two in Science, one in Slate, Congressional hearings next week

[Jesse Reynolds]

Attached are two short opinion pieces published in Science yesterday.

The Politics of Geoengineering
Jason J. Blackstock and Jane C. S. Long
Science 29 January 2010: 527.
Nations commencing geoengineering research must commit to full
international collaboration and transparency.

A Test for Geoengineering?
Alan Robock, Martin Bunzl, Ben Kravitz, and Georgiy L. Stenchikov
Science 29 January 2010: 530-531.
Stratospheric geoengineering cannot be tested in the atmosphere
without full-scale implementation.

Eli Kintisch wrote on these and the one from Keith et al in Nature at Slate:
http://www.slate.com/id/2242931/

The US House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Energy & Environment
has scheduled its second hearing on geoengineering next week, on 4
February.
"The Scientific Basis and Engineering Challenges"
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2722

Cheers,
- Jesse Reynolds
http://twitter.com/geoengpolicy