Another week of GW news - April 2
H. E. Taylor
warming in Antarctica (note sci.env regular wmc is one of the authors):
<http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/311/5769/1914>
2006/03/31: Science: Significant Warming of the Antarctic Winter
Troposphere by J. Turner et al.
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/upload/2006/03/science-turner-2006.pdf>
2006/03/31: Stoat: (pdf - 279K) Significant Warming of the Antarctic
Winter Troposphere by J. Turner et al.
<http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/News_and_Information/Press_Releases/story.php?id=281>
2006/03/30: BAS: Rapid temperature increases above the Antarctic
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/03/science_significant_warming_of.php>
2006/03/31: Stoat: Science - Significant Warming of the Antarctic Winter Troposphere
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/03/significant-warming-of-the-antarctic-winter-troposphere/>
2006/03/31: RealClimate: Significant Warming of the Antarctic Winter Troposphere
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/bas-rti032806.php>
2006/03/30: Eureka: Rapid temperature increases above the Antarctic -
30 year weather balloon record
<http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=0009B968-6067-142C-A06783414B7F0000>
2006/03/31: SciAm: Balloon Data Confirms Antarctic Warming Trend
<http://www.physorg.com/news63005021.html>
2006/03/31: PhysOrg: Rapid temperature increases above the Antarctic
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0330_060330_antarctica.html>
2006/03/30: NatGeo: Antarctica's Atmosphere Warming Dramatically, Study Finds
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060330181319.htm>
2006/03/30: SciDaily: Rapid Temperature Increases Above The Antarctic
<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0331-05.htm>
2006/03/31: CDreams: Times(UK): Antarctic Air is Warming Faster Than Rest of World
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-3-2111772-3,00.html>
2006/03/31: Times(UK): Antarctic air is warming [three times] faster
than rest of world - New finding could have implications for sea level rises
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060330/ap_on_sc/antarctic_warming>
2006/03/30: Yahoo: Air Warming Above Antarctica
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4857832.stm>
2006/03/30: BBC: Unexpected warming in Antarctica
Winter air temperatures over Antarctica have risen
by more than 2C in the last 30 years, a new study shows.
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/03/minister_to_admit_failure_on_k.php>
2006/03/28: Stoat: Minister to admit failure on key climate change emissions target
<http://www.physorg.com/news62772058.html>
2006/03/28: PhysOrg: Britain ducks CO2-reduction promise
Recent GHG statistics are not encouraging:
<http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=491512006>
2006/03/31: Scotsman: [UK] CO2 emissions rose in 2005
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1743794,00.html>
2006/03/31: Guardian(UK): New rise in [UK] carbon dioxide emissions
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4861800.stm>
2006/03/30: BBC: UK carbon emissions rise again
Britain's CO2 emissions have risen for a third successive year,
according to government figures, though overall greenhouse emissions remained constant.
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032806EB.shtml>
2006/03/28: TruthOut: UK to Miss CO2 Emissions Target
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/sci/tech/4851418.stm>
2006/03/28: BBC: Britain misses the climate bus
So the worst-kept secret in UK climate circles is finally out in the open;
as things stand, the government will not meet its cherished target
of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20% from 1990 levels by the year 2010.
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54496>
2006/03/28: ClimateArk: Britain set to miss own greenhouse gas target
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35820/story.htm>
2006/03/28: PlanetArk: Britain Set to Miss its Own Greenhouse Gas Target
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1741029,00.html>
2006/03/28: Guardian(UK): Minister to admit failure on key climate change emissions target
Labour had set a target of reducing CO2 levels by 20% by 2010, but Margaret Beckett,
the environment secretary, will say it is no longer possible.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1740301,00.html>
2006/03/27: Guardian(UK): UK will meet emissions target, says Beckett -
Policy review will include 20% cut [by 2010] in CO2 pledge
Meanwhile in the hurricane wars:
[The Aussies mostly ducked Glenda, btw]
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/global_warming_and_hurricane_i.php>
2006/03/30: CCM: Global Warming and Hurricane Impacts: A Hypothetical Scenario
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1605149.htm>
2006/03/31: ABC(Au): Flooding likely as Glenda batters WA coast
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/4859542.stm>
2006/03/30: BBC: Australia set for Cyclone Glenda
Towns along the west Australian coast are bracing for the arrival of Cyclone Glenda,
a category four storm expected to bring winds of 250 km/h (155 mph).
