Another week of GW news - December 4
H. E. Taylor
The big news this week is the Atlantic recirculation story:
<http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051128/full/051128-9.html>
2005/11/30: NSU: Atlantic currents show signs of weakening -
Research cruise reveals evidence of half-century of wane
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=225>
2005/11/30: RealClimate: Decrease in Atlantic circulation?
<http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/rapid/sis/moc_monitor.php>
2005//: Rapid: Monitoring the Atlantic heat conveyor
<http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/rapid/sis/sistop.php>
2005//: Rapid: Will global warming plunge the UK into a big freeze?
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4485840.stm>
2005/11/30: BBC: Ocean changes to cool Europe
Changes to ocean currents in the Atlantic may cool European weather
within a few decades, scientists say. Researchers from the UK's
National Oceanography Centre say currents derived from the Gulf
Stream are weakening, bringing less heat north.
<http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/?p=1239>
2005/12/03: JFleck: Nature and the Press
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1520926.htm>
2005/12/01: ABC(Au): Europe-warming current weakens: scientists
<http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2005/12/thermohaline-circulation-switch-off.html>
2005/12/01: JEB: Thermohaline circulation switch-off?
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33773/story.htm>
2005/12/01: PlanetArk: Key Warming Ocean Current Slowing Down - Scientists
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48883>
2005/12/01: ClimateArk: Altantic Ocean current shows weakening signs
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48882>
2005/12/01: ClimateArk: Fears of big freeze as scientists detect slower Gulf Stream
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1654804,00.html>
2005/12/01: Guardian(UK): Alarm over dramatic weakening of Gulf Stream
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article330361.ece>
2005/11/30: Independent(UK): Gulf Stream 'engine' weakening, say scientists
<http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8398>
2005/11/30: New Scientist: Failing ocean current raises fears of mini ice age
There is more than a little comment on the 2005 hurricane season:
<http://www.postnormaltimes.net/blog/archives/2005/12/postnormal_hurr_1.html>
2005/12/01: PNT: Post-normal hurricane season
<http://hurricane.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/2005/nov2005/>
2005/11/: CSU: [725K] Summary of 2005 Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity...
<http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=252&tstamp=200512>
2005/12/01: WunderBlog: The unbelievable Hurricane Season of 2005 [list of records]
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/113005EA.shtml>
2005/11/30: TruthOut: Storm Season Ends: Are Potent Hurricanes Linked to Global Warming?
<http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2005/12/3/14558/3494>
2005/12/03: TOD: Hurricanes: Trend or Oscillation?
<http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8413>
2005/12/02: NewScientist: Hurricane record broken again by Epsilon
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33763/story.htm>
2005/12/01: PlanetArk: US Forecasters See Active 2006 Hurricane Season
<http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag184.htm>
2005/11/29: NOAA Mag: NOAA Attributes recent increase in hurricane activity
to naturally occurring multi-decadal climate variability
<http://usatoday.com/weather/stormcenter/2005-11-30-hurricane-cycle_x.htm>
2005/11/30: USAToday: Record year for hurricanes part of a natural cycle
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33736/story.htm>
2005/11/30: PlanetArk: FACTBOX - 2005 Hurricane Season Rewrites The Record Books
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33735/story.htm>
2005/11/30: PlanetArk: Busy Hurricane Season Ends, Sets Pattern for Future
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33738/story.htm>
2005/11/30: PlanetArk: Another Tropical Storm, Epsilon, Forms in Atlantic
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10241186/>
2005/11/30: MSNBC: Long, turbulent hurricane season winds down -
Some forecasters predict future multi-hurricane seasons will be the rule
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1130/p03s02-usgn.htm>
2005/11/30: CSM: Storm season ends: Are potent hurricanes linked to global warming?
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48803>
2005/11/30: ClimateArk: Warning about '06 tempers relief over hurricane season's end
<http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200511/30/eng20051130_224620.html>
2005/11/30: People's Daily: US agency forecasts more Atlantic hurricanes in 2006
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2005-11-29T231223Z_01_SPI983146_RTRUKOC_0_US-WEATHER-HURRICANES.xml&rpc=22>
2005/11/29: Reuters: Busy hurricane season ends, but get used to it
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/4482384.stm>
2005/11/29: BBC: A tropical storm has lashed the Canary Islands,
killing at least seven people and leaving a trail of destruction.
