Quick Links March 12

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Michael Tobis • 2 Comments

Rachel Maddow on Senator Inhofe.

David Appel at Quark Soup on a related point: Did you know that if the Republicans win the majority of US Senate seats in November — which looks quite possible, since 21 of the seats up for reelection are held by Democrats and only 10 by Republicans — that James Inhofe will be the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Environment?

New EGU blog (h/t Eli)

A Quebec region weans itself from the toxic product it used to produce, asbestos.

Arthur Smith on the surprising energetics of various disasters.

Maggie Koerth-Baker on Boing Boing disappointingly joins the in for a pound, in for a penny set.

Keith Kloor is determined to toe the Heartland line and make the Heartland story be about Peter Gleick. I wonder why.

Filed Under: Beyond Planet Three

2 Responses to Quick Links March 12

  1. Martin Gisser says:
    March 12, 2012 at 7:10 pm

    “Rachel Maddow on Senator Inhofe.” Link wrong. (If it exists.)

    Ersatz: Bill Maher and Neil deGrasse Tyson on/with Bob Lutz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klgp_qDiRhQ

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    • Michael Tobis says:
      March 12, 2012 at 9:27 pm

      Was thinking of this; thanks.

      Are these lists of interest to people? They were a lot easier to construct with Google Reader and the Note In Reader plugin and a feed follower…

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