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COLUMBUS — Cavaliers power forward Anthony Bennett hasn't been overly impressive in the exhibition season, but he's doing much better than Nerlens Noel.
Philadelphia coach Brett Brown dropped a bombshell Monday prior to the 76ers' 104-93 preseason loss to the Cavs at the Schottenstein Center, saying Noel probably won't play this season.
"He needs to be nurtured this year," Brown said. "We have an opportunity (to do that). I think we've grabbed the thing and put him on a road map that's good for him and good for the program."
The Sixers (2-4) took the thin, long-limbed and offensively challenged Noel, once considered the consensus No. 1 pick in the draft, with the sixth choice out of Kentucky. The Cavs (4-2) won the lottery and, after weeks of speculation about whether they should take Noel, Maryland center Alex Len, Indiana shooting guard Victor Oladipo, Georgetown small forward Otto Porter or Kansas shooting guard Ben McLemore, shocked everyone by selecting UNLV's Bennett with the No. 1 pick.
Now listed at 6-foot-8 and 259 pounds, Bennett is overweight, out of shape and has struggled to make shots, but the game appears to be slowing down for him just a bit.
"That's something me and Coach (Mike Brown) talked about," he said after finishing with nine points on 3-for-7 shooting, five rebounds, two assists and five fouls in 25 minutes. "It's not college anymore. I'm not at UNLV, so I don't have to force things. You've got to value every possession, so I just took my time."
Bennett had zero points, one rebound and three fouls in nine first-half minutes, but played much better after intermission, when he hit a 3-pointer and threw down a monster slam in transition.
The 20-year-old is shooting just .370 from the field and his 20 3-point attempts tie Kyrie Irving for the team lead — Bennett has made seven — but the rookie no longer jacks up a shot moments after entering the game.
"He didn't force the issue as much," Mike Brown said. "He was the beneficiary of being a little patient and letting the offense work for him."
Brett Brown got to know Cavs point guard Matthew Dellavedova while serving as an assistant coach with the Australian national team and loves the 6-4, 200-pounder.
"He's a little bit Neanderthal in how he goes about his business, but he's for real," he said. "Matthew Dellavedova is a winner.
"He's not glamorous," he added. "He's not pretty. But he's effective and a helluva teammate. I definitely think there's a place for him in the NBA."
* Irving (17 points, 12 assists, five turnovers), who had five assists in a 31-point first quarter, put on a dribbling exhibition before going past rookie Michael Carter-Williams (Syracuse) for a layup.
Later in the same period, Irving put a fake on rookie Rodney Williams that caused the Minnesota product to fall flat on his can.
"I thought he was big trying to find his teammates tonight," Mike Brown said.
* Cavs power forward Tristan Thompson (15 points on 7-for-11, 16 rebounds) made back-to-back 19-footers from the top of the key in the fourth quarter. Earlier, he attempted a 16-footer from the baseline and also shot it about 19 feet.
All were taken right-handed, but Mike Brown wanted to talk about the third-year pro's work on the glass.
"I don't remember too many times a guy plays 27 minutes and gets 16 rebounds," he said.
* Cleveland rookie Sergey Karasev didn't play in the second half due to a sprained left ankle. He is listed as day-to-day.
* Cavs big man Henry Sims had 14 points and five boards in 20 minutes and made all six of his shots.
* Mike Brown gave shooting guard Dion Waiters and small forward Earl Clark the night off, with C.J. Miles (12 points) and Alonzo Gee (14 points, 4-for-6 on 3-pointers) getting starting nods. The Cavs were also minus Jarrett Jack (inflamed knee), Carrick Felix (hernia), Tyler Zeller (appendectomy) and Andrew Bynum (knee surgery).
* In addition to Noel, the Sixers were without Kwame Brown (strained hamstring) and Arnett Moultrie (ankle).
* Sixers swingman Evan Turner (14 points), a former Ohio State star, got a loud round of applause during pregame introductions.
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Cavaliers 104, 76ers 93
PHILADELPHIA (93): Turner 4-13 6-6 14, Young 7-18 2-4 16, Hawes 6-12 5-5 17, Anderson 6-11 3-3 17, Carter-Williams 1-11 3-5 5, Wroten 3-6 4-5 11, Orton 1-6 0-0 2, White 2-3 3-4 7, R.Williams 0-3 0-0 0, Morris 1-5 1-2 4, Lawal
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-88 27-34 93.
CLEVELAND (104): Gee 5-10 0-0 14, T.Thompson 7-11 1-4 15, Varejao 1-7 2-3 4, Irving 6-10 4-4 17, Miles 4-11 4-4 12, Dellavedova 2-5 3-3 9, Bennett 3-7 2-2 9, Karasev 1-6 0-0 3, Taylor 1-7 0-0 2, Sims
6-6 2-4 14, E.Williams 2-6 1-3 5. Totals 38-86 19-27 104.
Philadelphia 19 31 19 24 — 93
Cleveland 31 23 17 33 — 104
3-Point Goals—Philadelphia 4-18 (Anderson 2-4, Morris 1-2, Wroten 1-3, Hawes 0-2, Turner 0-2, Carter-Williams 0-2, Young 0-3), Cleveland 9-29 (Gee 4-6, Dellavedova 2-3, Bennett 1-3, Irving 1-3, Karasev 1-4, E.Williams 0-1, T.Thompson 0-1, Taylor 0-3, Miles 0-5). Fouled Out—White. Rebounds—Philadelphia 63 (Hawes 12), Cleveland 57 (T.Thompson 16). Assists—Philadelphia 20 (Hawes, Turner, Carter-Williams 3), Cleveland 30 (Irving 12). Total Fouls—Philadelphia 26, Cleveland 26. Technicals—White. Ejected—White. A—11,276 (19,500).


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NEW YORK – Mark Whitaker has been named to replace Tim Russert as head of NBC News' Washington Bureau.
The former Newsweek editor, who joined NBC last year as senior vice president of news, will assume many of the off-camera duties held by Russert, who died of a heart attack in June.
As bureau chief, Whitaker will be in charge of "Meet the Press," as well as NBC News' election and political coverage. He also will make occasional appearances as an on-air analyst, the network said in its announcement Monday.
Whitaker, 50, worked as a summer intern at Newsweek while at Harvard University in the late 1970s and did a variety of jobs at the magazine before serving as its editor from 1998 to 2006.
While there, he supervised the growth of Newsweek's Web site, which is affiliated with NBC News' MSNBC.com. He was president of the American Society of Magazine Editors from 2004 to 2006.
With Whitaker's appointment, another decision remains in filling the gap left by Russert, legendary as a multi-tasker: Who will be the permanent "Meet the Press" host? Through the November election, the semiretired Tom Brokaw, who in the past anchored "NBC Nightly News," has stepped into the role.


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Shock or overwrought? After doomsday predictions, budget cuts may fizzle
george of the jungle goshen, UTMarch 7, 2013 6:41 a.m.
Belief is only what you can count on or depend on. So the only thing that I can belief is things are going to get a lot worse.
David Centerville, UTMarch 6, 2013 9:09 p.m.
You still don't get it. Most liberals and democrats don't.
So lets try again. You can tax 100% of everything. You can confiscate all money from everyone and only cover the federal budget for one year. What about the next year?
We don't have a tax problem. We have a spending problem.
Obama would increase federal revenue by $1.7 Trillion from 2013-2022 (Tax Policy Center). Meanwhile, federal deficits would total nearly $8.3 Trillion during that same time span (assuming the increased revenue and budgets remain as they currently are). We currently have over $16 Trillion in debt. So in 2022 our debt would grow to nearly $25 Trillion. You cannot raise sufficient revenue to reverse.
Republicans have it right. Spending must be addressed.
Look, if you are overspending by $5000 per month, would you get a new job that brings in an additional $100 and believe you are going to be alright? Of course not. You have to reduce the spending. you have to change your lifestyle. this is what Republicans are trying to do: achieve meaningful reforms that preserve our nation. It is going to require a lifestyle change.
Wonder Provo, UTMarch 6, 2013 4:06 p.m.
@Red Corvette -- Obama got SOME of his tax increases, not all. He also agreed to $1 trillion in spending cuts in 2011 (before the sequester deal). So, I guess the Republicans got what they wanted too. So now why does Obama have to give in to the Republicans 100% while they don't have to give at all? Why do Republicans always want everything of what they want and can NEVER compromise? Talk about wanting your cake and eating it too.
rvalens2 Burley, IDMarch 6, 2013 3:00 p.m.
Let's see, first the idea of the sequester originated with President Obama.
Then he got the tax increases he wanted back in December.
Now he wants to close tax loopholes so he can raise taxes and make the tax code "Fairer."
And now, once again, he's playing the "blame game" with the Republicans.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice shame on me.
rvalens2 Burley, IDMarch 6, 2013 3:00 p.m.
Here is a sequester comparison that the average American should be able to understand.
Cutting 85 Billion dollars from yearly U.S. expenditures is exactly like a person who makes $36,000 per year, cutting their yearly spending by $85.00.
Is there any one of us, making that amount of money, that couldn't cut their spending by 85 bucks over the course of a year?
procuradorfiscal Tooele, UTMarch 6, 2013 1:33 p.m.