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33687/story.htm>
2005/11/28: PlanetArk: Tropical Storm Delta Heads For Canary Islands
Quirks & Quarks focussed on GW this week, featuring interviews with
several luminaries such as Bryden, Barnett (MP3/RA):
<http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/quirks/archives/05-06/dec03.html>
2005/12/03: CBC Q&Q: On the Way to a Warmer World: A Special Full Edition
The Dome C cores got some late coverage:
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051125105107.htm>
2005/11/28: SciDaily: New Ice Cores Expand View Of Climate History
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051128080533.htm>
2005/11/28: SciDaily: Close Coupling Of Climate With Green House Gases In The Past
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1128/p25s01-usgn.htm>
2005/11/28: CSM: Old ice gives new clues to climate change -
Carbon dioxide levels are much higher than at any time
during the past 650,000 years, scientists discover.
A report from NCAR documents an unintended benefit of outsourcing:
<http://www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2005/china.shtml>
2005/12/01: NCAR: Trade Imbalance Shifts U.S. Carbon Emissions to China,
Boosts Global Total
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051201223809.htm>
2005/12/02: SciDaily: Trade Imbalance Shifts US Carbon Emissions To China,
Boosts Global Total
The EEA has cast a jaundiced eye on the European GHG record:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4480400.stm>
2005/11/29: BBC: EU missing greenhouse gas targets
The European Union is likely to miss its greenhouse gas targets
by a wide margin, according to an official assessment of the Union's
environment. The European Environment Agency says that the 15
longest-standing members of the EU are likely to cut emissions to just
2.5% below 1990 levels. This falls well short of their target 8% cut.
Pielke Sr. is on about UHI:
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=94>
2005/12/04: CliSci: Could the Warm Bias Identified in the Pielke
and Matsui 2005 GRL Paper Explain a Significant Portion of the
Reported Surface Air Warming of the Northern Hemisphere?
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=92>
2005/12/01: CliSci: A New Study On The Importance of Land-Surface
Types Including Urbanization on Surface Temperatures
The financial benefits of efficiency grabbed the headline:
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-12-03-greenhouse-economics_x.htm>
2005/12/03: USAToday: Study finds economic gains in greenhouse gas rules
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48996>
2005/12/03: ClimateArk: Study finds economic gains in greenhouse gas rules
The impacts of GW are becoming clearer:
<http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/12/2/175221/194>
2005/12/02: DailyKOS: Global Climate Change - Have a look at 2100 scenarios
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=49033>
2005/12/03: ClimateArk: Climate change wreaking havoc on Canada's North
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48998>
2005/12/03: ClimateArk: Warmer seas might doom fish -
Conservation group [WWF] says climate change threatens food source
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-12/uoc--tac120105.php>
2005/12/02: Eureka: Tropical Atlantic cooling and African deforestation
correlate to drought, report scientists
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48965>
2005/12/02: ClimateArk: Tropical Atlantic Cooling, African Deforestation -
Correlate to Drought, Report Scientists
<http://www.txfb.org/TexasAgriculture/2005/120205/120205drought.htm>
2005/12/02: TxFB: The 'D' Word - Drought losses estimated at $1 billion by spring...
<http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/?p=1233>
2005/11/29: JFleck: Drought's Back
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9351>
2005/11/30: ENN: Study Finds Midwest Warming May Harm Ducks
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9357>
2005/11/30: ENN: EU Study Finds Climate Change Major Environmental Challenge for Europe
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48852>
2005/11/30: ClimateArk: 2°C of global warming is too hot for Canada’s fish and forests
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48847>
2005/11/30: ClimateArk: Scientists Say Water Shortages Will Result From Global Warm
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4479640.stm>
2005/11/29: BBC: Climate change 'will dry Africa'
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48764>
2005/11/29: ClimateArk: Australia: Great Barrier Reef under serious threat
Elsewhere on the mitigation front:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=49002>
2005/12/03: ClimateArk: Ten things that the government can do...