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35832/story.htm>
2006/03/29: PlanetArk: Powerful Cyclone Threatens Western Australia Coast
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/asia-pacific/4855822.stm>
2006/03/29: BBC: Australia battens hatches again
Australia is bracing for its second major cyclone in two weeks
as a storm with winds of around 280km/h (175mph) headed for its western coast.
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/28/changes-in-global-monsoon-precipitation-over-the-past-56-years/>
2006/03/28: CliSci: Changes in global monsoon precipitation over the past 56 years
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10137>
2006/03/27: ENN: WMO Sees Link Between Global Warming and Hurricanes
And glaciers are melting:
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10144>
2006/03/28: ENN: The Mount Hood Meltdown
[The 7 largest of Mount Hood's 11 glaciers have shrunk an average of 34% since 1900]
There are problems in the Pacific:
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/265052_acid31.html>
2006/03/31: SeattlePI: Research in Pacific shows ocean trouble
Acidity rises, oxygen drops, scientists find
<http://upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060331-041304-9325r>
2006/03/31: UPI: Pacific Ocean getting warmer, more acidic
The impacts of GW are playing out:
<http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/?p=1437>
2006/04/01: JFleck: Drought Report [US midwest]
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article354232.ece>
2006/03/31: Independent(UK): Drought [in England] threatens disaster for wetland birds
<http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2006-03-30-caribbean-coral_x.htm>
2006/03/30: USAToday: Caribbean coral suffers record bleaching, death
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10177>
2006/03/31: ENN: Caribbean Coral Suffers Record Bleaching, Death
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/ns-cbf032906.php>
2006/03/29: Eureka: Climate blamed for mass extictions
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/agu-bef032906.php>
2006/03/29: Eureka: Better estimates for future extreme precipitation in Europe
Researchers in Switzerland report that extreme rains in Europe may grow
stronger and more frequent in the near future and have significant effects
on the region's infrastructure and natural systems.
<http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200603290613/21297c10>
2006/03/28: RadioNZ: Warning of more coastal erosion at climate conference
And then there are the tropical rainforests:
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10154>
2006/03/29: ENN: China at Heart of Illegal Timber Trade Greenpeace Says
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35818/story.htm>
2006/03/28: PlanetArk: China at Heart of Illegal Timber Trade - Greenpeace
Elsewhere on the mitigation front:
<http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060331/NEWS06/603310369>
2006/03/31: ToledoBlade: Regional global warming plan urged
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060327215417.htm>
2006/03/28: SciDaily: Sequencing The Rice Genome Could Help
Mitigate Impact Of Climate Change On World's Poor
<http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-opcar274677722mar27,0,3542561,print.story>
2006/03/27: Newsday: Reduce global warming, right here -
Northeastern anti-pollution plans will help,
but local homeowners and businesses can do their part, too
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/irri-cct032706.php>
2006/03/27: Eureka: Climate change: The rice genome to the rescue -
The sequencing of the rice genome could help mitigate
the impact of climate change on the world's poor
Before we get into politics, there was some science done:
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/30/a-new-paper-on-the-importance-of-regional-climate-forcings-and-response/>
2006/03/30: CliSci: A New Paper on the Importance of Regional Climate Forcings and Response
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/03/solar-variability-statistics-vs-physics-2nd-round/>
2006/03/31: RealClimate: Another study on solar influence
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060331103056.htm>
2006/03/31: SciDaily: Does Tropical Biodiversity Increase As Rainforest
Area Expands During Global Warming?
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/stri-dtb032706.php>
2006/03/30: Eureka: Does tropical biodiversity increase as rainforest
area expands during global warming?
<http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMKZSMVGJE_economy_0.html>
2006/03/27: ESA: Envisat making first direct measurements of ocean surface velocities
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060317112453.htm>
2006/03/27: SciDaily: Through A Satellite Darkly: Night Views Of European
Seas Improve ESA Ocean Heat Map
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/27/further-confirmation-of-the-robustness-of-the-kalnay-and-cai-2004-nature-paper-on-the-importance-of-the-land-surface-with-respect-to-the-surface-temperature-trend-assessments/>
2006/03/27: CliSci: Further Confirmation of the Robustness of the Kalnay
and Cai (2004) Nature paper on the Importance of the Land Surface With
Respect to the Surface Temperature Trend Assessments
Time magazine came out with a major spread on GW this week:
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1176986,00.html>
2006/03/26: Time: Feeling The Heat - Global warming is already disrupting
the biological world, pushing many species to the brink of extinction
and turning others into runaway pests. But the worst is yet to come
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1176980,00.html>
2006/03/26: Time: Polar Ice Caps Are Melting Faster Than Ever...