The sequester's not great, but it's the best we could hope for in Obama's Washington.
If Republicans have the guts to stick to their guns on the continuing resolution fight, that, combined with the sequestration cuts, would cap spending at 2008 levels, force abandonment of the Obamacare debacle, and allow, at least in the short term, the inevitable growth that would result to eliminate the deficit.
It won't solve the long-term entitlements issue, but once the economy rebounds, and Obama's voodoo economics are thoroughly discredited, politicians will be forced to give in to pressure to save Social Security, recognizing the current scam for the Ponzi it is, means testing its benefits, and placing it on firm footing for future recipients by making it the contribution-based system FDR originally sold it as.
UtahBlueDevil Durham, NCMarch 6, 2013 1:20 p.m.
Despite the DN's attempt to make this into another partisan controversy - that there really was no problem, evidently the House did take it seriously, and passed legislation to address the effects. From the news the rest of the world sees
Per the AP
"The Republican-controlled House approved legislation Wednesday to prevent a government shutdown on March 27 and blunt the impact of newly imposed spending cuts on the Defense Department."
Good grief folks.... but the blue and red hats away. The reason the market didn't loose its mind over this - was they knew this was bad enough that something had to be done.
And something was done. Lets stop pretending this was all much to do about nothing.
one vote Salt Lake City, UTMarch 6, 2013 11:51 a.m.
It was not necessary.


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Wow, Shayla
That is very flattering!
You show extremely good taste -- the two of us are truly fun!
I'd pick Christy because she's been totally awesome on Survivor and that I've got to really know what's her reason for voting for Jenna.
I'd pick Matt too because he seems so interesting and would really have a lot of stories to tell.
I think I'd pick Matthew just so I could find out if he's really psycho. He also seems the most interesting, if you can get him out of the books long enough.
I would pick Matt.
Just to see what he's really like! :cool:
Well travelled/read/verseved in a lot of ways, I'm sure. It
would be an interesting evening..........:biglove
I think after seeing the conclusion, I'd like to meet Matt! He seems pretty interesting and he's not too bad looking now!
Without a doubt I would choose Rob. I love his personality. His remarks were usually on the money. I'll bet he's lots of fun to be around because I like people with a sarcastic sense of humor.:laugh
I agree with Fluff that discussing Survivor with Rob would be a blast. I actually think sitting down with Fluff to discuss Survivor would be a great deal of fun, too. She and I seem to share the same obsession for detail, and I know Rob would be the same way.
I'd like to hang with Matt... he seems nice, and I want to know if he really is crazy. Of course, I think Rob'd be fun to hang out with, as well!
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The youngsters are currently studying at a makeshift school in a few rooms at a nearby hostel for mentally handicapped children.
A group of 35 autistic children began their school year under difficult conditions - without assistants to their teachers or toilet paper, which teachers and parents had to provide themselves - following a dispute between the Education Ministry and the head of the Binyamina-Givat Ada local authority, Uri Distnick, over plans for a specialized school for autistic teenagers. The parents of the children plan to boycott studies in protest.
An Education Ministry spokesperson said that in the coming months they will hire assistants for the teachers, but not on a permanent basis.
The youngsters are currently studying at a makeshift school in a few rooms at a nearby hostel for mentally handicapped children. Most of the children live in Kibbutz Ein Shemer, at the Beit Ekstein hostel which operates a chain of institutions for children with special needs, but because the plans for the school failed, they established the makeshift school at nearby Kfar Li.
Orit Tzur, mother of Zvika who is a student at the school, visited the makeshift school Thursday and said that the "school" comprises two small rooms, and a teachers' room that was transformed into a classroom. "Kfar Li gave basic cleaning materials and toilet paper, but those ran out very quickly," she says. "The parents brought toilet paper and soap from home. They didn't even have a mop, in case there was a need to wipe the floor."
According to Education Ministry standards, classrooms for eight autistic children must have one teacher and at least one assistant. Because of the dispute with the local authority, the teachers also have to care for the students' physical needs.
Tzur says that on Thursday the air conditioners in two of the rooms malfunctioned, and the "sweaty children were gathered in a single room."
One of the difficulties for autistic children is that they are unable to function well in large groups. A single child's discomfort may affect the rest of the children.
"All the children were placed in a room whose size is 35 square meters," Tzur says. "There is no equipment, no books or notebooks, and there is no staff to work with them individually. The children shouted and screamed, and there was no one to help them. At some point they locked the door, simply because there was no one who could run after them in the yard. Two-three hours passed before the children, locked up in the room, were allowed in the yard. It was abusive."
"The children are in a temporary structure which is very crowded," says another parent. "The shortage in professional staff means no more than day-care center conditions. Why should the teachers have to bring toys from home?"
Rachel Zigdon-Lex from Beit Ekstein says that the children were not locked in, but confirms that the conditions are "not ideal" and the solution offered is "limited."
"At this time we can not say when these children, who are entitled by law to learn in school, will be able to do so," she added.
Education Ministry sources maintain that they met all the conditions of the local council, and say they transferred NIS 500,000 for work on the school building. The ministry also says that NIS 1.5 million has been allotted for opening the school, and a commitment has been made to raise more funds.
However, they were unwilling to commit to covering any deficit that might occur in the school's budget in the future, describing this condition as "unrealistic."
"I agreed to the proposal to open a school for autistic children out of Zionist ideology and contribution to the nation, but to date there has been no confirmation from the Education Ministry on the work that needs to be done to the school. All other promises have remained at the level of words," Distnik said in response.
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The credit crunch, the bailout and the green implications are getting a lot of attention:
- 2008/11/15: Guardian(UK): Dinner date with destiny — The climate crunch will soon make the credit crunch look trivial, and the G20 summit must tackle it now
- 2008/11/14: TreeHugger: While GM and Friends Seek $50 Billion in Public Funds, There is no Mention of Help for Public Transit
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- 2008/11/11: UN: Ban calls on Washington economic summit to tackle global warming as well
- 2008/11/10: CAP: A Strategy for Green Recovery — Stimulating the Economy Today by Rebuilding for Future Prosperity
- 2008/11/11: GristMill: Jerks of the knee — The Economist blows it on the Green New Deal
The full IEA World Energy Outlook 2008 was released this week:
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- 2008/11/13: NEN: New energy to pass gas within 6 years – IEA
- 2008/11/12: ArsTechnica: IEA's annual report paints grim picture of our energy future
- 2008/11/13: Times(UK): IEA report on oil gets angry OPEC reaction
- 2008/11/12: GP: IEA falls short of an Energy Revolution needed to avert catastrophic climate change
- 2008/11/12: OilDrum: The 2008 IEA WEO – The Oil Drum Initial Review (Part 1 of a Series)
- 2008/11/12: IEA: New Energy Realities — WEO Calls for Global Energy Revolution Despite Economic Crisis
- 2008/11/13: SMH: Energy revolution vital [IEA]
- 2008/11/12: ClimateP: Must-read IEA report explains what must be done to avoid 6°C warming
- 2008/11/12: Yahoo: IEA stokes doubts over world's climate fight
- 2008/11/12: Reuters: Costly oil, gas drive world to burn more coal-IEA
- 2008/11/12: MWatch: IEA doesn't see peak oil by 2030 — But energy group warns of under-investment
- 2008/11/12: Reuters: Credit crisis adds to risk of oil supply crunch-IEA
- 2008/11/12: Telegraph(UK): Greenhouse gases could rise 45 per cent, IEA say
- 2008/11/12: BBC: The International Energy Agency (IEA), one of the world's leading authorities on energy supply says the era of cheap oil is over and prices could soon be back up to $100 a barrel
A report on Asian particulates got a lot of attention, while ignoring North American & European contributions:
- 2008/11/16: SciDaily: Dirty Brown Clouds Impact Glaciers, Agriculture And The Monsoon
- 2008/11/14: KSJT: NYTimes, Wall St. Journal, AP, Reuters: The (Asian) Brown Cloud isn't just in Asia. It's filthy — but at least it's cool.
- 2008/11/14: DotEarth: Bangkok Dispatch: Seeking Clean Asian Air
- 2008/11/13: PhysOrg: UN sees new peril in Asia's huge brown cloud cover
- 2008/11/13: EarthTimes: 'Brown clouds' of pollutants darken Asian cities, UN says
- 2008/11/14: NYT: Report Sees New Pollution Threat
A noxious cocktail of soot, smog and toxic chemicals is blotting out the sun, fouling the lungs of millions of people and altering weather patterns in large parts of Asia, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations.
- 2008/11/13: FPB: Brown clouds 'blotting out the sun' across Asia
That AGW interrupting Milankovitch cycles story continues to get attention:
- 2008/11/14: BBC: A new model of the Earth's climate suggests that human-made carbon dioxide emissions may prevent the onset of the next ice age
- 2008/11/13: KSJT: Reuters, Wired News, Nat'l Geo, etc: Fire or Ice for Earth? Maybe it was choosing ice, we chose fire. Neither is a good choice.
- 2008/11/13: DotEarth: More On Whether a Big Chill Is Nigh
- 2008/11/12: DotEarth: Will the Next Ice Age Be a Very Long One?