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1521253.htm>
2005/12/02: ABC(Au): Scientists cook up cure for cow flatulence.
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9376>
2005/12/02: ENN: Forests Urged as New Front in Global Warming Fight
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2005/11/28/181931/88>
2005/11/28: GristMill: BP gives carbon cutting tips
Carbon sequestration got a lot of play this week:
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-12/uom-cse120105.php>
2005/12/01: Eureka: Crystal sponges excel at sopping up CO2
[metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)]
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1657397,00.html>
2005/12/04: Guardian(UK): Britain 'could bury greenhouse gases'
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051201164914.htm>
2005/12/01: SciDaily: Crystal Sponges Excel At Sopping Up Carbon Dioxide
<http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,387390,00.html>
2005/11/28: DerSpiegel: A Tomb for Greenhouse Gases:
New Technologies Take Center Stage at Montreal Summit
Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=49043>
2005/12/04: ClimateArk: Most Japanese would accept environment tax--survey
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33701/story.htm>
2005/11/29: PlanetArk: Rhodia [Corp.] Gets UN OK for Emission Rights Trading
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48750>
2005/11/29: ClimateArk: Rainforests brought back to life as 'carbon trading' takes off
The 9 States that drew up a GHG reduction pact are now 7:
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/04/action_is_sought_on_emissions_pact/>
2005/12/04: BostonGlobe: Action is sought on emissions pact -
Activists want [Massachusetts Governor, Mitt] Romney to sign the agreement
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=49029>
2005/12/03: ClimateArk: Cold feet on warming [Seven states reducing GHGs]
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/02/states_to_move_on_cutting_emissions/>
2005/12/02: BostonGlobe: States to move on cutting emissions -
Reluctant Mass. may be left behind
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48766>
2005/11/29: ClimateArk: Fears of Energy Price Increase Delay 9-State Pollution Pact
And on the American political front:
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33798/story.htm>
2005/12/02: PlanetArk: Pennsylvania Governor Promotes Energy Plan to Cut Oil Imports
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48903>
2005/12/01: ClimateArk: FAA Official Says U.S. Airlines Should Be Excluded
from EU Emissions Trading Program
<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=57&ItemID=9219>
2005/11/29: ZMag: Grassroots Mobilizing to Demand Action on Climate Crisis
While on the UK political front:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/politics/4488518.stm>
2005/12/01: BBC: 'Climate threat badly understood'
Public understanding of climate change and what people can do
to help tackle the problem is very weak, the environment
secretary [Margaret Beckett] has said.
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33706/story.htm>
2005/11/29: PlanetArk: Many British Farmers See Climate Change as Threat
The president of the Royal Society had his dander up:
<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1129-04.htm>
2005/11/29: CDreams: Independent(UK): Impact of Climate Change 'Can be Likened to WMD'
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/sci/tech/4482174.stm>
2005/11/30: BBC: Science faces 'dangerous times' - Lord May of Oxford
<http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051130-111329-2032r>
2005/11/30: UPI: Lord May: Scientific values are threatened
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4482174.stm>
2005/11/30: BBC: Science faces 'dangerous times'
Fundamentalism is hampering global efforts to tackle climate change,
according to Britain's top scientist.
