Bioweapons: The Bad and the Ugly (There Is No Good). Lee D. Hieb, MD

From Doctors for Disaster Preparedness 31st Annual Meeting, July 13, 2013, Houston, Texas. Dr. Lee Hieb began her career in medicine at age four, accompanying her father on house calls along the back roads of Iowa. She graduated from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester New York, and completed an … Continue reading “Bioweapons: The Bad and the Ugly (There Is No Good). Lee D. Hieb, MD”

The Ten Tests to Determine Whether You Should Be Concerned about Global Warming

Presentation by Anthony Watts of http://wattsupwiththat.com/. From DDP 31st Annual Meeting, July 13, 2014, Houston Texas. Anthony Watts is a 25-year broadcast meteorology veteran and currently chief meteorologist for KPAY-AM radio. He got his start as on-air meteorologist for WLFI-TV in Lafayette, Indiana and at KHSL-TV in Chico, California. In 1987, he founded ItWorks, which … Continue reading “The Ten Tests to Determine Whether You Should Be Concerned about Global Warming”

The “Anthropocene”?

DDP Newsletter, July 2012, Volume XXX, No. 4 Reporting on the Rio +20 conference, Lord Christopher Monckton writes: “The walls of the conference center were festooned with disturbing images, many painted by children under the rubric, ‘children teaching their parents.’ “In one painting, a child painted the sun, dressed as a doctor taking the temperature … Continue reading “The “Anthropocene”?”

Affordable Fuel: Salvation, or Existential Threat, Doctors Ask

As the world teeters on the brink of economic chaos, vast new resources offer the prospect of new jobs, revitalized manufacturing, and prosperity. The “Peak Oil” specter is being vanquished in North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and other places worldwide by releasing natural gas or oil from shale.

Gaps: Gigatonnes and Megawatts

DDP Newsletter January 2012, Volume XXX, No. 1. After the UN climate conference in Durban, South Africa, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) issued a report on the “gigatonne gap” between current emission reduction pledges and the actual emission reductions needed to maintain a good chance of keeping global warming to two degrees Celsius, as estimated … Continue reading “Gaps: Gigatonnes and Megawatts”