- 2008/11/12: TerraDaily: Earth would be heading to a freeze without CO2 emissions
- 2008/11/12: Reuters: Earth may face freeze worse than Ice Age: study
- 2008/11/12: NatureCF: Glaciation ahead – on a geological time scale
- 2008/11/12: DotEarth: Will the Next Ice Age Be Permanent?
- 2008/11/12: NewScientist: Humans may have prevented super ice age
The geopolitics of the Arctic resources is a persistent issue:
- 2008/11/13: EUO: Commission backs Norway's Arctic vision: no new treaty
- 2008/11/12: CanWest: 'Astonishing' data boost Arctic claim — A Beaufort seabed survey will enhance Canada's submission to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
- 2008/11/10: TerraDaily: EU makes pitch for 'unified' Arctic research
- 2008/11/11: TreeHugger: Arrr, Thar Be Oil Under Them Icebergs!
While in Antarctica:
- 2008/11/13: ENN: Science Proves Warming of Antarctica
U.S. governors will be co-hosting the climate meeting this coming week with the Governator:
- 2008/11/12: Xinhuanet: U.S. governors to co-host global summit on climate change
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on Tuesday that U.S. governors will be joining him as co-hosts of a global summit on climate change. The Governors' Global Climate Summit will be held in Los Angeles on Nov. 18-19 to discuss collaborative action across the globe in the fight against climate change, Schwarzenegger said. "This international summit will bring together world leaders to develop creative, collaborative actions to advance the global climate agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that will be negotiated in Poland in December and in Copenhagen next year," the governor said.
- 2008/11/11: FDNM: Alaska permafrost study reveals larger global warming problem
- 2008/11/10: Guardian(UK): Rising methane levels are cause for concern
How long until these carbon footprint labels are on all merchandise?
- 2008/11/10: CSM: Are you ready to go on a carbon diet? British retailer displays 'carbon footprint' label on everyday items. US retailers are hesitant to follow.
Late comment on the solar cycle:
- 2008/11/13: ArxivBlog: And here is the sunspot forecast…
- 2008/11/12: SciDaily: Sun Shows Signs Of Life: Long-Awaited Solar Cycle 24 Starting To Take Off
- 2008/11/11: NASA: The Sun Shows Signs of Life
- 2008/11/10: NatureTGB: Mourning the mini-Maunder minimum
- 2008/11/10: PhysOrg: The Sun Shows Signs of Life
After two-plus years of few sunspots, even fewer solar flares, and a generally eerie calm, the sun is finally showing signs of life. "I think solar minimum is behind us," says sunspot forecaster David Hathaway of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
- 2008/11/13: Yale360: The Greenhouse Gas That Nobody Knew [NF3]
The food crisis remains a top story:
- 2008/11/14: AllAfrica: FinGaz: Zimbabwe: 'Hunger is Now in Our Living Rooms'
- 2008/11/12: AllAfrica: SW Radio: Zimbabwe: UN Cuts Food Aid, as Widespread Starvation Takes Hold
- 2008/11/12: AllAfrica: IRIN: Zimbabwe: Less Food for More Mouths
- 2008/11/11: UN: Zimbabwe: UN cuts back food aid to millions amid serious funding crisis
- 2008/11/11: BBC: The UN food agency says it has had to start cutting rations to 4m people in Zimbabwe because of a lack of funds
The conflict between biofuel and food persists:
- 2008/11/12: DotEarth: Can Seven Billion Grow Food and Fuel Too?
- 2008/11/11: GristMill: Feed a company, starve a country — Monsanto purchased a Brazilian sugarcane ethanol company for $290 million
- 2008/11/10: NewScientist: Corn-fed animals fuel America
And how are we going to feed 9 billion?
- 2008/11/16: Guardian(UK): Fruit and veg boom needed to feed Britain
- 2008/11/14: EarthTimes: Locusts threaten Australia's wheat harvest
- 2008/11/13: SciDaily: Drought Tolerant Plants? New Technique Enables Assessment Of Drought Performance
- 2008/11/10: WiredSci: Fast Food: Just Another Name for Corn
- 2008/11/12: EarthTimes: Call for global fight against wheat killer [wheat stem rust disease strain Ug99]
- 2008/11/10: ASAgronomy: Tillage, Rotation Impacts Peanut Crops
A new study in Agronomy Journal shows the differing effects of tillage practice and rotation on peanut crop yield and the development of pests
- 2008/11/10: SwissInfo: Farmers expected to do more for climate
The government has called for a significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from Switzerland's agricultural sector
- 2008/11/13: Wunderground: Disturbance 95L will bring heavy rains to the Bahamas Friday
- 2008/11/12: Wunderground: Tropical Atlantic quiet; Southern California fire event possible Friday
- 2008/11/11: Maribo: Cuba survives Hurricane Paloma
- 2008/11/09: TerraDaily: Paloma weakens to tropical storm as it passes over Cuba
- 2008/11/10: Wunderground: Category 4 Paloma pounds the Cayman Islands, heads to Cuba
- 2008/11/10: Wunderground: Paloma dies; Cayman Brac and Cuba hard-hit
- 2008/11/09: EarthTimes: Weakening Paloma blows through Cuba
While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:
- 2008/11/16: PhysOrg: Left untouched, world's largest mangrove forest recovering fast
The world's largest mangrove forest is recovering fast from one of the worst disasters in its history, a year after it was badly damaged by a devastating cyclone, Bangladesh officials say. The Sundarbans bore the brunt when Cyclone Sidr — packing winds of up to 250 kilometres (150 miles) an hour — slammed into southern Bangladesh on November 15, 2007, killing over 3,500 people and wiping out thousands of villages.
- 2008/11/11: OLJ: A hurricane of disenchantment [US & Cuba]
As for GHGs:
- 2008/11/12: ABC(Au): Japan emissions hit record high in 2007/08
- 2008/11/12: Tamino: CO2 Blip
- 2008/11/12: Telegraph(UK): Greenhouse gases could rise 45 per cent, IEA say
- 2008/11/09: ClimateP: Stabilize at 350 ppm or risk ice-free planet, warn NASA, Yale, Sheffield, Versailles, Boston et al
And in the carbon cycle:
- 2008/11/13: PhysOrg: Corralling the carbon cycle [carbonyl sulfide]
- 2008/11/13: PhysOrg: Mysterious Microbe Plays Important Role in Ocean Ecology
- 2008/11/13: Eureka: Corralling the carbon cycle
Scientists may have overcome a major hurdle to calculating how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is absorbed and released by plants, vital information for understanding how the biosphere responds to stress and for determining the amount of carbon that can be safely emitted by human activities. The problem is that ecosystems simultaneously take up and release CO2. The key finding is that the compound carbonyl sulfide, which plants consume in tandem with CO2, can be used to quantify gas flow into the plants during photosynthesis.
- 2008/11/13: ClimateP: Sixth warmest October on record?
- 2008/11/12: ENN: 2008 set to be about 10th warmest year: expert
- 2008/11/11: ClimateP: The hottest October on record?
- 2008/11/11: NASA:EO: Correcting Ocean Cooling
- 2008/11/11: RealClimate: Mountains and molehills [temps]
Yes we have feedbacks:
- 2008/11/10: TerraDaily: Land's Greenness Affects Monsoon Rains' Strength
The ozone layer is still under threat:
- 2008/11/10: GreenGrok: The Ozone Hole Remains
While in the paleoclimate:
- 2008/11/10: Eureka: Sedimentary records link Himalayan erosion rates and monsoon intensity through time — Data from seafloor drilling in South China Sea establish new record [23 mya]
Glaciers are melting:
- 2008/11/15: TreeHugger: KQED Visits Yosemite's Shrinking Dana Glacier to See the Effects of Climate Change First-Hand
- 2008/11/15: ABC(Au): Himalayan glaciers 'could disappear by 2035'
- 2008/11/12: EarthTimes: Nepal's Himalayan glaciers at risk due to global warming
- 2008/11/11: ENN: Himalayan glaciers may disappear by 2035
Meanwhile in near earth orbit:
- 2008/11/14: ESA: Value of satellites recognised for conserving wetlands
- 2008/11/13: PhysOrg: Measuring water from space
- 2008/11/13: PhysOrg: SHIMMER [Spatial Heterodyne Imager for Mesospheric Radicals] successfully observes Earth's highest clouds
- 2008/11/12: CBC: Ottawa firm harnesses gravity to probe ice-bound Antarctic mountains
More GW impacts are being seen:
- 2008/11/16: Telegraph(UK): The animals and plants we cannot live without
From the Amazon rainforests to the frozen ice fields of the arctic, animals, plants and insects are disappearing at alarming rates from pollution, habitat loss, climate change and hunting.
- 2008/11/14: KC: Climate change brings Kansans dire prediction
- 2008/11/14: Lansner: Global warming may imperil $2.5 trillion in California real estate
- 2008/11/14: NatureN: Marine dead zones set to expand rapidly — Rising carbon dioxide levels will make oceans more hostile to life.
- 2008/11/14: MongaBay: Climate change will cost California billions
- 2008/11/13: BBerg: California Property Worth $2.5 Trillion Faces Climate Damage
- 2008/11/14: ENN: California gets dire warning on global warming
- 2008/11/15: SciDaily: Impact Of Climate Warming On Fish
- 2008/11/13: ABC(Au): Global warming impact on plants
Tasmanian researchers are warning that many plant species are on the verge of disappearing because global warming is reducing the main nutrient in plant growth.
