Another week of GW news - April 2
H. E. Taylor
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2006/04/04: uComics: (cartoon - Toles) Live & Learn, or vice versa
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2006/04/03: uComics: (cartoon - Toles) US Mileage Standards
In Vienna the EGU had a big meeting which wmc reported daily:
<http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006/>
2006/04/: EGU: European Geosciences Union
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/04/egu_friday.php>
2006/04/07: Stoat: EGU: Friday
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/04/egu_thursday.php>
2006/04/06: Stoat: EGU: Thursday
<http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/04/egu-posters.html>
2006/04/05: JEB: EGU posters
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/04/egu_wedsnesday_1.php>
2006/04/05: Stoat: EGU: Wedsnesday
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/04/egu_tuesday.php>
2006/04/04: Stoat: EGU: tuesday
<http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060404-123024-2338r>
2006/04/04: UPI: [WGMS] Study: Alpine glaciers may nearly vanish
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4874224.stm>
2006/04/04: BBC: 'Major melt' for Alpine glaciers - Europe's Alps could lose
three-quarters of their glaciers to climate change during the coming century.
In the 1850s, according to WGMS data presented at the European Geosciences Union
(EGU) annual meeting in Vienna, nearly 4,474 sq km of the Alps were glaciated.
By the 1970s, the area covered had fallen to just under 2,903 sq km,
and in 2000, it was down to 2,272 sq km.
"From 1850 to the 1970s, there is an average loss of 2.9% per decade,"
WGMC's Michael Zemp told EGU delegates.
"From the 1970s until 2000 it is 8.2% per decade,
and we see most of that increase since 1985," he said.
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/04/egu_monday.php>
2006/04/03: Stoat: EGU: Monday
There was a Tropical Cyclones and Climate Workshop this week:
<http://iri.columbia.edu/outreach/meeting/TropicalCyclones/index.html>
Columbia: Tropical Cyclones and Climate Workshop
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/04/tropical-cyclones-workshop/>
2006/04/08: RealClimate: Tropical Cyclones workshop
Recent GHG statistics are not encouraging:
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35911/story.htm>
2006/04/06: PlanetArk: US Utilities' CO2 Emissions Up [27%] Since 1990 - Report
There was some action, in the hurricane wars:
<http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060408-073118-1031r>
2006/04/08: UPI: Scientist says climate causes hurricanes
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35899/story.htm>
2006/04/05: PlanetArk: US Team [Dr. William Gray & co.] Sees Busy Hurricane Season, No
Record
<http://www.physorg.com/news63381153.html>
2006/04/04: PhysOrg: Experts forecast another active Atlantic hurricane season
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04392979.htm>
2006/04/04: Reuters: U.S. team sees busy hurricane season, no record
The effects of global brightening/dimming are back:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4880328.stm>
2006/04/07: BBC: Air trends 'amplifying' warming - Reduced air pollution
and increased water evaporation appear to be adding to man-made global warming
The temperature record has got a lot longer:
<http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2005-06/05-106.html>
2006/04/06: Brown: Brown University Geologists Create 5-Million-Year Climate Record
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54763>
2006/04/04: ClimateArk: Antarctic ice core reveals new data on climate change
Meanwhile in near earth orbit:
<http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=32821>
2006/04/08: IPS: A Satellite for Solving the Polar Ice Mysteries [in 2009, Cryosat 2]
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200604/s1609718.htm>
2006/04/06: ABC(Au): NASA monitors Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35918/story.htm>
2006/04/06: PlanetArk: NASA Helps Monitor Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10214>
2006/04/06: ENN: NASA Helps Monitor Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef
<http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2006/coral_bleach.html>
2006/04/05: NASA: NASA Helps Researchers Diagnose Recent Coral Bleaching
at Great Barrier Reef
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4872606.stm>
2006/04/03: BBC: Space network to track rainfall
The US and Japanese space agencies (Nasa and Jaxa) are to launch
a satellite network to measure rainfall around the world. The
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) project will provide
three-hourly reports on rainfall.
More GW impacts are being seen:
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0406_060406_coral.html>
2006/04/06: NatGeo: Warming, Disease Causing Major Caribbean Reef Die-Off
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54943>
2006/04/07: ClimateArk: Ecuador: When the water runs out -
Ecuador's crops, its power grid and the drinking water
for its largest city are all threatened by climate change.
