climate change

New study predicts that Boston will be affected heavily by rising sea levels due to climate change:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090315/ap_on_re_us/sc...

But the oceans won't rise at the same rate everywhere, said study author Jianjun Yin of the Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies at Florida State University. It will be "greater and faster" for the Northeast, with Boston one of the worst hit among major cities, he said. So, if it's 3 feet, add another 8 inches for that region.

Jeff Jacoby writes an article in the Globe claiming that global warming doesn't exist. It's one of many; he posts the same crap every few months.

Jacoby's article mentions a Heartland Institute convention and calls them "a Chicago-based think-tank." He's absolutely right, but is taking advantage of public misconception about the groups and doesn't disclose what they're really about. The short of it: their board is stuffed with executives from oil, car, and tobacco companies. They feel that global warming and secondhand smoke are both a sham, and they use a small handful of skeptics to wage a war against decades of climate research.

Jeff also regularly mentions Richard Lindzen in his columns. Guess where his interests lie? (hint: getting money from the oil industry, claiming global warming doesn't exist, and claiming that secondhand smoke isn't harmful, despite no medical background whatsoever.) As far back as 2004, Jacoby has mentioned both climate change and second-hand smoke as issues we apparently care too much about and spend too much time and money on.