- 2008/11/12: Eureka: Global warming link to amphibian declines in doubt
- 2008/11/12: PeakEnergy: CSIRO warns of climate change doomsday
- 2008/11/11: McClatchyDC: Report: Greenhouse gases imperil oceans' web of life
- 2008/11/12: CBC: Southern Ocean close to acid tipping point, researchers say
- 2008/11/11: ABC(Au): Wine regions study warns on climate change
- 2008/11/10: PhysOrg: Report: Greenhouse gases imperil oceans' web of life
- 2008/11/11: ABC(Au): Southern Ocean close to acid tipping point
- 2008/11/10: CrossCut: How climate change is affecting Mount Rainier
And then there are the world's forests:
- 2008/11/16: DailyIndia: Household brands like Kit Kat, Dove soaps 'wrecking Asian rainforests'
- 2008/11/12: RegisterGuard: Scientists ordered to stop forest research
- 2008/11/12: CanWest: Reasons to save the forests — Vancouver firm's mandate is to restore and protect land essential to climate change mitigation
A Vancouver-based company that repairs broken ecosystems sees a bright future in carbon offsets. Robert Falls, CEO of Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc., says he believes that his firm will get a major boost from a September meeting in New York — Protecting Rainforest Communities and Our Climate, which focused on the impact of deforestation on global warming.
- 2008/11/15: Maribo: Tracking changes in CO2
Climate refugees are becoming an issue:
- 2008/11/12: SlashDot: As Seas Rise, Maldives Seek To Buy a New Homeland
- 2008/11/11: DotEarth: Maldive Islanders to Save for a New Home
- 2008/11/11: IHT: Maldives considers buying dry land if seas rise
- 2008/11/11: NewScientist:SSS: Five nations under threat from climate change
- 2008/11/10: AFTIC: Climate change refugees from five nations
- 2008/11/10: DeSmogBlog: Island Nation Gives the Housing Bubble a Whole New Meaning
- 2008/11/11: PeakEnergy: Maldivians Looking To Buy A New Homeland
- 2008/11/11: SMH: Maldives to buy new homeland as sea levels rise
- 2008/11/11: Guardian(UK): The last days of paradise
The president of the Maldives wants to buy a new home for all 300,000 of his people, to save them from rising sea levels. But where on earth could they go?
- 2008/11/10: MongaBay: Facing extinction from rising seas, Maldives establishes fund to buy homeland abroad
- 2008/11/10: OilChange: Paradise Lost [Maldives]
- 2008/11/10: BBC: Plan for new Maldives homeland
The president-elect of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, says he wants to buy a new homeland for his people. He says that the gradual rise in sea levels caused by global warming means the Maldives islanders may eventually be forced to resettle elsewhere. The Maldives is the lowest nation in the world. Its highest land is little more than two metres above sea level.
- 2008/11/10: CBC: Maldives saving to buy new homeland, says incoming president
- 2008/11/10: Guardian(UK): Paradise almost lost: Maldives seek to buy a new homeland
The Maldives will begin to divert a portion of the country's billion-dollar annual tourist revenue into buying a new homeland – as an insurance policy against climate change that threatens to turn the 300,000 islanders into environmental refugees, the country's first democratically elected president [Mohamed Nasheed] has told the Guardian.
- 2008/11/16: CNN: Firefighters hoping for a break from gusty winds
Los Angeles wildfire only 20 percent contained on Sunday, officials say – 14,000 acres burned in San Fernando Valley; 10,000 people forced from their homes – Two other fires burning in Orange County – Fire in Santa Barbara County largely under control after burning 100 homes
- 2008/11/15: AP: Hungry LA fires reduce hundreds of homes to ash
- 2008/11/15: Reuters: Los Angeles ringed by wildfires
- 2008/11/16: Guardian(UK): Thousands ordered to flee homes as wildfires sweep into Los Angeles
- 2008/11/15: CNN: Fire threat prompts rolling blackouts in Los Angeles
Fire puts power lines at risk, Los Angeles mayor says – More than 10,000 people forced from homes; 6,500 acres burned – Firefighting planes, helicopters grounded amid 80-mph gusts – Most freeways in the San Fernando Valley are closed
- 2008/11/15: Wunderground: Fierce Santa Ana winds continue to fan Southern California fires
- 2008/11/15: BBC: A wildfire whipped up by near-hurricane force winds has forced thousands to flee their homes in the northern foothill suburbs of Los Angeles
- 2008/11/15: CBC: Strong winds fuel new fire north of Los Angeles
- 2008/11/14: BBC: Fire destroys California mansions — A wildfire has engulfed at least 100 homes in Montecito, an exclusive enclave near Santa Barbara, California, and forced thousands of people to flee
- 2008/11/14: CNN: More than 100 homes burned in California blaze
Around 150 homes damaged or destroyed; 5,000 ordered to evacuate – Man dies during evacuation but unclear if death related to fire – State of emergency declared in Santa Barbara County – Three people suffer burns, 10 smoke inhalation
- 2008/11/14: Wunderground: Santa Ana winds fan damaging Califonia fire; Bahamas disturbance 95L fizzles
- 2008/11/14: NBCLA: 13 People Injured, 100 Homes Destroyed in Montecito Blaze
Speaking of floods & droughts:
- 2008/11/16: TreeHugger: Good Growing Regions Drying Up in Turkey
- 2008/11/11: ClimateP: How dry I am: Droughts and desalination, another amplifying feedback
- 2008/11/11: DotEarth: The Southwest in the Anthropocene
On the mitigation front, consider transportation & GHG production:
- 2008/11/14: TechDirt: Online Carpooling Service Fined For Unregulated Transportation
- 2008/11/11: EarthTimes: Air New Zealand announces test flight using new [jatropha] biofuel
- 2008/11/11: SLO: Amtrak routes hit record ridership in 2008, San Diego to SLO route tops charts
While in the endless quest for sustainable building codes:
- 2008/11/10: GristMill: In search of an urban plan — How design must change in a warming, oil-scarce world
- 2008/11/10: Oregonian: Energy efficiency moving into homes — In a lousy market, some builders are banking on houses that save on power
As for carbon sequestration:
- 2008/11/12: EurActiv: EU offered plan to commercialise carbon capture
- 2008/11/12: ENN: Farmers should be paid to protect 'carbon banks', says National Trust
- 2008/11/12: DerSpiegel: Is Carbon Capture and Storage the Fix?
- 2008/11/10: NineMSN: Carbon dioxide to be stored under seabed
Millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide could soon be stored deep underground under new laws designed to help tackle climate change. The Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008 and related bills passed the Senate with several technical opposition amendments. The bill authorises the transportation by pipeline and storage of greenhouse gas in deep geological formations under the seabed.
- 2008/11/11: NewScientist:SSS: Geoengineering as a back-up plan
- 2008/11/12: FTimes: The hottest thinking on climate change
- 2008/11/12: TerraDaily: World Needs Climate Emergency Backup Plan
While on the adaptation front:
- 2008/11/11: Eureka: 'Arid aquaculture' among livelihoods promoted to relieve worsening pressure on world's drylands
4-year study calls for urgent reforms to avert further desertification threatening 'poorest of the poor' worldwide
- 2008/11/11: CBC: Fish farms among new chances for arid nations
Meanwhile in the journals:
- 2008/11/14: ACP: Diurnal variations in the UV albedo of arctic snow by O. Meinander et al.
- 2008/11/14: ACP: Observations of the mesospheric semi-annual oscillation (MSAO) in water vapour by Odin/SMR by S. Lossow et al.
- 2008/11/13: ACP: The travel-related carbon dioxide emissions of atmospheric researchers by A. Stohl
- 2008/11/13: ACP: Diurnal temperature range over Europe between 1950 and 2005 by K. Makowski et al.
- 2008/11/14: ACPD: The governing processes and timescales of stratosphere-to-troposphere transport and its contribution to ozone in the Arctic troposphere by Q. Liang et al.
- 2008/11/14: ACPD: Evidence for ice particles in the tropical stratosphere from in-situ measurements by M. de Reus et al.
- 2008/11/14: ACPD: Identifying convective transport of carbon monoxide by comparing remotely sensed observations from TES with cloud modeling simulations by J. J. Halland et al.
- 2008/11/13: ACPD: A new analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases: sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons by A. Stohl et al.
- 2008/11/13: CP: Reconstructing glacier-based climates of LGM Europe and Russia — Part 3: Comparison with previous climate reconstructions by R. Allen et al.
- 2008/11/13: CP: Reconstructing glacier-based climates of LGM Europe and Russia — Part 2: A dataset of LGM precipitation/temperature relations derived from degree-day modelling of palaeo glaciers by R. Allen et al.
- 2008/11/13: CP: Reconstructing glacier-based climates of LGM Europe and Russia — Part 1: Numerical modelling and validation methods by R. Allen et al.
- 2008/11/13: TC: The equilibrium flow and mass balance of the Taku Glacier, Alaska 1950-2006 by M. S. Pelto et al.
- 2008/11/12: PNAS: Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders by K. R. N. Anthony et al.
- 2008/11/12: PNAS: Evaluating the links between climate, disease spread, and amphibian declines by Jason R. Rohr et al.