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54944>
2006/04/07: ClimateArk: The heat on Ecuador -
Global warming is vanquishing ancient glaciers throughout South America,
killing crops and threatening the water source for millions.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/africa/4886608.stm>
2006/04/07: BBC: UN seeks East Africa drought aid -
The United Nations has launched a $425m appeal to help feed
8m people in urgent need of assistance across East Africa.
<http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1144292123305320.xml&coll=7>
2006/04/06: Oregonian: Fossil fuels threatening sea life, researchers say -
Pollution - Acid levels from carbon dioxide are rising
in the Pacific, impeding shell formation
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54885>
2006/04/06: ClimateArk: The heat is on - Climate change is expected
to have a vital impact on the way we live our lives.
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060404202937.htm>
2006/04/06: SciDaily: Out Of Africa: Large Quantities Of Saharan Dust
Help Fertilize Massive Plankton Blooms
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060405233333.htm>
2006/04/05: SciDaily: NASA Helps Researchers Diagnose Recent Coral Bleaching
At Great Barrier Reef
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/4877970.stm>
2006/04/04: BBC: Rising floodwaters have continued to cause chaos
across central Europe, with more heavy rain expected next week.
<http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hswarm02,0,7232978.story>
2006/04/04: Newsday: Spring is coming earlier to the Northeast and buds are bloomin'
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12138376/>
2006/04/03: MSNBC: Mating march of the penguins slows down -
Scientists blame climate change for later nesting, egg laying
<http://www.timberjay.com/current.php?article=2248>
2006/04/04: TimberJay: Cataclysmic changes approach northern forests
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10193>
2006/04/04: ENN: Coral Die-Off Spreads to Caribbean
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4874026.stm>
2006/04/04: BBC: Antarctic birds 'breeding later' - Antarctic seabirds may be
breeding later in response to climate change, according to a scientific study.
<http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35859/story.htm>
2006/04/03: PlanetArk: Drought-Hit Tanzania Orders Herders Off Catchments
The drought across the midwestern States is extending into Canada:
<http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/04/04/alberta-drought-20060404.html>
2006/04/04: CBC: Looming drought on Prairies will be worse
than Dust Bowl days of 1930s: experts
<http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/04/04/prairiedrought20060404.html>
2006/04/04: CBC: Booming Alberta vulnerable to drought: water experts
<http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=1ae278fc-fd18-40c2-bfe4-3d947cd282a7> 2006/04/04: CanWest: Report warns of looming water crisis on Prairies
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060404090133.htm>
2006/04/04: SciDaily: Western Prairies Face Impending Water Crisis
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/uoa-wpf040306.php>
2006/04/03: Eureka: Western prairies face impending water crisis
And then there are the tropical rainforests:
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/stri-tfo040606.php>
2006/04/07: Eureka: The future of tropical forests - New projections hopeful
Elsewhere on the mitigation front:
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0406/p03s03-sten.htm>
2006/04/06: CSM: New case for regulating CO2 emissions -
A report finds progress in fighting air pollution
and suggests that could hold for carbon dioxide, too.
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35912/story.htm>
2006/04/06: PlanetArk: Scientists in Dispute Over Carbon Curbs - Magazine
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10199>
2006/04/05: ENN: Limits on Greenhouse Gases Proposed in California
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10213>
2006/04/06: ENN: Scientists in Dispute over Carbon Curbs, Magazine Reveals
Before we get into politics, there was some science done:
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060407143408.htm>
2006/04/07: SciDaily: Scientists Discover Mars' Atmosphere Altered By Solar Flares
<http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060403/full/060403-9.html>
2006/04/06: NSU: Arctic water flow speeding up -
Measures of rain, snow and runoff in Siberia show hefty changes
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10206>
2006/04/05: ENN: Expert Says It Was Hotter 247 Million Years Ago
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/sfeb-foa040306.php>
2006/04/05: Eureka: Fish on acid: Hagfish cope with high levels of CO2
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060404200308.htm>
2006/04/05: SciDaily: Methane Flux From Arctic Tundras: It's The Hydrology, Stupid!
