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At the conclusion of this session please post your discussion questions for the text and  for the case study as a single set of responses under the heading DQ12.

 

Session 12: Climate
 
Reading Assignments: 

Research Article:

Jaworowski, Zbigniew (2007) “CO2: The Greatest Scientific Scandal of Our Time,” EIR Science. (March), p. 38-53.

Films: 

Gore, Albert (2008) Al Gore’s New Thinking on the Climate Crisis. TED Talks.

Leahy, Dour (2007) Climate Catastrophe Canceled (2007) Friends of Science (Canada)

Mortensen, Lars O. (2008) The Cloud Mystery. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, TV2-Denmark.

 

  Session Ten Topics:

Climate Change and Global Warming, The Carbon Cycle, Alternatives and Consequences, Policy, Skeptics

 

  Text Discussion Questions

 

Please complete discussion questions and post them to the lesson board.

From Assigned Research Reading:

  1. How does Jaworowski claim that the IPCC scientific review process was flawed?

  2. What are the "Four IPCC Lies" that Jaworowski asserts?

  3. Briefly how does Jaworowski challenge each so-called "lie."

  4. Is Jaworowski's "skepticism" toward CO2 explanations of climate change justified given what you read in Traer's Chapter 15? Explain.

From the Films:

Explain the theory behind climate change reflected in The Cloud Mystery.

  1. On what grounds do the researchers in Climate Catastrophe Cancelled dismiss the CO2 theory of global warming

  2. On what grounds does Gore assert the CO2 theory of global warming?

  3. What are the ethical implications of pursuing climate policy as promulgated by Gore?

  4. What are the ethical ramifications of pursuing climate policy on the basis of what is reflected in the Cloud Mystery and Climate Catastrophe Cancelled films?

 

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