- 2008/11/12: PNAS: In situ carbonation of peridotite for CO2 storage by Peter B. Kelemen & Jürg Matter
- 2008/11/11: ACP: Influence of future air pollution mitigation strategies on total aerosol radiative forcing by S. Kloster et al.
- 2008/11/10: ACP: Airborne in-situ measurements of vertical, seasonal and latitudinal distributions of carbon dioxide over Europe by Ch. Gurk et al.
Before we get into politics, there was some science done:
- 2008/11/14: UIowa: UI researchers help to improve carbon measurements in global climate studies
- 2008/11/13: BBC: New radar helps predict rainfall — A team of Oxfordshire scientists have developed new technology which will help forecast rain more accurately
- 2008/11/12: TerraDaily: Sedimentary Records Link Himalayan Erosion Rates And Monsoon Intensity
- 2008/11/11: SciDaily: Clouds Can Predict Climate Changes
More Hansen:
- 2008/11/10: CSW: NASA's James Hansen, et al, on what's needed to avoid a total ice-melt on Earth
A missive from the Pielke fan clubbe:
- 2008/11/10: Stoat: He's mad!
Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:
- 2008/11/14: BBerg: Europe, Japan Face $46 Billion Global-Warming Penalty
And on the Kyoto-2 front:
- 2008/11/14: SciAm: Updating the Science of Global Warming: A Q&A with Marine Biologist Katherine Richardson
An international climate change congress aims to gather the world's top scientists to update the book on global warming When the world's governments gather in December 2009 in Copenhagen to negotiate a treaty to restrain global greenhouse gas emissions, the science on which they base their decision could be as much as four years out of date. The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) offered its synthesis of existing research in February 2007 and it was based on studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals only through 2005. Stepping into that gap — at the request of the Danish government — will be the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change, a collection of the world's top scientists and economists set to meet in Copenhagen in March 2009 to deliver an updated state of the science on global warming.
- 2008/11/14: NatureN: An uncertain climate for change — Jonathan Lash of the World Resources Institute talks about the rocky road to the Copenhagen climate-change summit
- 2008/11/14: NatureCF: Pre-Poznan: China makes the first move — rich nations should earmark a wopping 1% of their GDP to help the developing world tackle climate change
- 2008/11/12: Yomiuri: All eyes on emerging nations / CO2 emission cuts hinge on countries' classification, cooperation
Negotiations for cutting greenhouse gas emissions are expected to move into high gear in Poland next month with the U.N.-sponsored 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) to the world body's Framework Convention on Climate Change. The talks will center on forging a new framework to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which stipulates reduction targets for carbon dioxide and other global warming gases for the period from 2008 to 2012.
- 2008/11/10: EurActiv: Climate justice to guide global deal?
Parliamentarians, business and civil society representatives have called for a "human dimension" based on justice and dignity to be taken into account during upcoming climate change negotiations in Poznan' this December.
- 2008/11/08: Xinhuanet: UN announces Beijing Declaration on climate change
- 2008/11/08: MENAFN: Saudi minister stresses need to focus on cleaner energy
Saudi Arabia has affirmed its commitment to the principles laid down by the UN convention on climatic change and support to the technological research and development in the field of cleaner energy and better environment.
- 2008/11/13: NEN: Yale says emissions markets will be big
- 2008/11/10: ENN: Africa left behind in Kyoto carbon offset trade: experts
- 2008/11/10: SciDaily: Emerging Carbon Finance Market Will Play Critical Role In Addressing Climate Change, Experts Say
The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:
- 2008/11/12: GristMill: Against a gas tax — Why taxes can't get us where we need to go on transportation
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:
- 2008/11/16: SciDaily: [MIT] Analysis Shows How Cap-and-trade Plans Can Cut Greenhouse Emissions
- 2008/11/13: MIT News: MIT analysis shows how cap-and-trade plans can cut greenhouse emissions
- 2008/11/13: PhysOrg: MIT analysis shows how cap-and-trade plans can cut greenhouse emissions
- 2008/11/13: GristMill: Coal is different — If we try cap-and-trade systems, we have to handle coal separately
- 2008/11/13: PortlandTrib: Devil's in the details? To work, complexities of carbon cap, trade system must be ironed out [WCI]
Meanwhile on the international political front:
- 2008/11/14: NOAANews: United States, Canada Begin New Climate Data-Sharing Agreement
And on the American political front:
- 2008/11/14: SF Gate: Schwarzenegger orders climate change strategy
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday ordered state agencies to begin preparing for the projected impacts of global warming on California's economy, people and natural resources. The executive order calls on state officials to develop a "comprehensive climate adaption strategy" to cope with rising sea levels, higher temperatures, increased flooding, changing precipitation patterns and more extreme weather events.
- 2008/11/14: REA: Investment in Renewables Will Lead to US Economic Recovery, Leaders Say
- 2008/11/14: GreenGrok: Isn't It About Time for a U.S. Renewable Energy Standard?
- 2008/11/14: ClimateP: Q: Does Dingell-Boucher have meaningful auctioning of CO2 permits before 2026?
A: No.
- 2008/11/13: EnergyBulletin: Spoof New York Times has new vision for America
- 2008/11/13: GristMill: [Dessler] Energy vs. climate — Climate change and peak oil point us toward the same policies
- 2008/11/13: ClimateP: Bingaman expresses doubts about rip-offsets
- 2008/11/12: ClimateP: Why is our energy policy so lame? Ask the three GOP stooges.
- 2008/11/13: GristMill: Epic fail: democracy edition — The demise of California's Measure T is bad news for the environment
- 2008/11/12: IHT: US senator [Bingaman] says Congress delays global warming law
Congress will not act until 2010 on a bill to limit the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming despite President-elect Obama's declaration that he will move quickly to deal with climate change, the chairman of the Senate Energy Committee predicted Wednesday. Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman said that while every effort should be made to cap greenhouse gases, the economic crisis, the transition to a new administration and the complexity of setting up a nationwide market for carbon pollution permits preclude action in 2009.
- 2008/11/13: WSJ:EnvCap: Renewable Energy: California Says It Won't Be Cheap or Easy
- 2008/11/11: NatureCF: Energy vs Climate: A surprising confluence of goals [Dessler]
- 2008/11/11: GristMill: Homegrown — New report suggests that half of U.S. states could meet their energy needs with in-state resources
- 2008/11/10: TruthDig: America the Illiterate
- 2008/11/10: ClimateP: New GOP energy message — same as the old GOP energy message
- 2008/11/10: TreeHugger: What's Next? The Environmental Movement Post-Election
- 2008/11/09: LA Times: Energy and Sacramento — The Legislature has to take action on renewable energy.
The EPA appeal board has ruled future coal plants must take CO2 into consideration:
- 2008/11/15: GristMill: It's a bonanza! Coal stocks drop in wake of EPA Bonanza decision
- 2008/11/15: GWWatch: EPA ruling gives Obama clean slate to build the clean economy
- 2008/11/14: TreeHugger: Coal's Darkest Hour Comes Just Before EPAs New Dawn
- 2008/11/14: WSJ:EnvCap: Burned: EPA Rules Against Coal Plant; Now What?
- 2008/11/15: AfterGutenberg: Coal Plants Must Limit C02
- 2008/11/13: USAToday: Coal power plants may have to limit emissions
About 100 proposed coal-fired power plants in the USA may be required to limit their greenhouse gas emissions after the Environmental Protection Agency was blocked Thursday from issuing a permit for a proposed Utah plant without addressing the issue of global warming. The EPA's appeals board said the agency didn't adequately justify its decision last year not to require controls for carbon dioxide emissions when it tentatively issued a permit for Deseret Power Electric Cooperative's planned coal plant near Vernal, Utah. The panel sent the case back to the EPA's regional office to determine whether CO{-2} constraints are required. It said it recognizes "this is an issue of national scope that has implications far beyond this" permit.
- 2008/11/13: ThinkP: EPA review panel blocks construction of new coal-fired power plant
- 2008/11/13: TP:WonkRoom: EPA Appeals Board Strikes Down Construction Of New Coal-Fired Power Plant
- 2008/11/13: Time: Environmentalists Win Big EPA Ruling
- 2008/11/14: GristMill: Is that a Bonanza in your docket? EPA board freezes construction of new coal-fired power plants in U.S.
- 2008/11/14: WarmingLaw: A "Bonanza" of a Ruling Against "Clean" Coal
- 2008/11/14: HillHeat: EPA Appeals Board Strikes Down Construction Of New Coal-Fired Power Plant
- 2008/11/13: ERabett: Calling Jim Hansen [EPA Appeals Board coal ruling]
- 2008/11/14: ClimateP: Coal stocks hit as reality of climate and EPA ruling finally sets in
- 2008/11/13: ClimateP: No new coal plants without "Best Available Control Technology" for CO2
Obama speculation & commentary remains rife:
- 2008/11/14: NewScientist: How fast can Obama fix US environment policy?