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200604/s1607511.htm>
2006/04/03: ABC(Au): Ozone hole closing but greenhouse gases worse, scientists say
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/esoa-oat033006.php>
2006/04/03: Eureka: Ocean acidification threatens cold-water coral ecosystems
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060402221223.htm>
2006/04/03: SciDaily: Greenland's Glaciers Pick Up Pace In Surge Toward The Sea
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-04-03-ancient-global-warming_x.htm>
2006/04/03: USAToday: Expert says it was hotter 247M years ago
The Pielkes continue to fight the good fight:
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/04/06/another-paper-on-the-important-role-of-land-surface-processes-within-the-climate-system/>
2006/04/06: CliSci: Another paper on the Important Role of Land Surface Processes Within
the Climate System
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/04/05/a-globalmesoscale-modeling-breakthrough/>
2006/04/05: CliSci: A Global/Mesoscale Modeling Breakthrough
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/04/04/climate-science-weblog-summary/>
2006/04/04: CliSci: Climate Science Weblog Summary
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000769fact_checking_factch.html>
2006/04/06: Prometheus: Fact Checking Factcheck.org
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/04/07/interesting-quote-from-jim-hansen/>
2006/04/07: CliSci: Interesting Quotes on the State of Our Understanding of Climate Science
<http://www.abqjournal.com/opinion/guest_columns/pmpielke04-02-06.htm>
2006/04/07: AbqJournal: Science, Politics and Press Releases [RP Jr]
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000771out_on_a_limb_with_a.html>
2006/04/07: Prometheus: Out on a Limb with a Super El Niño Prediction
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000770factcheckorg_part_.html> 2006/04/07: Prometheus: Factcheck.org, part II
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/04/03/new-global-precip-papers-trend-is-zero-or-positive/>
2006/04/03: CliSci: Global Precipitation Trends
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/hodge_podge/000766coping_with_climate_.html>
2006/04/03: Prometheus: Coping with Climate Change Symposium
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000765on_the_value_of_con.html>
2006/04/02: Prometheus: On the Value of 'Consensus'
DeSmogBlog had an interesting list that provided some handy salt:
<http://www.desmogblog.com/seven-signs-of-phoney-science>
2006/04/07: DeSmogBlog: Seven Signs of Phoney Science
[See also: <http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~het/detector.html> ]
Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35884/story.htm>
2006/04/04: PlanetArk: Russia to Have Key Kyoto Trade Rules Ready by July
<http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35862/story.htm>
2006/04/03: PlanetArk: Irish Government Says to Share Emissions Costs
<http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35884/story.htm>
2006/04/03: PlanetArk: Russia to Have Key Kyoto Trade Rules Ready by July
Meanwhile on the emissions trading front:
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10216>
2006/04/07: ENN: Brazil Seals Biggest Carbon Credit Deal on Record
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35914/story.htm>
2006/04/06: PlanetArk: Chicago Climate Mart to try CO2 Link With EU
<http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35863/story.htm>
2006/04/03: PlanetArk: Australian States' Carbon Trading Faces Battle
And on the American political front:
<http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=20606>
2006/04/06: WFC: Warm globally, act locally -
Politicians, policymakers need grassroots impetus to do something about climate change
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_3683394>
2006/04/08: IBA: Gore urges moral crusade against global warming
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/oped/ci_3687712>
2006/04/08: IBA: [US] Politicians face reality of global warming
<http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN06/wn040706.html>
2006/04/07: BobPark: Global Warming: The Heat Is Coming from the Bush White House
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_3683394>
2006/04/07: IBA: Gore urges moral crusade against global warming
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/oped/ci_3683667>
2006/04/07: IBA: Will feds squash states air-quality standards?