<http://www.physorg.com/news8503.html>
2005/11/28: PhysOrg: Global warming equals weapons of mass destruction: scientist
Meanwhile in Europe:
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/120105EA.shtml>
2005/11/30: TruthOut: Climate Change Major Environmental Challenge for Europe
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=49034>
2005/12/03: ClimateArk: Kyoto protocol should embrace polluting jet-setters: France
<http://www.energybulletin.net/11382.html>
2005/12/02: EnergyBulletin: How Europe is choking itself - and the world
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33789/story.htm>
2005/12/02: PlanetArk: EU Says Will Fulfil Kyoto Target Early, in 2010
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1796073,00.html>
2005/11/29: DeutscheWelle: Europe Facing Environmental Disaster Through Global Warming
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200511/s1519536.htm>
2005/11/30: ABC(Au): Global warming set to hit Europe badly: agency
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33684/story.htm>
2005/11/28: PlanetArk: FACTBOX - Europe's CO2 Emissions Trading Scheme
Meanwhile in Australia:
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1523170.htm>
2005/12/04: ABC(Au): Climate change a security threat: senator
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1522755.htm>
2005/12/03: ABC(Au): NT Govt urged to provide greenhouse strategy
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1522917.htm>
2005/12/03: ABC(Au): Govt rules out ratifying Kyoto protocol
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9363>
2005/12/01: ENN: Australia Says 'Son of Kyoto' Deal Not Possible
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200511/s1520002.htm>
2005/11/30: ABC(Au): Carbon trading seen as big earner for WA farmers
Meanwhile in Canada:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48688>
2005/11/28: ClimateArk: Canada's greenhouse-gas emissions rise -
UN report shows lack of progress on Kyoto, reveals 24-per-cent increase in 1990-2003
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48695>
2005/11/28: ClimateArk: Greenhouse gases rise in Canada -
Despite Kyoto commitments, summit host sees soaring emissions
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33702/story.htm>
2005/11/29: PlanetArk: Canada Stresses Green Agenda, But Emissions Soar
Meanwhile in the 'Sue the Bastards!' contingent:
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33766/story.htm>
2005/12/01: PlanetArk: UN Examines Prospect for Climate-Change Litigation
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48887>
2005/12/01: ClimateArk: UN examines prospect for climate-change litigation
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48837>
2005/11/30: ClimateArk: Forget U.S. on Kyoto, [Robert] Kennedy [Jr.] advises -
sue the 'criminals'
Developing a new energy infrastructure may be the fundamental challenge of
the current generation:
<http://news.inq7.net/world/index.php?index=1&story_id=58471>
2005/12/02: Inq7: GreenPeace Warns - Growing demand for coal in Asia
will fuel global warming
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=49001>
2005/12/03: ClimateArk: U.N. seeks to streamline Third World energy scheme
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33781/story.htm>
2005/12/02: PlanetArk: Energy Body [IEA] Urges Bigger Investment in Clean Fuels
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48953>
2005/12/02: ClimateArk: Energy Body [IEA] Urges Bigger Investment in Clean Fuels
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33704/story.htm>
2005/11/29: PlanetArk: BP to Double Investment in Greener Energy
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2005/11/29/11394/113>
2005/11/29: GristMill: A leap of faith [nuclear power vs renewables]
<http://mustelid.blogspot.com/2005/11/reading-entrails-new-nukes.html>
2005/11/29: Stoat: Reading the entrails: New Nukes?
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48758>
2005/11/29: ClimateArk: Panasonic Builds an Model House in Tokyo Powered by a Fuel Cell
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/politics/4483002.stm>
2005/11/29: BBC: Blair reignites nuclear arguments
A fierce debate over nuclear power is under way after Tony Blair launched
an energy review which could pave the way for a new generation of nuclear plants.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1652962,00.html>
2005/11/29: Guardian(UK): [Letters] Overlooking efficiency is a waste of energy
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002650815_greenheat28m.html>
2005/11/28: STimes: "Greener" heat sources cost money, save energy
The reaction of business to climate change will be critical:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48834>
2005/11/30: ClimateArk: Carbon, Clean-Tech and Sustainable Markets Set to Attract Trillions
<http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=16726>
2005/11/29: UN: Clean technologies will attract trillions of dollars over next decade, UN
says
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33682/story.htm>
2005/11/28: PlanetArk: Green Investors Hope for New Kyoto Rules Post-2012
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david/an-open-letter-to-bill-fo_b_11312.html>
2005/11/28: THP: An Open Letter to Bill Ford
Insurance companies are feeling the heat from more than one direction:
<http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=fundsNews2&storyID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20051201:MTFH79866_2005-12-01_20-46-08_N01389885:1>
2005/12/01: Reuters: Investors push insurers to disclose climate risk
Twenty institutional investors with over $800 billion in assets
pressed insurance companies on Thursday to assess their financial
exposure to global warming.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/business/4483954.stm>
2005/11/30: BBC: Insurance market Lloyd's of London has said its chances
of making a profit in 2005 are small following the costs of US hurricanes
Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
Then there was the usual news and commentary:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48890>
2005/12/01: ClimateArk: Report Calls for Road to Canada's Arctic Coast
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/global-warming-the-press_b_11522.html>
2005/12/01: THP: Global Warming: the Press Drops the Ball Again
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david/things-go-better-with-cok_b_11560.html>
2005/12/02: THP: Things Go Better With Coke
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article330225.ece>
2005/11/30: Independent(UK): No one is immune from the effects of global warming
<http://images.ucomics.com/comics/tt/2005/tt051130.gif>
2005/11/30: uComics: (cartoon - Toles) A Guest Worker Program...