- 2008/11/13: BBerg: Obama Is Key to Global Climate Agreement, Danish Official Says
- 2008/11/13: EnergyBulletin: Obama's secret door to peak oil
- 2008/11/13: GristMill: November train — How investing in transit could save Obama's butt
- 2008/11/12: NatureCF: Energy under President Obama
- 2008/11/12: BBerg: Obama to Act Quickly on Global Warming in 2009 [Jason Grumet]
- 2008/11/12: Reuters: Obama will act quickly on climate change: adviser [Jason Grumet]
- 2008/11/12: CSM: A closer look at Obama's energy plan — Economy may slow it, but 'green' jobs may grow it
- 2008/11/13: OilChange: As Obama says "Yes" to Action on Climate, Gore Says "No" to Obama
- 2008/11/13: Guardian(UK): Obama's message to the world: we will act quickly on climate change
- 2008/11/12: Pf&Ph: APS To Sit Down With Obama's Transition Team This Friday
- 2008/11/12: ClimateP: Obama to move swiftly on energy, climate — [transition co-chairman, John] Podesta
- 2008/11/11: GristMill: Transition talk: Getting down to business — More speculation, and real news from the Obama transition team
- 2008/11/11: GristMill: Coalbama — The Obama administration's coal-related appointments: worth watching
- 2008/11/12: OilChange: Barack Beware of the "Friendly Barrels" of Tar Sands
- 2008/11/12: BostonGlobe: Inspiration for climate change
[…] Will the environment and energy team of President-elect Obama respond effectively to the serious challenges that lie ahead? Or will the corporate lobbyists who filled so many key environmental positions in the Bush administration simply be replaced by strident advocates from the other end of the political spectrum? Will ideology trump reason?
- 2008/11/11: NatureN: Climate first for Obama transition team — Appointments to key energy positions should reveal the new president's priorities
- 2008/11/11: GristMill: President Obama, meet King Corn — Will new prez toe the agribiz line on food policy?
- 2008/11/10: DotEarth: More Earthly Advice for Obama
- 2008/11/10: GristMill: The end of stasis and rot — Tardy reflections on the election of Barack Obama
- 2008/11/10: GristMill: Going up? Part 4 — Michael Pollan and other food authors and activists offer their elevator pitches for Obama
- 2008/11/10: GristMill: Going up? Part 3 — Environmental leaders offer their elevator pitches for Obama
- 2008/11/09: CSW: Obama: "I will never sanction any attempt to subvert the work of scientists."
- 2008/11/10: WorldChanging: President Obama's Big Climate Challenge [Bill McKibben]
- 2008/11/10: ENN: UN climate chief seeks Obama input in December talks
- 2008/11/09: TD: Obama's Toughest Challenge — America's Energy Crunch Comes Home
The Dingell vs. Waxman contest for chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee is ongoing:
- 2008/11/14: OilChange: Help Defeat Dingell "the Dinosaur"
- 2008/11/14: TP:WonkRoom: Dingell Pledges His Cooperation To Progressive Climate Priniciples
- 2008/11/14: GristMill: More Energy and Commerce drama — Rep. Dingell's supporters upset House Speaker
- 2008/11/14: GristMill: Dingell damage control — More on the battle with Henry Waxman over the House Energy and Commerce committee
- 2008/11/13: GristMill: Notable quotable — Is defending an industry against modernity really good for it? [Dingell & Waxman]
- 2008/11/10: GristMill: Dingell jangle — House Dems taking sides in Dingell/Waxman battle
- 2008/11/11: TP:WonkRoom: Dingell's Climate Plan Is A Good Start, but Not Good Enough
- 2008/11/10: GristMill: Waxman v. Dingell — Why polluter lobbyists are rallying to protect 'Tailpipe Johnny'
- 2008/11/10: TP:WonkRoom: Dingell's Supporters Backed By Pollution Industry
- 2008/11/09: TP:WonkRoom: Pollution Industry Says 'It's Scary' To Think Of Waxman In Charge Of Climate Legislation
The Bush administration midnight regulation changes has come in for continued scrutiny:
- 2008/11/15: TreeHugger: Legislative Strategy, Constitutional Duty, Keys To Overturning Bush Administration "Midnight Regs"
- 2008/11/11: DerSpiegel: Bush's War on Science — The Stalin Era for Environmental Protection
- 2008/11/03: OMBWatch: Watching out for Midnight Regulations
The Bush administration DOE wants to terminate a long-term forestry experiment:
- 2008/11/11: KSJT: What to do with pioneering CO2 forestry experiment when the feds say plow it up
- 2008/11/11: PhysOrg: Gov't wants to change course of forest experiments
- 2008/11/11: CBC: U.S. government nixes forest experiments; scientists upset
For more than a decade, the U.S. government has spent millions of dollars pumping elevated levels of carbon dioxide into small groups of trees to test how forests will respond to global warming in the next 50 years. Some scientists believe they are on the cusp of receiving key results from the time-consuming experiments. The U.S. Department of Energy, however, which is funding the project, has told the scientists to chop down the trees, collect the data and move on to new research.
- 2008/11/09: GristMill: Poll dancing — Election-week polls find voters support both clean energy and offshore drilling
- 2008/11/10: Stoat: Paradox of flying to meetings to protect the environment
The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:
- 2008/11/13: HuffPo: Gore Rejects "Climate Czar" Post
- 2008/11/10: CommonTragedies: Questions for the Goreacle [on the 100% renewable electricity in 10 years plan]
- 2008/11/11: DeSmogBlog: Al Gore: Enivornmental Solutions Equals Economic Solutions
- 2008/11/09: ClimateP: Gore lays out his energy and climate plan, disses "clean coal"
- 2008/11/10: GristMill: Al-ed — Al Gore offers a five-part plan for solving the climate and financial crises
- 2008/11/09: NYT: The Climate for Change by Al Gore
- 2008/11/10: Guardian(UK): Gore urges US to try for 100% renewable energy within a decade
While in the UK:
- 2008/11/14: Guardian(UK): Life vests for polar bears on melting ice [UK PR campaign]
- 2008/11/12: inel: 11 Nov 2008 Heathrow debate – press clippings and links
- 2008/11/12: BBC: Some energy experts … warn the UK could face an unacceptable risk of major blackouts in less than 10 years unless policy is improved.
- 2008/11/11: Guardian(UK): Capital ideas by Ken Livingstone
Boris's errors must be exposed: I've set up a new forum to challenge him on a range of issues vital to the city's future
- 2008/11/12: EnvFin: France eyes EU ETS compromise to appease Polish rebellion
- 2008/11/14: DerSpiegel: EU Calls for Energy Supply Shake-up
- 2008/11/14: EurActiv: Fossil fuels central to EU's long-term energy security vision
The European Commission's Second Strategic Energy Review warns that net imports of fossil fuels will remain constant until 2020 despite EU efforts to move towards a 'low carbon' economy. Gas supply security takes centre stage in the review. "Net imports of fossil fuels are expected to stay at roughly today's levels in 2020 even when EU's climate and energy policies are fully implemented," the Commission says in a new 'action plan' on energy security and solidarity, released yesterday (13 November) in Brussels.
- 2008/11/14: NatureTGB: European environment and energy extravaganza!
- 2008/11/14: PlanetArk: Polish PM Says EU Nearing Climate Deal In Dec
- 2008/11/13: EarthTimes: EU must do more to achieve energy efficiency, Brussels says
- 2008/11/12: EurActiv: Existing climate actions 'not good enough', EU warned [by Johan Rockström, executive director of the Stockholm Environment Institute]
- 2008/11/10: Reuters: EU energy chief [Andris Piebalgs] backs $13 billion for carbon capture
- 2008/11/10: Google:AFP: Czech CEZ hopes crisis will stall EU climate package
- 2008/11/11: BBC: No time to dim efficiency ambitions
Leaders of EU nations will vote in December on measures to phase out the use of traditional incandescent light bulbs, explains Matt Prescott. But, in this week's Green Room, he says lobbying by the lighting industry could result in the 27-nation bloc dimming its ambitions on energy efficiency
- 2008/11/15: ABC(Au): About 2,000 people have marched through central Sydney as part of a national day of protest action on global warming
- 2008/11/15: ABC(Au): More than 1,000 people gathered on Perth's Cottesloe Beach today for a climate change protest
- 2008/11/15: ENN: Australians march against climate change
- 2008/11/15: TheAge: Thousands march to stop climate warming
- 2008/11/14: ABC(Au): Mayor fears for smelter workers' future under emissions scheme
Port Pirie Mayor Geoff Brock says people's livelihoods would be put at risk if the city's major employer, Nyrstar, is made non-viable under the proposed federal emissions trading scheme.
- 2008/11/14: ABC(Au): Paper industry attacks emissions trading scheme
The body representing the paper industry, A3P, has joined the attack on the carbon emissions trading scheme, saying it could lead to a loss of investments throughout the country.
- 2008/11/14: ABC(Au): Work begins on Queensland clean coal plant
- 2008/11/13: ABC(Au): Aird joins attack on Commonwealth
Tasmania's Treasurer, Michael Aird, has told Parliament the Federal Government's proposed emissions trading scheme has dire consequences for the state's export market
- 2008/11/13: ABC(Au): The South Australian Premier Mike Rann wants carbon emission exemptions for the world's largest zinc producer [Nyrstar]
- 2008/11/13: ABC(Au): Grant recognises energy efficient building
A new National Parks and Wildlife Service building in the Eurobodalla has been recognised for its radical energy savings.