More And More Land Is Being Devastated By Drought...Rising Waters Are Drowning
Low-Lying Communities...By Any Measure, Earth Is At ... The Tipping Point
<http://www.time.com/time/pacific/magazine/article/0,13673,503060403-1177043,00.html>
2006/03/26: Time: Weathering the Storms - Cyclone Larry ripped through
Queensland's north coast last week. Its victims tell terrifying tales
of a force of nature whose power may yet be growing
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1176991,00.html>
2006/03/26: Time: The Climate Crusaders
<http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/03/27/publiceye/entry1442907.shtml>
2006/03/27: Time: Time (mag) Throws Down Global Warming Gauntlet
<http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/columnists/steigerwald/s_438813.html>
2006/04/02: PittsburghLive: Time & global warming I
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032706EA.shtml>
2006/03/28: TruthOut: Polar Ice Caps Are Melting Faster Than Ever [Time mag]
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/03/breaking_up_is_hard_but_keepin.php>
2006/03/28: Stoat: Breaking up is hard, but keeping dark is hateful [Time GW series]
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/times_global_warming_feature_p.php>
2006/03/26: CCM: Time's Global Warming Feature, Part II
The role of aviation in GHG production got some comment:
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1744975,00.html>
2006/04/02: Guardian(UK): Soon we'll pay the true price of air travel
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1745131,00.html>
2006/04/02: Guardian(UK): Pollution threat as flights hit 500m [passenger flights] a year
Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:
<http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3167>
2006/03/27: FPIF: After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming
<http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200603311257/2d2c7dbf>
2006/03/31: RadioNZ: Cost of Kyoto set to double to $1b
Meanwhile on the emissions trading front:
<http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20060328-025845-6250r>
2006/03/31: UPI: Emissions trading earns India dollars
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35848/story.htm>
2006/03/31: PlanetArk: Carbon Emissions Market Comes of Age
And on the American political front:
<http://www.lautenberg.senate.gov/~lautenberg/press/2003/01/2006329921.html>
2006/03/29: Senate: Lawmakers Call for NAS Oversight of Government Reports
on Climate Change Bush Political Appointees Caught Altering Annual Climate Change Reports
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/senators-academy-audit/>
2006/03/29: CSW: Senators call for National Academy auditing of government reports
on climate change
<http://rabett.blogspot.com/2006/03/compare-and-contrast.html>
2006/03/31: ERabett: Compare and contrast.....[GWB today & Jimmy Carter in 1977]
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/new_nasa_policy_a_small_victor.php>
2006/03/31: CCM: New NASA Policy: A Small Victory
<http://rabett.blogspot.com/2006/03/trust-everyone-but-cut-cards.html>
2006/04/01: ERabett: Trust everyone, but cut the cards.....[Hansen, blogosphere, censors]
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/providence-journal/>
2006/03/29: CSW: Providence Journal: "NOAA hiding truth about hurricanes, scientists say"
<http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/hannegan-resignation/>
2006/03/29: CSW: White House CEQ Chief of Staff resignation continues federal
climate program leadership exodus
<http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=465913&category=OPINION&newsdate=3/29/2006>
2006/03/29: TimesUnion: Bush is ignoring the impact of climate change
<http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=CENSOR-03-28-06>
2006/03/28: SHNS: NOAA accused of hiding truth about global warming
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/as_a_political_issue_global_wa.php>
2006/03/26: CCM: As a Political Issue, Global Warming is Starting to Tip
<http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/print?id=1750492>
2006/03/26: ABC(US): Poll: Public Concern on Warming Gains Intensity -
Many See a Change in Weather Patterns
At first I thought this was an April Foole,
but it is just another example of the wonders of interpretation:
<http://www.energybulletin.net/14511.html>
2006/04/01: EnergyBulletin: Bush reportedly regrets global warming, energy policy decisions
Others had another take:
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/03/bush-on-the-debate/>
2006/03/31: RealClimate: Bush on 'The Fundamental Debate'/A>
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/03/bush_questions_humancaused_war.php>
2006/03/30: CCM: Bush Claims There's a "Debate" on Human-Caused Global Warming
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/03/more_incomprehensible_bush_on.php>
2006/03/30: Stoat: More incomprehensible Bush on GW
The Death of Environmentalism guys posted an editorial
in the NYT which drew some scathing comment:
<http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0401-25.htm>
2006/04/01: CDreams:NYT: Preparing for Nature's Attack
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/4/1/102710/1606>
2006/04/01: GristMill: Not a helpful turn in the global warming conversation
<http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/04/nordhaus_shellenberger_make_a.php>
2006/04/01: CCM: Nordhaus & Shellenberger Make a Crappy Argument
While on the UK political front:
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article354055.ece>
2006/03/28: Independent(UK): Global warming: Your chance to change the climate
Four senior ministers today made one of the most embarrassing admissions
of the Labour Government's nine years in office - that the official policy
for fighting climate change has failed.