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060410/10warming.b.htm>
2006/04/06: USNews: States Take the Lead [the Greenhouse in the Statehouse effect]
<http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=HERDT-04-05-06>
2006/04/05: SHNS: Global warming advocates no longer out in the cold
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/oped/ci_3678741>
2006/04/06: IBA: Feinstein bill opens global warming door
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35896/story.htm>
2006/04/05: PlanetArk: US Senate Panel Takes Baby Steps on Climate Change
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/05/AR2006040502150_pf.html>
2006/04/06: WaPo: Climate Researchers Feeling Heat From White House
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/04/the-heat-is-rising-at-the-washington-post/>
2006/04/04: RealClimate: Heat Rising at the Washington Post
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040306EB.shtml>
2006/04/03: TruthOut: Governor [Schwarzenegger] Is Urged to Push for
Monitoring of Emissions
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_3670912>
2006/04/04: IBA: Congress warming to climate regulation -
Committee will tackle thorny topic of caps on greenhouse-gas emissions
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54800>
2006/04/04: ClimateArk: Senate panel takes baby steps on climate change
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35881/story.htm>
2006/04/04: PlanetArk: US EPA Proposal Seeks to Ease Pollution Rules - Draft
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10184>
2006/04/03: ENN: Americans Willing to Fight Global Warming
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10188>
2006/04/03: ENN: Twenty-One Senators Press EPA on Emissions Standards
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-warm02.html>
2006/04/02: SunTimes: Poll: Americans ready to fight global warming
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/gap-memo-nasa-media-policy/>
2006/04/02: CSW: Government Accountability Project memo to climate scientists
on new NASA media policy
<http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_3666063>
2006/04/03: DenverPost: New SUV standards not what they seem -
the new rules undercut efforts by 10 states to reduce greenhouse gases
A bill in California proposes to limit greenhouse gases:
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/14302552.htm>
2006/04/09: Mercury: California can lead nation by tackling global warming
<http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_3686473>
2006/04/08: SLTrib: California standards will help everyone - Wagging the dog
<http://www.energybulletin.net/14643.html>
2006/04/05: EnergyBulletin: California's breakthrough plan to cut greenhouse gases
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/04/BAG74I33T61.DTL&type=printable>
2006/04/04: SF Gate: Breakthrough plan to cut greenhouse gases -
Goal is to reduce carbon dioxide 25% by 2020
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_3670948>
2006/04/04: IBA: California takes aim at greenhouse gases -
Lawmakers introduce bill that puts caps on emissions
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54762>
2006/04/04: ClimateArk: California Bill Calls for Cuts in Emissions
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35882/story.htm>
2006/04/04: PlanetArk: California Aims to Limit Emissions of Gases
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2006/04/03/state/n191259D90.DTL&type=printable> 2006/04/03: SF Gate: Speaker, governor's team propose limits on greenhouse gases
<http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35882/story.htm>
2006/04/04: PlanetArk: California Aims to Limit Emissions of Gases
A Democrat named Barak Obama took a major shot at GWB:
<http://framing-science.blogspot.com/2006/04/obama-speech-on-climate-change.html>
2006/04/04: FS: Obama Speech on Climate Change: Emphasizes Moral Duty
to Our Children; Links to More Intense Hurricanes
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/04/barak_obama_on_hurricanes_and.php>
2006/04/04: CCM: Barak Obama on Hurricanes (and Tornadoes!) and GW
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040306EA.shtml>
2006/04/03: TruthOut: Obama Strikes Out at Bush's Energy Policy
<http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060403-energy_independence_and_the_safety_of_our_planet/index.html>
2006/04/03: Senate: Energy Independence and the Safety of Our Planet
[by Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill)]
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060403/ap_on_go_co/obama>
2006/04/04: Yahoo: Obama: Dems Should Stress Oil Independence -
He accused President Bush of a "stubborn refusal" to attack the causes of climate change...
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/4/3/133259/2892>
2006/04/03: GristMill: Obama on energy independence and Bush
The RGGI Pact is getting more support:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54993>
2006/04/08: ClimateArk: Pollution Pact [RGGI] Gets Maryland as 8th Member
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/4/6/221258/6440>
2006/04/07: GristMill: And then there were eight [RGGI]
While on the UK political front:
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-6-2120774-6,00.html>
2006/04/06: Times(UK): Do nothing? You cannot be serious -
Climate change sceptics want more evidence. But this is a completely irrational view
Meanwhile in Australia:
<http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18735097%255E664,00.html>
2006/04/06: HeraldSun: Get serious' on greenhouse gas
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Plant-trees-or-lose-jobs-climate-report/2006/04/06/1143916629109.html>
2006/04/06: The Age: Plant trees or lose jobs: climate report
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54912>
2006/04/07: ClimateArk: Australia: Climate inaction will hit jobs