- 2008/11/13: ABC(Au): Nyrstar fears job losses under carbon scheme
- 2008/11/13: Yahoo: Nyrstar says [Aus-ETS] carbon trading could shut smelters
- 2008/11/12: ABC(Au): The Federal Government has sparred with the Opposition in the Senate over the Government's proposed emissions trading scheme (ETS)
- 2008/11/12: ABC(Au): The owner of Hobart's zinc and lead smelter has warned it may have to close the plant if the Federal Government does not change its emissions trading scheme
- 2008/11/12: ABC(Au): The Queensland Minister for Mines and Energy, Geoff Wilson, has told Parliament work is about to begin on the first clean coal demonstration project
- 2008/11/13: ABC(Au): Smelter closure warnings show need for emissions trading scheme delay: [Federal] Opposition
The Federal Government says it will consider a warning from the world's largest zinc producer that it would be crippled by the proposed carbon emissions trading scheme.
- 2008/11/12: Guardian(UK): Outback [Simpson] desert closed to protect tourists – Three-and-a-half month ban to deter crossings – Summer temperatures forecast to reach 58C
- 2008/11/11: ABC(Au): Desert danger forces outback shutdown
The Simpson Desert in outback Australia is to be closed over summer for the first time, due to safety concerns. The conservation park and regional reserve, which covers more than 3.6 million hectares, will be closed from December 1 until March 15. Environment Department regional operations director in South Australia, Trevor Naismith, says extreme heat in the desert makes it dangerous for people to attempt crossings.
- 2008/11/11: SeedDaily: [Australian] Farmers Still No Closer To Understanding CPRS [Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme] Impacts On Agriculture
- 2008/11/11: SMH: 'Green your home' energy scheme urged
A federal parliamentary committee has recommended that a national scheme to pay people for generating environmentally friendly forms of energy at home should be introduced as quickly as possible. The Greens have criticised the finding because the committee's government members said the scheme should be developed in consultation with state and territory governments. "It is a recipe for making it never happen and everybody knows that," the Greens Senator Christine Milne said. Senator Milne said it was "absolutely imperative" the Federal Government bring in a national scheme. Creating one would be "exciting", because it would mean "everyone is able to become a renewable energy generator".
- 2008/11/10: ABC(Au): Heatwave planning on the agenda — Adelaide University will work on a national emergency response plan for heatwaves
- 2008/11/10: ABC(Au): Large cuts in carbon emissions possible soon: report
New research has found the Victorian Government's goal of halving carbon emissions by 2050 could easily be met 30 years earlier
- 2008/11/10: ABC(Au): The National Association of Forest Industries says some scientists have overestimated the amount of carbon stored in Australia's old-growth forests
- 2008/11/10: ABC(Au): Govt urged to toughen energy standards for appliances
An independent climate research body [Climate Institute] says Australian consumers should have better information about the energy efficiency of appliances.
- 2008/11/10: ABC(Au): American evangelical [Cizek] takes climate change crusade to Canberra
- 2008/11/10: ABC(Au): Geothermal firm in bid to build regional powerhouse
And in China:
- 2008/11/15: ClimateP: China: Me-too inspired consumerism replaces Mao-inspired conformity
- 2008/11/08: Xinhuanet: UN announces Beijing Declaration on climate change
While in Japan:
- 2008/11/12: TreeHugger: Japan Loses Home-Town Kyoto Advantage With Increased C02 Emissions
- 2008/11/12: Reuters: Japan CO2 hits record [high]
- 2008/11/11: BBerg: Japan Power Bourse to Start U.N. Carbon-Credit Trade on Nov. 17
- 2008/11/10: Reuters: Japan Bank [for International Cooperation] bolsters role as CO2 offset info provider
In Canada, there is a lot of post election adjustment going on:
- 2008/11/13: ABCiTO: Green, yes, but shift is now a profanity [Can pol]
- 2008/11/10: TStar: Shifting ground on climate change
The fall election results may clear the air — of carbon — on both sides of the border. During last month's Canadian campaign, Stephen Harper strongly denounced tougher restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions and called for "soft caps" rather than firm targets. By contrast, Barack Obama promised a "hard cap" on carbon in the U.S., with his campaign singling out the "dirty oil" emanating from Alberta's tar sands. Now, Canada's re-elected Prime Minister is shifting gears, recognizing that his weak plan wouldn't mesh with a tougher scheme south of the border. At the same time, America's president-elect is also recalibrating and placing greater emphasis on energy independence for the U.S. — which means relying on that dirty Canadian oil, after all.
- 2008/11/12: CtC: Proof: HarperCons Knew Biofuel a Bad Idea — They knew it and yet they still endorsed – and funded – biofuel production.
- 2008/11/12: NatPo: PM warned of biofuel problems
The Harper government was warned by experts at Environment Canada two years ago that a multi-billion-dollar plan to boost production of green fuels could cause more problems than benefits, Canwest News Service has learned.
- 2008/11/16: OttawaSun: Oil, well — Canada awaits Obama's word on oilsands
As the worsening economic crisis has Canadian business and government seeing red ink, the Conservatives' green plans are fading to grey. In an exclusive interview, Canada's newly appointed environment minister, Jim Prentice, made clear the green that matters most to the federal government these days doesn't grow on trees.
- 2008/11/14: IR^2: The Energy Return of Tar Sands
- 2008/11/10: DeSmogBlog: Canada's Oil Sands: $1.4 Trillion Worth of Trouble
- 2008/11/12: OilChange: Barack Beware of the "Friendly Barrels" of Tar Sands
- 2008/11/10: CBC: Environment minister to hear Fort Chipewyan health concerns
Alberta's environment minister [Rob Renner] is heading to Fort Chipewyan on Monday to meet with aboriginal chiefs and community leaders about complaints of high cancer rates. Since 1999, people in the community have complained about the high incidence of colon, liver, blood and bile-duct cancers — and many believe there is a connection with nearby oilsands developments. Elders in the community of roughly 1,200 say people started getting sick after major petroleum refineries started production near their homes on the southwestern tip of Lake Athabasca.
- 2008/11/10: CanWest: Oilsands value put at $1.5 trillion — Development brings environmental and other challenges, centre says
The wealth in Canada's oilsands, even taking into account the recent plunge in world oil prices, is nearly $1.5 trillion – more than four times the $342 billion officially estimated by Statistics Canada, argues a Canadian think-tank [Canadian Centre for the Study of Living Standards] in a report issued today.
- 2008/11/13: CanWest: [NDP leader Carole] James faces awkward details in plan to tax 'the big polluters'
New Democratic Party leader Carole James has promised to replace the carbon tax with an alternative, targeting "the big polluters." They'd be forced to invest in reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases below a government-imposed cap. Or they'd have to pay some sort of penalty — "essentially a tax," according to James — for exceeding the limits. The Opposition leader says her tax will apply to "all significant polluters," including "big industry" and the oil and gas sector.
- 2008/11/14: TechDirt: Online Carpooling Service Fined For Unregulated Transportation
- 2008/11/13: CanWest: Carbon 'farming' brings riches back to forests — Land values climb
- 2008/11/12: CBC: Nunavut setting energy efficiency, alternative power targets — Hydro, wind energy being explored as Nunavut cuts down on fossil fuel use
- 2008/11/12: Daveberta: Alberta could blow more than hot air. — While Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach continues his tour of Europe…
- 2008/11/10: CBC: Divide deepens on Nunavut polar bear management: minister
Nunavut's outgoing environment minister says he's worried that Inuit hunters are losing faith in the territory's polar bear co-management system, with some even threatening to set their own quotas if hunting quotas are tightened. […] Nunavut manages its polar bears with a system based on both Western science and Inuit traditional knowledge, but the two sides have been at odds in recent years over the health of polar bear populations.
- 2008/11/10: MR: Ecology and the Transition from Capitalism to Socialism
- 2008/11/11: PhysOrg: Reducing consumption key to a sustainable future [Limits to Growth, are still 'on-track']
- 2008/11/11: SciAlert: Seventies book predicted our future
Based on then ground-breaking modelling, the forecasts of global ecological and economic collapse by mid-century contained in the controversial 1972 book; The Limits to Growth, are still 'on-track' according to new CSIRO research. The Limits to Growth modelled scenarios for the future global economy and environment and recommended far reaching changes to the way we live to avoid disaster. In a paper published in the international journal; Global Environmental Change, CSIRO physicist Dr Graham Turner compares forecasts from the book with global data from the past 30 years. "The real-world data basically supports The Limits to Growth model," he says. "It shows that for the first 30 years of the model, the world has been tracking along the unsustainable trajectory of the book's business-as-usual scenario."
- 2008/11/14: GreenLeft: Climate change: Too many people?
As for how the media handles the science of climatology:
- 2008/11/14: CJR: Science Reporting By Press Release — An old problem grows worse in the digital age
Here is something for your library:
- 2008/11/14: TreeHugger: [Book Review] _The Sustainability Mirage: Illusion and Reality in the Coming War on Climate Change_ by John Foster
- 2008/11/11: EnergyBulletin: [Book Review] _The Long Descent: A User's Guide To The End Of The Industrial Age_ by John Michael Greer: Coming up short on reality?