<http://www.24dash.com/content/news/viewNews.php?navID=7&newsID=4380>
2006/03/31: 24Dash: Scotland vows to cut its greenhouse gas footprint
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/scotland/4859130.stm>
2006/03/30: BBC: 'Ambitious' climate change target
Environmental groups have welcomed the Scottish Executive's decision
to set an "ambitious" climate change target. It has been calculated
that Scotland needs to reduce carbon emissions by 1.7 million tonnes
as its part of a UK commitment to cut greenhouse gases. Environment
Minister Ross Finnie wants to go further and has set a target of
2.7 million tonnes by 2010.
<http://society.guardian.co.uk/societyguardian/story/0,,1741299,00.html>
2006/03/29: Guardian(UK): Carbon cop-out [Gordon Brown's budget]
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/29/nclim29.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/29/ixhome.html>
2006/03/29: Telegraph(UK): Beckett dodges blame over carbon pledge
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1741754,00.html>
2006/03/29: Guardian(UK): Climate change - Hot air but no action
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1741838,00.html>
2006/03/29: Guardian(UK): Government accused of pitiful failure to meet target
for greenhouse gas emissions - Minister admits pledge on cutting C02 will not be met
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1741461,00.html>
2006/03/28: Guardian(UK): Beckett unveils new measures to cut CO2
<http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article354051.ece>
2006/03/28: Independent(UK): We must think the unthinkable, and take voters with us
Climate change means that business as usual is dead. It means that economic growth
as usual is dead. But the politics of economic growth and business as usual live on.
What needs to change to bring about a political tipping point? What is stopping us
from taking the radical path we need to follow today if we are to avoid dangerous
climate change tomorrow?
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2006/03/28/afx2626394.html>
2006/03/28: Forbes: UK government launches new measures to reduce global warming
Blair just happened to be in Australia when the failure to meet
GHG reduction targets was announced:
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-2109052-10,00.html>
2006/03/29: Times(UK): Blair cooling on green targets for Kyoto successor
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1604131.htm>
2006/03/29: ABC(Au): Blair urges inclusive climate change pact.
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35831/story.htm>
2006/03/29: PlanetArk: UK's Blair Wants Urgent Action on Post-Kyoto Accord
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10160>
2006/03/29: ENN: Britain's Blair Endorses Asia-Pacific Climate Pact [APPCDC]
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/politics/4854886.stm>
2006/03/29: BBC: Blair demands green 'revolution' -
Tony Blair has called for a "technological revolution
comparable to the internet" to slow global warming.
<http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/59005.html>
2006/03/29: Herald(UK): Blair talks of climate change revolution
<http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2006/03/28/afx2628412.html>
2006/03/28: Forbes: Blair calls for technological revolution to combat climate change
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/politics/4851854.stm>
2006/03/28: BBC: PM backs US-Pacific climate deal
Tony Blair has defended an Asia-Pacific pact on climate change,
saying it is not aimed at undermining the Kyoto Protocol on cutting gas emissions.
<http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=93257>
2006/03/28: NineMSN(Au): Blair calls for global accord on climate change
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_politics/4854886.stm>
2006/03/28: BBC: Blair demands green 'revolution' - Tony Blair has called
for a "technological revolution comparable to the internet" to slow global warming.
The marks might be getting wise:
<http://www.sundayherald.com/print54883>
2006/04/02: SundayHerald: Blair's head stuck in the clouds on climate change
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54705>
2006/04/02: ClimateArk: United Kingdom: Blair blocked plan to cut emissions
Tony Blair personally frustrated measures to cut Britain's emissions
of the pollution that causes global warming, despite repeatedly calling
for action, The Independent on Sunday can reveal. The Prime Minister did
not back proposals from his Environment Secretary, Margaret Beckett, that
aimed to get the Government's strategy to fight climate change back on track.