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200604/s1607188.htm>
2006/04/03: ABC(Au): Plantation trees may contribute to greenhouse gas levels
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200604/s1607841.htm>
2006/04/04: ABC(Au): Plantation timber industry plays down greenhouse findings
In Canada, the new (minority) Tory government, who are approximately wannabe
Republicans, has begun shutting down existing climate change programs and then
saying they can't do anything:
<http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2006/04/08/1525419-sun.html>
2006/04/08: Canoe: Kyoto hopes vanish - Hitting targets 'impossible,' new minister says
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060408.PARLKYOTO08/TPStory/National>
2006/04/08: Globe&Mail: Kyoto plan no good, minister argues -
Ambrose calls for a new approach to cutting emissions
<http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2006/04/08/1525833-sun.html>
2006/04/08: ESun: Emissions on the rise - Made-in-Canada solution needed: minister
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1144446610670&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154&t=TS_Home>
2006/04/08: TStar: Kyoto target 'impossible' for Canada
[says (Conservative) Environment Minister Rona Ambrose]
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/04/oh-canada.html>
2006/04/06: AFTIC: Oh Canada
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060407.wxkyoto07/BNStory/National/home>
2006/04/07: Globe&Mail: Tories will neither kill nor live up to Kyoto -
Ottawa 'working within' environmental pact despite belief its targets are 'unrealistic'
<http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/495414.html>
2006/04/07: ChronicleHerald: Tories feel heat on Kyoto - Opposition slams inaction
<http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2006/2006-04-04-01.asp>
2006/04/04: ENS: Canada's New Government Cold Shoulders Climate Change Action
<http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/05042006/3/canada-tories-plan-cuts-climate-change-programs.html>
2006/04/06: Yahoo: Tories plan cuts to climate change programs
With the Arctic ice disappearing, the status of the North West Passage
becomes more than academic:
<http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060404-100702-5077r>
2006/04/04: UPI: Canada, U.S. frosty over N.W. Passage
The movement toward ecologically based economics is glacial:
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040606EA.shtml>
2006/04/06: TruthOut: For People and Planet -
When will companies start accounting for environmental costs?
And in other economic news:
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200604/s1609727.htm>
2006/04/06: ABC(Au): Greenhouse gas reduction won't cut economic growth: report
Apocalypso anyone?:
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1144446611036&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467>
2006/04/08: TStar:Climate change will test resiliency of our ecosystems
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10185>
2006/04/03: ENN: Global Warming Unstoppable, but
Still Chance to Stop Major Disasters, Scientists Say
<http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/34324/>
2006/04/03: AlterNet: The Hard Green Revolution - Perhaps it's time
to imagine a new variety of environmentalist, one whose focus is human survival.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/magazine/4861456.stm>
2006/04/03: BBC: Save the planet on the back of an envelope
There must be a national effort to bring about a "green revolution", said the
government this week. But what simple things can we all do to save the Earth?
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/03/content_4378415.htm>
2006/04/03: Xinhuanet: Global warming, a major disaster, preventable: Study
On the always tricky relationship of media and science:
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/04/michael_kinsley_on_the_obligat.php>
2006/04/04: CCM: Michael Kinsley on the Obligations of Opinion Journalists
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/04/science_opinion_writing_and_jo.php>
2006/04/04: CCM: Science, Opinion Writing, and Journalistic Standards
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/4/4/14654/57834>
2006/04/04: GristMill: Getting climate change into the nightly weather report
<http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/05/news/international/pluggedin_fortune/>
2006/04/05: CNN: Global warning - The media agrees with the majority of scientists:
Global warming is here. Now, what to do about it?
Here is something for your library:
<http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2006/04/05.html#a1488>
2006/04/05: SalonBlogs: The Weather Makers
And for your film & video enjoyment:
<http://framing-science.blogspot.com/2006/04/inconvenient-truths-can-documentaries.html>
2006/04/04: FS: Inconvenient Truths: Can Documentaries Shape Public Opinion?
Wrestling over a new energy infrastructure continues unabated:
<http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story;jsessionid=130570420721C5D4288F4993EBC925A1?id=44572>
2006/04/09: REA: "Back Room Maneuvering" Pays Off for Opponents of Cape Wind
<http://www.sundayherald.com/print55029>
2006/04/09: SundayHerald: Leading scientists attack Blair over nuclear power -
40 experts urge change of focus to renewables
<http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,,1750211,00.html>
2006/04/09: Guardian(UK): MPs to reject new nuclear generators
<http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/04/climate_race_wi.php>
2006/04/08: TreeHugger: Climate Race: Wind Rabbit & Nuclear Tortoise
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040706EC.shtml>
2006/04/08: TruthOut: The Once and Future Carbohydrate Economy
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/4/7/22450/61631>
2006/04/07: GristMill: Cape Wind, R.I.P.
