Another week of GW News, April 11, 2010

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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk.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.

"The casual reader might have the impression that there are real doubts about whether emissions can be reduced without inflicting severe damage on the economy. In fact, once you filter out the noise generated by special-interest groups, you discover that there is widespread agreement among environmental economists that a market-based program to deal with the threat of climate change -- one that limits carbon emissions by putting a price on them -- can achieve large results at modest, though not trivial, cost." -Paul Krugman

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The things that pass for humour nowadays:

The UNFCCC meeting in Bonn did not go well. The BASIC Group wants to grow. The Americans are unlikely to get anything through Congress without neutering it. The G77 has a voice, but not much else:

More COP15 post mortems:

Looking ahead to COP16 and future international climate negotiations:

The Major Emmitters are getting together next weekend:

And the World People's Conference on Climate Change ... is coming up in Bolivia:

An essay by Paul Krugman this week drew a lot of comment:

A modest proposal:

Rob Grumbine points out another tremblor for your Crap Detector:

A metric to tell us how bad it is?:

Eli continued his exposition of EPA endangerment & CRU Inquiry comments:

And on the Bottom Line:

Carbon Tariffs still have people on edge:

The World Bank approved the Medupi coal power plant in South Africa this week:

In a rare burst of honesty, corporations made their intentions clear in Nigeria:

Weathermen vs Climatologists redux:

More climate scientist bashing:

More on FOI abuse:

The CRU kafuffle continues:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

That Damoclean sword still hangs overhead:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

The food crisis is ongoing:

More on the problems of neoliberal food policies:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

So, are these land grabs Colonialism V2.0?

If it isn't real estate, the rentiers want intellectual property:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Tropical Storm Robyn faded away and all we had were Atlantic forecasts:

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:

Milankovitch Cycles:

The cliff, aka tipping points, aka planetary boundaries, put in an appearance:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Acidification is changing the oceans:

Glaciers are melting:

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:

And on the carbon sequestration front:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

More DIY science:

Regarding John Houghton:

James Hansen won the 2010 Sophie prize this week:

More Hansen:

Late Lovelock coverage:

Regarding Mclean:

While at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

This isn't quite a Tobin tax, but could serve similar purposes:

How do you think Bolivia will react?

As for GW, Energy & Security:

What are the activists up to?

Polls! We have polls!

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

And on the American political front:

Another pipeline has been proposed in Alaska:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

Do you think they'll lay charges?:

As for what is going on in Congress:

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

What are the lobbyists pushing?