As a result, ministers had to admit last week that they would not meet
a target, which was set in three election manifestos, for cutting pollution.
The Archbishop of Canterbury raised the stakes:
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-10-2108827-10,00.html>
2006/03/29: Times(UK): Politicians will answer to God over climate,
says Archbishop [of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams]
And in Canada, the new Tory government is living up to its Republican colours:
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060331.wxchallenge01/BNStory/National/home>
2006/04/01: Globe&Mail: Ottawa stops funding One Tonne Challenge
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060331.wwarming0331/BNStory/National/home>
2006/03/31: Globe&Mail: Conference Board report warns of global warming's cost -
Billions of dollars in losses seen unless action is taken
So, what's going on in Asia?:
<http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/china.climatechange/>
2006/03/31: CNN: China crucial to climate debate
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060330/sc_nm/weather_asia_worldbank_dc>
2006/03/30: Yahoo: Climate change big threat to East Asia -World Bank
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/35849/story.htm>
2006/03/31: PlanetArk: Climate Change Big Threat to East Asia - World Bank
<http://english.people.com.cn/200603/29/eng20060329_254235.html>
2006/03/29: People's Daily: Nation sets emission reduction goal of 2020
Meanwhile in the blogosphere:
<http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2006/03/pielke_sr_and_jr_profiled_in_n.php>
2006/03/29: Stoat: Pielke Sr. and Jr. Profiled in Nature
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=279>
2006/03/29: RealClimate: Pielke pere et fils in Nature
There was more on wacky weather:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/4860766.stm>
2006/03/31: BBC: Rising flood waters have forced thousands to leave their homes
in the southern Czech Republic, with warnings that other areas are under threat.
<http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/28/eng20060328_253983.html>
2006/03/28: People's Daily: Severe sandstorms hit northern China
As for how media handles the science:
<http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2006/04/media-misleading-or-misled.html>
2006/04/01: JEB: The media: misleading or misled?
One of the annoying habits of the BBC is changing their stories.
I logged this on Monday evening:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4849672.stm>
2006/03/28: BBC: Review 'will confirm' CO2 target
The UK government is likely to restate its commitment to a cut of about 20%
in CO2 emissions by 2010 when it releases its climate policy review on Tuesday.
And by Tuesday afternoon it had become:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4849672.stm>
03/28: BBC: UK to miss CO2 emissions target
The UK is unlikely to meet its target of reducing CO2 emissions by 20% by 2010,
a government report says.
Developing a new energy infrastructure is the fundamental challenge of
the current generation:
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-523-2114639-523,00.html>
2006/04/02: Times(UK): Church denounces global warming but invests in oil
<http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=4179>
2006/04/01: ECorp: A role for oil companies in setting climate policy?
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brune/my-country-is-addicted-to_b_18301.html>
2006/04/01: THP: My Country is Addicted to Oil
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14217508.htm>
2006/03/30: Mercury: Feds' fuel rules come under fire
"The new standards represent the most ambitious fuel economy goals
for light trucks ever developed in the program's 27-year history,"
said Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, announcing the rules in Baltimore.
Yet the rules also take aim at a first-in-the-nation California law
intended to fight global warming by curbing vehicles' carbon dioxide emissions.
Increasing gas mileage is the most direct way of reducing those emissions.
The Bush administration said such state regulations were "expressly pre-empted"
by the new federal standards.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/sci/tech/4856106.stm>
2006/03/30: BBC: Giving micropower to the people
<http://www.climateark.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=54676>
2006/03/31: ClimateArk: Sempra [Energy] Drops [Nevada & Idaho] Coal Power Projects
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1743810,00.html>
2006/03/31: Guardian(UK): Ten years down the road:
car giant [Toyota] foresees the non-polluting, accident-proof eco-car [saloon]
<http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=10164>
2006/03/30: ENN: U.S. Ethanol Makers Say They Can Meet Oil Refiner Demand
<http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060327/full/060327-10.html>
2006/03/29: NSU: Make your own energy at home, Britons urged -
UK government energy strategy pushes 'microgeneration'.
