama's achievements will fade if he doesn't act swiftly and decisively on climate change. Rejecting keystone is the first step." A day before Hansen's OpEd appeared, Bill McKibben in "John Kerry's Fateful Decision on the Keystone Pipeline" at <http://bit.ly/XsIS7X> urged people to send Kerry a million public comments at <http://bit.ly/16CvA9q>. ************************************************ To access the complete 13 kB post please click on <http://yhoo.it/10lFYzV>. Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University Links to Articles: <http://bit.ly/a6M5y0> Links to Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Labs: <http://bit.ly/9nGd3M> Academia: <http://bit.ly/a8ixxm> Blog: <http://bit.ly/9yGsXh> GooglePlus: <http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE> Google Scholar <http://bit.ly/Wz2FP3> Twitter: <http://bit.ly/juvd52> Facebook: <http://on.fb.me/XI7EKm> REFERENCES [URL shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 05 April 2013.] Hake, R.R. 2013. "Re: Keystone XL: The Pipeline to Disaster," online on the OPEN Net-Gold archives at <http://yhoo.it/10lFYzV>. Post of 05 April 16:37-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post were transmitted to several discussion lists and are on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/10DV42q> with a provision for comments. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=24809 or send a blank email to leave-24809-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
