Fire and Ice: Science, Nature and Environment

From Climategate to Copenhagen: Time for a Far Northern Perspective
Dec 13, 2009 – With the fractious Copenhagen climate summit nearing its end, and President Obama planning to attend the final day of negotiations in the hope a presidential "surge" will help to close... Read the rest

Climate change could warm Arctic economy
Oct 16, 2008 – Two experts on Arctic development recently visited Alaska to sound optimistic notes on climate change. While the president of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, and author Barry Scott Zellen said the... Read the rest

Could Methane Trigger a Climate Doomsday Within a Human Lifespan?
May 28, 2008 – A new paper published appearing Thursday in the prestigious scientific journal Nature presents the worst-case scenario for runaway climate change that could leave the Earth entirely ice-free within a generation.... Read the rest

NASA Lander "Phoenix" Sends First Pictures of Martian Arctic
May 26, 2008 – NASA scientists are pouring over photographs sent from the Phoenix spacecraft after it landed on Mars late Sunday. VOA's Brian Wagner reports the team is readying the craft to begin... Read the rest

State to Sue Over Polar Bear Listing: Alaska filing to challenge decision
May 21, 2008 – Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin announced today the state of Alaska intends to file suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk... Read the rest

Alaska Governor Releases Statement on Polar Bear Litigation
May 16, 2008 – Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin today released the following statement on litigation regarding polar bears: “As I have said, I am disappointed with U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne's decision... Read the rest

Global Warming Found to Cause Permanent Changes
May 16, 2008 – Washington -- According to a sweeping analysis of physical and biological systems around the world, human activity has led to warming temperatures that have caused permanent changes to both plants... Read the rest

Polar Bear Added to List of Threatened Species in U.S.
May 16, 2008 – Washington -- The beleaguered polar bear got some help from the U.S. government this week. The Interior Department declared the bear threatened under the Endangered Species Act because of accelerated... Read the rest

Nunavut Disappointed with Polar Bear Ruling
May 14, 2008 – Iqaluit - The Government of Nunavut strongly opposes the recent United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) decision to list polar bears as a threatened species throughout its range. The... Read the rest

US Polar Bear Ruling Will Affect NWT Residents
May 14, 2008 – Yellowknife – Today’s decision by the United States (U.S.) Fish and Wildlife Service to list polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act will have an affect... Read the rest

Polar Bear Listed as Threatened: Governor pledges to work for conservation
May 14, 2008 – Anchorage, Alaska – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced its decision today to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. U.S. Department of Interior... Read the rest

We Should Warm up to the idea of Melting Poles: See our guest op-ed in The Globe and Mail
May 1, 2008 – Below is a screenshot of our guest op-ed in the Globe and Mail on April... Read the rest

The Upside of Climate Change: See our guest comment in News North
May 1, 2008 – Here is a screenshot of our guest comment in News North, the weekly newspaper serving the NWT, on April... Read the rest

Inuit Question US Environmental Group Pressure on Canada's Polar Bear Status
May 1, 2008 – Ottawa, Ontario - Canadian Inuit are reiterating their position on the listing of the Polar Bear in the USA as a threatened species and disagree with recent comments made by... Read the rest

We Should Warm Up to the Idea of Melting Poles: Text of guest op-ed and reader responses in The Globe and Mail
Apr 28, 2008 – Web-exclusive comment We should warm to the idea of melting poles BARRY S. ZELLEN Special to Globe and Mail Update April 28, 2008 at 10:01 PM EDT More than two... Read the rest

Atlantis Rising: The upside of global warming -- as climate change melts polar ice, a new world emerges
Apr 20, 2008 – Over two decades ago, at the height of the Cold War, Arctic scholar Oran Young proclaimed that the world was "entering the age of the Arctic, an era in which... Read the rest

Climate Change Report Highlights Need for Specific Measures in Arctic Regions
Mar 15, 2008 – National Inuit leader Mary Simon says the latest major climate change study again highlights the need for specific measures to assist Inuit and other aboriginal peoples adapt to the effects... Read the rest

Rights Group Cites Plight of Minorities Hit by Climate Change
Mar 11, 2008 – A British rights group says ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples across the globe suffer disproportionately from the effects of climate change - and that their plight has not been recognized... Read the rest

Famed Hurricane Forecaster William Gray Predicts Global Cooling in 10 Years
Mar 4, 2008 – It turns out Al Gore was wrong. The scientists aren’t all in agreement on global warming; thus there is no “consensus.” Prominent hurricane forecaster Dr. William M. Gray, a... Read the rest

Networks Ignore, Newspapers Mock N.Y. Climate Change Conference
Mar 4, 2008 – All three networks’ evening news broadcasts utterly ignored a gathering of hundreds of people – scientists, economists, other experts and interested lay people – aimed at dispelling the media myth... Read the rest

Report No. 3 from the Global Warming Conference in New York City
Mar 4, 2008 – The final day of the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, hosted by The Heartland Institute and more than 50 cosponsors, began with a keynote presentation by the Hon. Vaclav... Read the rest

New York Global Warming Conference Issues 'Manhattan Declaration'
Mar 4, 2008 – Scientists and researchers participating in the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on Times Square in New York City closed business today by considering the... Read the rest

Report No. 2 from the Global Warming Conference in New York City
Mar 3, 2008 – The first full day of the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, hosted by The Heartland Institute and more than 50 cosponsors, was by all accounts an extraordinary success, from... Read the rest

New York Daily News Profiles Climate Change Conference Speaker
Mar 3, 2008 – On Sunday, March 2, reporter Rich Schapiro of the New York Daily News profiled J. Scott Armstrong, Ph.D., a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and... Read the rest

Former Thatcher Adviser Warns Global Warming Alarmism 'Kills People If You Get the Science Wrong'
Mar 3, 2008 – Science is a very powerful thing and it’s important to get it right. That’s the message Lord Christopher Monckton, a policy advisor for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher... Read the rest

Policy Study: Understanding Visual Exhibits in the Global Warming Debate
Mar 3, 2008 – With a lack of traditional science, partisans on both sides, and enormous consequences depending on popular opinion and political will, it is important that people understand the evidence in the... Read the rest

Global Warming Visuals Often Distort Scientific Data: Graphics used in the climate change debate are often manipulated to exaggerate or minimize the significance of information
Mar 3, 2008 – A new study on the use of visual exhibits in the global warming debate--a tactic employed regularly by former Vice President Al Gore in his film, An Inconvenient Truth--reveals how... Read the rest

Report No. 1 from the Global Warming Conference in New York City
Mar 3, 2008 – The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, hosted by The Heartland Institute and more than 50 cosponsors, got off to a fast and successful start with a capacity crowd at... Read the rest

Opening Remarks to the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change
Mar 2, 2008 – Good evening, and welcome to the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change. I am Joseph Bast, president of The Heartland Institute, and along with James Taylor, I will be your... Read the rest

Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate: Summary for Policymakers of the Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change
Mar 2, 2008 – The public’s fear of anthropogenic global warming seems to be at a fever pitch. Polls show most people in most countries believe human greenhouse gas emissions are a major cause... Read the rest

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