Another Week of GW News, July 13, 2008

By illconsidered on July 14, 2008.

Sipping from the internet firehose...

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July 13, 2008

Top Stories:G8, World's Biggest Polluter, Melting Arctic, Wilkins Ice Shelf, Smog & Aerosols
Food Crisis, Food vs. Biofuel, Food Production
Hurricanes, GHGs, Temperatures, Feedbacks, Paleoclimate, Glaciers, Satellites
Impacts, Forests, Corals, Wacky Weather, Tornadoes, Wildfires, Floods & Droughts
Mitigation, Transportation, Sequestration, Geoengineering, Adaptation
Journals, Misc. Science
UN, Carbon Tax, Optimal Carbon Reduction Strategy
Politics:International, Security, America, Britain, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan, Canada
Ecological Economics, IPAT, Apocalypso, Media, Books, Video, Courts
Energy, Pickens, High Cost Impacts, Solar, Coal, Biofuel, Nukes, Peak Oil, Efficiency, Cars, Business, Insurance
Carbon Lobby, The Usual, Useful Links
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Another Week of GW News, July 13, 2008

Sipping from the internet firehose...

July 13, 2008

Live and direct from the laugh, it's funny, damnit department:

There was a lot of comment on the G8:

And clueless George outdid himself:

The Arctic melt continues to get a lot of attention:

As does the geopolitical posturing:

In Antarctica, the Wilkins ice shelf is breaking up:

A tangle of stories about smog & aerosols got twisted every which way:

Regarding solar cycles:

The food crisis remains a top story:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

In the NE Pacific, Douglas died and Elida was born while in the Atlantic, Bertha drifted:

Elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

As for the temperature record:

Here is another feedback:

While in the paleoclimate:

As for glaciers:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Corals are dying:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

Meanwhile in tornado alley:

As for heat waves and wild fires:

And speaking of floods & droughts:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Consider transportation & GHG production:

As for carbon sequestration:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

While on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

Before we get into politics, there was some science done:

Meanwhile at the UN:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

The debate over the optimal strategy [carbon trading, carbon offsets, auction vs. allocation, and/or a carbon tax] to use in dealing with GHGs continues:

Meanwhile on the international political front:

As for GW & security:

And on the American political front:

The Bush administration EPA is seeking public comments in order to delay regulating greenhouse gases:

Dick Cheney's office censored CDC director Gerberding's testimony to Congress:

A US Appeals court has struck down the Clean Air Interstate Rule:

Dana Perino has her quota of chutzpah and more:

One hears a lot about the campaigns, not much about their climate & energy policies:

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

Like many conservatives, Federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson seems to be having difficulty with the shifting winds of climate change:

Ross Garnaut and his report are still getting a lot of headlines:

While in New Zealand:

And in India:

While in Japan:

In Canada, minority neocon PM Harper, continues his do-nothing policy:

He's pushing biofuels:

Canada's position at the G8 has come in for scathing comment:

The Green Shift continues to draw comment:

About that Green Shift lawsuit:

Ontario is wrestling with its energy policy:

As is British Columbia:

And Saskatchewan:

In Alberta, the tricky & difficult question of the tar sands looms:

And then there is the miscellaneous Canadiana:

The movement toward a long term ecologically viable economics is glacial:

IPAT [Impact = Population * Affluence * Technology] raised its head once again:

Apocalypso anyone?

As for how the media handles the science of climatology:

Here is something for your library:

And for your film & video enjoyment:

Meanwhile among the 'Sue the Bastards!' contingent:

Developing a new energy infrastructure is a fundamental challenge of the current generation:

Flamboyant billionaire T. Boone Pickens has an energy plan:

As for the impacts of high energy costs:

Meanwhile among the solar aficionados:

The arithmetic of coal carbon is striking home:

Biofuel bickering abounds:

The nuclear energy controversy continues: