Another Week of GW News, December 7, 2008

By illconsidered on December 8, 2008.

Sipping from the internet firehose...

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December 7, 2008

Top Stories:Poznan, Recession, UN Atlas, Methane, Nahcolite, IEA WEO. THC, ICE, Melting Arctic, Antarctica
Food Crisis, Food vs. Biofuel, Food Production
Hurricanes, GHGs, Carbon Cycle, Temperatures, Feedbacks, Paleoclimate, Glaciers, Sea Levels, Satellites, DSCOVR
Impacts, Forests, Climate Refugees, Wacky Weather, Floods & Droughts, Venice
Mitigation, Transportation, Buildings, Sequestration, Geoengineering, Adaptation
Journals, Misc. Science, Hansen
Kyoto-2, Carbon Trade, Carbon Tax, Optimal Carbon Reduction Strategy
Politics:International, Resource Wars, America, Britain, Europe, Australia, India, China, Russia, Asia, Canada
Ecological Economics, IPAT, Apocalypso, Media, CNN, Books, Courts
Energy, Solar, Coal, Biofuel, Nukes, Peak Oil, Efficiency, Cars, Business, Greenwashing
Carbon Lobby, Miscellaneous Climate, Useful Links
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Another Week of GW News, December 7, 2008

Sipping from the internet firehose...

December 7, 2008

Laugh. I dare ya:

The COP 14 meeting in Poznan, Poland:

The global recession looms over all climate discussion:

The UN released an atlas of climate impacts:

A new twist on Arctic methane:

Another one of those 'oh oh' reports:

Late coverage of the IEA WEO report:

There's a report that THC is strengthening:

I wonder if this report will be verified...:

Apropos commentary on communication:

Another mention of ICE [International Court for the Environment]:

The Arctic melt continues to get a lot of attention:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

There was a numbered storm blowing around the Indian Ocean, but otherwise it has been quiet:

Meanwhile GHGs are still going up:

And in the carbon cycle:

As for the temperature record:

Yes we have feedbacks:

While in the paleoclimate:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

The campaign to uncover DSCOVR [Deep Space Climate Observatory] rolls on:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Climate refugees are becoming an issue:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

Venice has seen some of it's highest tides in a long time:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

As for transportation & GHG production:

While in the endless quest for sustainable building codes:

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:

More Hansen:

Meanwhile on the Kyoto-2 front:

And on the carbon trading front:

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:

Meanwhile in the Resource Wars:

And on the American political front:

The Bush administration's midnight regulation changes continue to gather opprobrium:

It looks like the Kansas State legislature is taking anopther shot at Gov. Sebelius:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

And there has been a fair amount of chatter about some of Obama's appointments:

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

The EU has been tussling over its own climate change plan:

Meanwhile in Australia:

And in India:

While in China:

And in Russia:

In Asia:

In Canada, minority neocon PM Harper, had the governor general shut down Parliament:

The tricky & difficult question of the tar sands looms:

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:

CNN has turfed its science staff, giving rise to a lot of negative comment:

Here is something for your library:

Meanwhile among the 'Sue the Bastards!' contingent:

Wrestling over a new energy infrastructure continues unabated:

Meanwhile among the solar aficionados:

The arithmetic of coal carbon is striking home:

Biofuel bickering abounds:

The nuclear energy controversy continues:

Yes we have a peak oil sighting:

And then there is the matter of efficiency & conservation: