Another week of GW News, June 27, 2010

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Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years

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Information overload is pattern recognition

June 27, 2010

Chuckles, Post etc., G8/G20, APEC, MEF, Anderegg, Urban Heat
Bottom Line, Subsidies, Weathermen, IPCC Review, IPCC 5 Authors, Post CRU, Late Comments
Melting Arctic, Geopolitics, Antarctica
Food Crisis, Food vs. Biofuel, Land Grabs, IP Issues, Food Production
Hurricanes, GHGs, Carbon Cycle, Temperatures, Aerosols, Paleoclimate, ENSO, Solar, Satellites
Impacts, Forests, Tornadoes, Wildfires, Corals, Acidification, Sea Levels, Floods & Droughts
Transportation, Buildings, Sequestration
Journals, Other Docs , Misc. Science, Hansen
UN, Carbon Tax, Bank Tax, Optimal Carbon Reduction Strategy
International Politics: Misc., Security, Law & Activism, Polls, Water Politics & Business
National Politics: America, Anti-AB32, BP Gulf Disaster, Keystone-XL
Obama, USAdmin, Congress, Climate Bill, Lobbyists, Al Gore
Britain, Europe, Rudd Out, Gillard In, Australia, India, Asia, Russia, South America
Canada, G8/G20, Women's Rights, Arctic Drilling, Arctic Park, Syncrude Trial, Coal
Ignatieff, Apology, BC, Tar Sands, Alberta, Ontario, Maritimes, North, Canadiana
Ecological Economics, IPAT, Apocalypso, Media, Books, Video, Courts, GM Alfalfa, Moratorium
Energy, Fracking, Wind, Solar, Biofuel, Nukes, Peak Oil, Grid, Efficiency, Cars, Energy Storage
Business, Joe's List, Carbon Lobby, Miscellaneous Climate, Useful Links
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Another week of GW News, June 27, 2010

Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years

Another week of Climate Disruption News

Information overload is pattern recognition

June 27, 2010

It's always nice to start with a chuckle:

Post Bonn, post Copenhagen, post Yvo de Boer:

The G8/G20 is on this weekend:

APEC had a meeting in Fukui, Japan:

The Major Emitters Forum is meeting in Rome next week:

The Anderegg et al. study has generated a lot of comment:

Here is a study that is apt to get misreported:

And on the Bottom Line:

Who's getting the subsidies?

I'm sure there will be some chatter about this:

To improve IPCC processes:

The IPCC has named the IPPC report 5 authors:

Post CRU theft, controversy & inquiry:

Late coverage of the Beeville hoax:

Late Comment on IPBES:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

So, are these land grabs Colonialism V2.0?

Look out! the IP Rentiers are coming!

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Blas faded, but Celia and Darby are still blowing around the Eastern Pacific:

Alex has spun up in the Caribbean:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

And in the carbon cycle:

As for the temperature record:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

While in the paleoclimate:

While on the ENSO front:

Regarding the solar hypothesis:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Central North America got zapped, again:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Corals are dying:

Acidification is changing the oceans:

Sea levels are rising:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

Consider transportation & GHG production:

While in the endless quest for zero energy, sustainable buildings and practical codes:

As for carbon sequestration:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

Hansen wins the Sophie prize:

While at the UN:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

The proposed G20 Bank Tax is turning into a tussle:

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, energy & security:

The issue of the law and activism is playing out around the world:

Polls! We have polls!

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

And on the American political front:

The anti-AB32 proposition in California has qualified for a November vote:

The BP Gulf disaster has American politics in a vise:

The Keystone-XL pipeline project is under fire:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

As for what is going on in Congress:

Kerry-Boxer, Waxman-Markey, KGL, Cantwell-Collins, the APA or whatever -- the future climate bill -- defines a battleline:

What are the lobbyists pushing?

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia, Kevin Rudd got the axe:

And what will Julia's climate policies be?

Otherwise in Australia:

While in the Indian subcontinent:

And elsewhere in Asia: