Jennifer Marohasy

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Archives for January 16, 2009

Congratulations to Winners of the 2008 Weblog Awards

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BASED on 933,022 votes cast in 48 categories over seven days of voting winners of The 2008 Weblog Awards have now been announced. 

Veteran political blogger, columnist and author, Andrew Sullivan, won the best blog beating the Huffington Post and others.   Mr Sullivan’s blogs is hosted by the Atlantic magazine.

Climate change sceptic, Anthony Watts, won best Science blog.  Mr Watts, and his team, focus on climate change issues and have a project auditing US weather stations which makes for great visuals and amazing reading. 

I would also like to particularly congratulate Lubos Motl for winning best European blog and Tim Blair for winning best Australian blog.  

Strobist won both the best online community and also best photograph blog.

This blog, www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog , was a finalist in the best online community section and we did well coming in second in our section. 

Much thanks to everyone who voted.

Valuing Passion Over Wisdom: Hansen Awarded Highest Honour by American Meteorologists

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THE director of NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies, James Hansen, was awarded the 2009 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Medal in Phoenix yesterday.  This is the highest honour bestowed by the American Meteorological Society and was awarded for Dr Hansen’s outstanding contributions to climate modelling, understanding climate change forcings and sensitivity, and for clear communication of climate science in the public arena.

Dr Hansen is passionate about global warming and quick to give advice and offer support to those who champion the idea that there is an urgent need for a global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.    He has been an advisor to Al Gore and flown to the UK to testify in support of Greenpeace activists on trial for criminal damage to a coal-fired power station.

There is, however, nothing charitable or thoughtful in Dr Hansen’s approach to controversy.  He has only contempt for so-called climate change sceptics claiming they operate like tobacco scientists and he has suggested that CEOs of fossil energy companies should be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature.[1]

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