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/03/29/do2903.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/29/ixhome.html>
2006/03/29: Telegraph(UK): Going green at home won't save the planet
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-horton/real-men-smoke-uranium_b_18061.html>
2006/03/28: THP: Real Men Smoke Uranium
<http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/3/28/154457/298>
2006/03/28: GristMill: Peak oil, coal, and bizarre optimism
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12050911/>
2006/03/28: MSNBC: Energy company backs greenhouse gas curbs -
'Economy-wide scale' sought by Power Energy
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14193250.htm>
2006/03/26: Mercury: Clean-coal effort [FutureGen] off to slow start
<http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/20060328TDY04002.htm>
2006/03/28: Yomiuri: Coal plant plan scrapped over emissions fears
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/4847054.stm>
2006/03/27: BBC: Wind power 'ahead of predictions'
Onshore wind farms will provide about 5% of Britain's electricity by 2010,
according to the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA).
The carbon lobby are up to the usual:
<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/04/incurious-george/>
2006/04/02: RealClimate: Incurious George [Will]
<http://framing-science.blogspot.com/2006/03/george-will-on-climate-change-plays-up.html>
2006/03/30: FS: George Will on Climate Change: Plays Up Uncertainty;
Emphasizes the Costs; Tells Opponents to "Shut Up?"
<http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/caruba033006.htm>
2006/03/30: CFP: Greenland, vikings, Science magazine - Is Global Warming Getting Colder?
<http://www.abcnews.go.com/WNT/print?id=1770428>
2006/03/26: ABC(US): Was Confusion Over Global Warming a Con Job? -
Some Claim Disinformation Campaign Attempted to Create the Impression
Scientists Were Broadly Divided
Coby Beck is continuing his excellent "How to Talk to a Global Warming Sceptic" series.
[He is looking for suggestions of gambits/topics]:
<http://illconsidered.blogspot.com/2006/03/hockey-stick-is-broken.html>
2006/03/29: AFTIC: The Hockey Stick is Broken
There are a couple of older stories still reverberating through
the media echo chamber:
<http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa012&articleID=000051A6-DE14-1419-9E1483414B7F0000>
2006/03/17: SciAm: Statistical Analysis Bolsters Theory Linking Warmer Oceans to Stronger
Hurricanes
<http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa012&articleID=0007FA05-10BC-1423-90BC83414B7F0000>
2006/03/24: SciAm: Climate Model Predicts Greater Melting, Submerged Cities
Then there was the usual news and commentary:
<http://framing-science.blogspot.com/2006/03/dramatizing-climate-change-five-images.html>
2006/03/31: FS: Dramatizing Climate Change: Five Images that Make Us Go Hmmm
<http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004253.html>
2006/03/31: WorldChanging: Environmental Restoration in the Age of Climate Change
<http://rabett.blogspot.com/2006/03/final-word-on-models.html>
2006/03/30: ERabett: The final word on models....
<http://johnquiggin.com/index.php/archives/2006/03/31/diewert-on-quiggin-castles-and-henderson/>
2006/03/31: JQuiggin: Diewert on Quiggin, Castles and Henderson
[the choice between market and purchashing-power parity (PPP) exchange rates
in the IPCC projections]
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/31/response-to-ccsp-comment-on-the-pielke-and-matsui-grl-paper/>
2006/03/31: CliSci: Response to CCSP Comment on the Pielke and Matsui GRL paper
<http://www.postnormaltimes.net/blog/archives/2006/03/climate_and_eco.html>
2006/03/27: PNT: Climate and economic models
<http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/2006/03/29/is-the-nightime-warming-in-arizona-due-to-global-warming/>
2006/03/29: CliSci: Is the Nightime Warming in Arizona Due to Global Warming?
<http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032806EA.shtml>
2006/03/28: TruthOut: An Ice Day for a News Conference by Art Buchwald
<http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/000758new_options_for_clim.html>
2006/03/28: Prometheus: New Options for Climate Policy?
And here are a couple of sites which you may find interesting &/ useful:
<http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~tk/index.html>
NOAA:GFDL: Tom Knutson's Home Page
<http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~tk/glob_warm_hurr.html>
2006/01/: NOAA:GFDL: Global Warming and Hurricanes
<http://framing-science.blogspot.com/>
FS: Framing Science
LiveScience
<http://www.livescience.com/>
Radio Ecoshock - Green Radio.
<http://www.ecoshock.org>
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:
<http://groups.google.com/groups?num=100&scoring=d&as_ugroup=sci.environment&as_usubject=%22Another+week+of+GW+news%22&&safe=off>
--
"Humanity is performing a 'great geophysical experiment',
not in a laboratory, not in a computer, but on our own planet."
-R. Revelle & H. E. Suess(1957)
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