My first novel Water was published in Canada May, 2007. The American release was in October. An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk. An overview of my writing is available here.

-het

P.S. Recent postings can be found in the week archive and the ancient postings can be accessed here, which should open to this.

"We are running out of traditional energy sources, which can be compared to our house being on fire. While that happens, many people linger around the burning building and pretend to be firemen, mimicking their actions, carrying some equipment, shouting commands - but actually they have no real water, no real skills, no appropriate tools. That way your house will burn to the ground because the "real" firemen never showed up, as everybody thinks there are more than enough firemen on site." -Robert Rapier

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Another week of GW News, September 12, 2010

Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years

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Another Week of Climate Instability News

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September 12, 2010

More in the black humour vein:

An Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) on Climate Change happened this week without much fanfare:

Looking ahead to COP16 and future international climate negotiations:

Late comment on Geneva:

World Water Week went down in Stockholm this week:

Bees: Here is the study:

Bees: And you can choose how you want to spin it:

This study looks likely to be spun:

There was an unnerving interview of Boris Worm on Quirks&Quarks this week:

The Pakistan monsoon floods are a monumental tragedy:

In Ecuador, Rafael Correa is still trying to swing this deal:

John Cook & friends are continuing the Basic and Advanced Versions of their denial counterpoints:

Post CRU theft, controversy & inquiry:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

As for the charismatic megafauna:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

Hopes, but nothing definite on the Pavlovsk Experimental Station:

The food riots in Mozambique definitely focussed attention:

So, are these land grabs Colonialism V2.0?

Regarding genetic modification of food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

In the Atlantic, we had Earl, Gaston, Hermine & Igor blowing around:

In the Pacific, Malou & Meranti raised a ruckus:

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:

And the State of the Oceans:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Climate refugees are becoming an issue:

This week in extreme weather:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Corals are dying:

Acidification is changing the oceans:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation has somehow seemed chimeric:

Consider transportation & GHG production:

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

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

Cliff Crawford obit:

Regarding Curry:

Regarding Pielke Sr.:

Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:

While at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

The proposed Bank Tax refuses to die:

How will Carbon Labelling work?

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:

What are the activists up to?

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

As for SW tools:

And on the American political front:

The BP disaster continues to twist US politics:

So how do you figure the 2010 elections will crack up?

In California Proposition 23 is turning out to be a real battle:

Didn't somebody get fired for saying this a few years ago?

If nothing else, McKibben's action had the benefit of forcing Obama to show his colours: