March 5, 2008 – William M. Briggs

Titan TV’s short piece on the Heartland Conference

A couple of days ago I wrote that people from Titan TV interviewed me, and a slew of others, at the Heartland Climate Conference. Their piece is now on the…

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Heartland Climate Conference Summary

This is an editorial that I sent out to various places. I am one of the scientists that attended the recent Heartland Climate Conference in Manhattan, where I live. It…

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Mark, That's exactly it.
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