<http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/?p=1234>
2005/11/29: JFleck: Pacific Decadal Oscillation
[PDO is sort of nothing at all. Or, more precisely, that it's really
a combination of other things, not a thing in and of itself.]
<http://www.chriscmooney.com/blog.asp?Id=2264>
2005/11/30: CCM: Adventure Climatology [book refs]
<http://www.chriscmooney.com/blog.asp?Id=2268>
2005/11/30: CCM: If I Hear That Damn Tropospheric Temperatures Argument Again...
<http://scienceg8.com/new-study-of-global-warming-coverage/>
2005/11/29: SciGate: New Study of Global Warming Coverage
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=216>
2005/11/30: RealClimate: Greenhouse gases help seasonal predictions
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000646the_us_climate_chang.html>
2005/11/29: Prometheus: The US Climate Change Science Program and Decision Support
<http://mustelid.blogspot.com/2005/11/topping-punts.html>
2005/11/28: Stoat: Topping Punts
<http://www.physorg.com/news8542.html>
2005/11/29: PhysOrg: Global Warming Doubles Rate Of Ocean Rise
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=48740>
2005/11/28: ClimateArk: 2° Celsius: A World Of Difference To Life On Earth
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=91>
2005/11/27: CliSci: Is 'Global Dimming'? Really Global?
<http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=57&ItemID=9208>
2005/11/28: ZMag: The Big Thaw
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/?p=93>
2005/12/03: CliSci: Status of Arctic Sea Ice Coverage
And here are a couple of sites which you may find interesting &/ useful:
<http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/index-de.shtml>
Global Climate Coalition [DE]
<http://www.campaigncc.org/>
Campaign against Climate Change
<http://www.climatechallenge.gov.uk/>
Climate Challenge
<http://www.drought.noaa.gov/>
NOAA: Drought Information Center
<http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/>
NOAA Magazine
<http://ecoequity.typepad.com/>
EcoEquity
<http://www.itsgettinghotinhere.org/>
It's Getting Hot In Here -
Dispatches from the U.N. Conference on Climate Change, Montreal 2005
LiveScience
<http://www.livescience.com/>
Radio Ecoshock - Green Radio.
<http://www.ecoshock.org>
OrganicMatter - Blogging the environment
<http://www.organicmatter.net/>
GCI: Global Commons Institute
<http://www.gci.org.uk/>
EDGAR: Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research
<http://arch.rivm.nl/env/int/coredata/edgar/>
Kyoto USA
<http://www.kyotousa.org/>
Sierra: Petition - Global Warming
<http://www.sierraclub.org/petition/globalwarming/>
Climate Audit [M&M]
<http://www.climateaudit.org/>
CTW: Carbon Trade Watch
<http://www.carbontradewatch.org/>
Plausible Futures
<http://www.plausiblefutures.com/>
PNT: Post-Normal Times
<http://www.postnormaltimes.net/blog/index.html>
NODC: Publication summary of the NODC Ocean Climate Laboratory, 1990-2005
<http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/indpub.html>
<regards>
-het
PS.
You can access the previous postings of this series at:
<http://tinyurl.com/9zyom>
which should open to:
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"The Kyoto treaty threatens to limit the exercise of American military
power ... unilateral military actions as in Grenada, Panama and Libya
will become politically and diplomatically more difficult "
-Letter signed by Dick Cheney to Bill Clinton, January 22, 1998
Global Warming: http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/enviro/globalwarming.html
GW News: http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/enviro/gwnews.html
GW News Archive: http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/enviro/gwna.html
H.E. Taylor http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/