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54966>
2006/04/09: ClimateArk: Australia: Wind farm ban baffles
<http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2006/04/07/an_ill_wind_from_congress/>
2006/04/07: BostonGlobe: An ill wind from Congress
<http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=11286&channel=0>
2006/04/06: Edie: Spain seen as renewables honeypot by investors
<http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35885/story.htm>
2006/04/04: PlanetArk: Food Industry Calls for Biodiesel Alternatives
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4873434.stm>
2006/04/04: BBC: Offshore wind energy in the UK is unlikely to reach
its full potential unless there is additional support from the government,
a [BWEA] report shows.
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/dnl-eeh040406.php>
2006/04/04: Eureka: Experiments examine hydrogen-production benefits
of clean coal burning - Coal may lead way to hydrogen economy
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54726>
2006/04/03: ClimateArk: United Kingdom: Households lose incentives to install solar power
<http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35871/story.htm>
2006/04/03: PlanetArk: BP Deal Gives Big Boost to Australian Biofuels
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10182>
2006/04/03: ENN: Nuclear Power Debate Heats up before German [Energy] Summit
The reaction of business to climate change will be critical:
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040706EB.shtml>
2006/04/07: TruthOut: McDonald's Is Super-Sizing Destruction of Amazonia: Greenpeace
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0403/p09s02-coop.htm>
2006/04/03: CSM: A better shade of green for Wall Street
In Australia the corps are turning around:
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/editorial/big-business-takes-on-global-warming/2006/04/09/1144521206267.html>
2006/04/09: TheAge: Big business takes on global warming
Last week, however, the Federal Government's stance received a challenge
from an unexpected quarter. Six of the nation's largest companies --
Westpac, BP Australia, Origin Energy, Visy and insurers Swiss Re
and IAG -- called on the Government to introduce a carbon charge,
either by way of a tax, an emissions trading scheme or regulations
to limit carbon emissions.
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/time-to-make-tough-choices-on-climate-change/2006/04/06/1143916656732.html>
2006/04/07: TheAge: Time to make tough choices on climate change
<http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/04/climate_change_is_real.php>
2006/04/08: Deltoid: Climate change is real [say six Australian business leaders]
<http://www.henrythornton.com/blog.asp?blog_id=498>
2006/04/07: HTBlog: CEOs on climate risks
<http://peakenergy.blogspot.com/2006/04/ceos-on-climate-risks.html>
2006/04/07: PeakEnergy: CEOs On Climate Risks
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54916>
2006/04/07: ClimateArk: Australia: Corporate giants take up fight
for gas targets [greenhouse gas reductions]
And there may even be movement in America:
<http://grist.org/news/muck/2006/04/06/griscom-little/index.html>
2006/04/06: Grist: Cap of Good Hope -
Biggest energy companies in U.S. call for caps on carbon emissions
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/05/senate_carbon_meeting/>
2006/04/05: Register: US Senators edge toward carbon cutting consensus -
Heel-dragging committee gets industry kick up the behind
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_3670601>
2006/04/04: IBA: Congress begins to feel heat from global warming danger
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060410/10warming.htm>
2006/04/06: USNews: Turning up the Heat - A surprising consensus
is transforming the complex politics of global warming
Insurance and re-insurance companies are feeling the pressure:
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54915>
2006/04/07: ClimateArk: Australia: Insurers' climate nightmare
The carbon lobby are up to the usual:
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040606EB.shtml>
2006/04/06: TruthOut: Climate Researchers Feeling Heat From White House
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040606EC.shtml>
2006/04/06: TruthOut: Global Warmers
<http://www.desmogblog.com/a-masterpiece-of-will-ful-misinformation>
2006/04/07: DeSmogBlog: A Masterpiece of Will-ful Misinformation
<http://www.desmogblog.com/michael-crichton-rebuffed-specifically-and-conclusively>
2006/04/07: DeSmogBlog: Michael Crichton Rebuffed, Specifically and Conclusively
<http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=3711460e-bd5a-475d-a6be-4db87559d605>
2006/04/07: CanWest: Open Kyoto to debate - Sixty scientists call on Harper
to revisit the science of global warming
<http://rabett.blogspot.com/2006/04/nothing-here-keep-moving.html>
2006/04/07: ERabett: Nothing here, keep moving......
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/4/5/122831/9592>
2006/04/06: GristMill: Milloy's attempt to fight the zeitgeist falls on its face
<http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/04/06/global_warmers.php>
2006/04/06: TomPaine: Global Warmers
<http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006/04/steve_milloys_latest_scam.php>
2006/04/05: Deltoid: Steve Milloy's latest scam
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/president-fundamental-question/>
2006/04/03: CSW: President claims human influence on global warming
is fundamentally in question
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/abc-news/>
2006/04/02: CSW: ABC News: Was Confusion Over Global Warming a Con Job?
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/04/george_will_takedowns.php>
2006/04/03: CCM: George Will Takedowns
Coby Beck is continuing his excellent "How to Talk to a Global Warming Sceptic" series:
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/04/position-statements-hide-debate.html>
2006/04/07: AFTIC: Position Statements Hide Debate
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/04/hansen-has-been-wrong-before.html>
2006/04/06: AFTIC: Hansen Has Been Wrong Before
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/04/modelers-wont-tell-us-how-confident.html>
2006/04/03: AFTIC: The Modelers Won't Tell Us How Confident the Models Are
There are a couple of older stories still reverberating through
the media echo chamber:
<http://www.energybulletin.net/14616.html>
2006/04/05: EnergyBulletin: TIME on global warming: Be worried. Be very worried
Then there was the usual news and commentary:
<http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3690138>
2006/04/09: SL Trib: Scientist [Tim Flannery]: Global warming is near its tipping point
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/09/EDGLDI4NCU1.DTL&type=printable>
2006/04/09: SF Gate: [California] State steps up on combatting global warming
<http://www.desmogblog.com/another-compilation-of-sobering-climate-stories>
2006/04/06: DeSmogBlog: Another Compilation of Sobering Climate Stories
<http://peakenergy.blogspot.com/2006/04/hope-new-fear.html>
2006/04/06: PeakEnergy: Hope: The New Fear
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laurie-david/saluting-a-global-warming_b_18597.html>
2006/04/06: THP: Saluting a Global Warming Hero
<http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033006E.shtml>
2006/03/29: TruthOut: Surveillance, Infiltration, and Harassment
of Environmental Organizations, Part II
<http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0404-32.htm>
2006/04/04: CDreams: TruthDig: Global Warming: What, Me Worry?
<http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0404-23.htm>
2006/04/04: CDreams: SF Chronicle: For People and Planet
<http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060403_molly_ivins_global_warming/>
2006/04/03: TruthDig: Global Warming: What, Me Worry?
<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0403-01.htm>
2006/04/03: CDreams: AP: Is It Too Late to Stop Global Warming?
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/americas/4871660.stm>
2006/04/03: BBC: Deadly storms batter central US -
Violent storms leave at least 27 people dead in the US
states of Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois.
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/sfeb-iec033006.php>
2006/04/03: Eureka: Increased environmental carbon levels - the good news!
And here are a couple of sites which you may find interesting &/ useful:
<http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/>
California Climate Change Portal
<http://gpm.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html>
GPM: Global Precipitation Measurement
<http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006/>
2006/04/: EGU: European Geosciences Union
<http://www.occc.ch/index_e.html>
OCCC: Swiss Advisory Body on Climate Change
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
<http://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.aspx>
<http://www.pmodwrc.ch/pmod.php?topic=wrc>
World Radiation Centre
<http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/SOLAR/IRRADIANCE/irrad.html>
NGDC.NOAA: Solar Irradiance Data
<http://www.exxposeexxon.com/>
Exxpose Exxon
<http://sciam-editor.typepad.com/weblog1/>
SciAmP: SciAm Perspectives
<http://ccc.atmos.colostate.edu/blog/>
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/>
CS: Climate Science
<http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/>
IPCC: National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme
<http://62.225.2.23/default1.htf>
UNFCCC: Greenhouse Gas Inventory Database
<http://www.epa.gov/geoss/>
GEOSS: Global Earth Observation System of Systems
<http://gristmill.grist.org/>
GristMill
<http://www.carboeurope.org/>
CarboEurope
<http://www.ume.maine.edu/iceage/>
CCI: Climate Change Institute
<regards>
-het
PS.
You can access the previous postings of this series at:
<http://tinyurl.com/9zyom>
which should open to:
<http://groups.google.com/groups?num=100&scoring=d&as_ugroup=sci.environment&as_usubject=%22Another+week+of+GW+news%22&&safe=off>
--
"The necessity of taking the industrial world to its next stage of
evolution is not a disaster -- it is an amazing opportunity. How
to seize the opportunity, how to bring into being a world that is
not only sustainable, functional, and equitable but also deeply
desirable is a question of leadership and ethics and vision and
courage, properties not of computer models but of the human heart
and soul." -Meadows et al., Limits to Growth, page 263
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