Meanwhile among the 'Sue the Bastards!' contingent:
- 2008/11/11: WarmingLaw: Federal Judge Dismisses a Challenge to Federal Tax Credits for "Clean" Coal
Developing a new energy infrastructure is a fundamental challenge of the current generation:
- 2008/11/16: Guardian(UK): Britain's water mills given role in clean energy generation
- 2008/11/15: TreeHugger: Duke Energy Plans 5,000 Megawatts Of Wind Power For Wyoming
- 2008/11/15: TreeHugger: European Town Heats Up With Closed Coal Mine
- 2008/11/15: Scotsman: The race begins for tide power bonanza
- 2008/11/03: SciAm: Plasma Turns Garbage into Gas — Florida debuts its innovative in plasma technology, backed by Atlanta-based Geoplasma
- 2008/11/12: Inhabitat: Plasma Plants Will Vaporize Trash While Generating Energy
- 2008/11/14: ClimateP: A concentrated solar BACT for new coal?
- 2008/11/14: BCLSB: Alternative Energy & Grid Reliability
- 2008/11/13: WorldChanging: What Would An Optimistic Forecast for Renewable Energy Look Like?
- 2008/11/14: TreeHugger: First Nuclear Fusion by 2011? Still No Silver Bullet for Environmental Problems
- 2008/11/13: TreeHugger: Don't Call it a Wind Farm, It's an EcoPower Centre: Canada's Largest Wind Project (200 MW) Opens
- 2008/11/13: Yahoo: Oil prices follow Wall Street on wild ride — Oil prices steady after fall to near $50
- 2008/11/13: WSJ:EnvCap: Renewable Energy: California Says It Won't Be Cheap or Easy
- 2008/11/12: CBC: Nunavut setting energy efficiency, alternative power targets — Hydro, wind energy being explored as Nunavut cuts down on fossil fuel use
- 2008/11/13: SlashDot: Plasma Plants Vaporize Trash While Creating Energy
- 2008/11/11: JFleck: Mixing Solar and Coal
- 2008/11/12: TreeHugger: Battery Life Breakthrough — could extend lithium ion battery charge life up to 8 times current values
- 2008/11/12: WaPo: Study Points to Major Source of Natural Gas in Alaska [in the form of gas hydrates]
- 2008/11/12: NEN: Wind growth — no end in sight
- 2008/11/12: SFBG: Clean energy: the next moves — The bottom line is that this battle isn't over
- 2008/11/11: OregonLive: Sherman County farmers reap stability from wind
- 2008/11/12: BBC: Oil price slides to 20-month low
Oil prices have fallen to their lowest levels since the beginning of 2007, amid fears over lower energy demand and worsening economic prospects. US light sweet crude fell by $2.60 to $56.73 a barrel in New York before rebounding to $56.92. Brent crude dropped $2.27 to $53.44 a barrel. Oil prices have fallen about 60% after peaking at $147.27 a barrel in July.
- 2008/11/12: BRitholtz: Crude Oil = $57
- 2008/11/10: DotEarth: If You Love Wind (and Solar)…
- 2008/11/10: GristMill: [Klare] Obama's toughest challenge — America's energy crunch comes home
- 2008/11/10: AlterNet: The Energy Challenge of Our Lifetime
- 2008/11/10: NYT: Report Calls for Overhaul of Power Grid to Handle Sun and Wind Power
- 2008/11/10: PeakEnergy: Geothermal Power In Queensland
- 2008/11/10: PeakEnergy: The Energy Challenge of Our Lifetime
Meanwhile among the solar aficionados:
- 2008/11/14: TreeHugger: 25% Efficiency: SolFocus Introduces New Concentrating Solar PV Product
- 2008/11/13: PhysOrg: New research expected to improve laser devices and make photovoltaics more efficient
- 2008/11/10: CleanBreak: Morgan Solar shows tremendous promise
- 2008/11/12: GristMill: Guten Morgan — A potentially game-changing development in concentrated solar PV
- 2008/11/12: PeakEnergy: Better Plastic Solar Cells
- 2008/11/11: Reuters: Utilities to test solar power at traditional plants
A U.S. utility group announced on Monday a plan to test adding solar thermal energy to natural gas and coal-fired power plants in a move designed to cut fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions. The Electric Power Research Institute said Dynegy Inc and NV Energy will host case studies of the technology at natural gas plants in Arizona and Nevada, respectively.
- 2008/11/11: GristMill: Meet the Boomers — What's the best way to phase out the huge fleet of aging coal plants?
- 2008/11/11: NEN: From the frontlines of the war on coal
There is a war going on against coal in the U.S. and around the world. It is becoming clear most of what is propagandized about coal from the industry is intentionally misleading. Coal is not abundant, cheap or clean. It is dangerous to humans, animals and the environment. And it is not necessary.
- 2008/11/14: CSM: Kenya taps into Brazil's ethanol expertise
- 2008/11/13: PhysOrg: Montana researchers to study algae as a source of biofuel
- 2008/11/12: AutoBG: State of the ethanol nation will be solid, but it's tough now
- 2008/11/12: Slate: The Corn Isn't Green — The real reason ethanol won't — and can't — cut American oil imports.
- 2008/11/11: CCurrents: The Corn Who Would Be King
- 2008/10/29: Times(UK): Biofuels debate [Q&A with Rob Routs, Executive Director, Shell]
- 2008/11/10: Yahoo: Greenpeace stops palm oil shipments from leaving Indonesia
- 2008/11/10: UIUC: Ethanol will curb farm income until economy rebounds, economist says
- 2008/11/10: PeakEnergy: Algae Biodiesel In Australia
The nuclear energy controversy continues:
- 2008/11/14: DerSpiegel: Power Company Gives Consumers the Nuclear Option
A new offer from German power company RWE allows consumers for the first time to select a zero-carbon energy scheme fueled mostly by nuclear sources. But as Germany erupts in anti-nuclear protests, the company may be courting a backlash.
- 2008/11/12: Yahoo: The US nuclear waste issue — solved [interim storage]
- 2008/11/10: Reuters: Total sees nuclear energy for growth after peak oil
Yes we have a peak oil sighting:
- 2008/11/13: JFleck: The Peak Oil-Climate Linkage
- 2008/11/13: FCNP: The Peak Oil Crisis: The First Rule of Holes
- 2008/11/12: WSJ:EnvCap: Peak Oil: Get Ready for the Oil-Supply Crunch, IEA Says
- 2008/11/10: OilDrum: Jeremy Leggett discusses the UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security
- 2008/11/11: PeakEnergy: Total: Peak Oil Before 2020
And then there is the matter of efficiency & conservation:
- 2008/11/13: PhysOrg: Water heater choice and maintenance can reduce energy costs
Between 16 and 18 percent of home energy is used to generate hot water, so hot water tank maintenance can pay big dividends on your energy bill.
- 2008/11/14: AutoBG: U.S. cars still polluting tons more than Europe or Japan
- 2008/11/10: TreeHugger: 7 Electric Motorcycles You Must See (including 1 that does 0-60 MPH in 0.97 seconds)
- 2008/11/10: AutoBG: Southeast electric utilities to test smart charging PHEV Priuses
- 2008/11/10: BBC: Bolivia holds key to electric car future
High in the Andes, in a remote corner of Bolivia, lies more than half the world's reserves of a mineral that could radically reduce our reliance on dwindling fossil fuels. Lithium carries a great promise. It could help power the fuel efficient electric or petrol-electric hybrid vehicles of the future. But, as is the case with fossil fuels, it is a limited resource.
- 2008/11/09: SlashDot: Dean Kamen Combines Stirling Engine With Electric Car
The reaction of business to climate change will be critical:
- 2008/11/12: EnvFin: Clean energy investment set to stall
Clean energy investment in 2008 is set to fall 4% from 2007 levels, according to New Energy Finance. The UK-based analysis company is projecting total new investment of $142 billion, down from $148 billion last year.
- 2008/11/12: EnvFin: Investors call for 'strong and binding' climate deal
- 2008/11/13: CleanBreak: Talk of bursting cleantech bubble getting tired
- 2008/11/12: NakedCapitalism: Big Investors Call for Action on Climate Change
- 2008/11/11: IHT: Big global investors urge action on climate change
- 2008/11/11: ENN: Global investors urge action on climate change
The carbon lobby are up to the usual:
- 2008/11/16: OttawaSun: Jury out on global warming — Michael Crichton threw environmentalists off their agenda
- 2008/11/13: CCD: Postcard from Israel
- 2008/11/13: Deltoid: The Australian's War on Science XXIII
- 2008/11/13: ClimateP: "Oh My God, They Admitted It"
- 2008/11/13: QuarkSoup: NASA Recomputes
- 2008/11/12: QuarkSoup: Temperature Data
- 2008/11/11: SMH: Climate doubts based on short-term irrelevancies
- 2008/11/12: Deltoid: More on Duffy
- 2008/11/10: Stoat: Nierneberg, concluded: Oreskes is wrong
- 2008/11/10: ClimateP: Killing the myth of the 1970s global cooling scientific consensus
- 2008/11/11: Deltoid: Andrew Bolt: clueless and dishonest
- 2008/11/10: GristMill: [Dessler] Air quote experts — Heartland's climate experts: No actual expertise required
- 2008/11/10: Deltoid: Michael Duffy is at it again
As for climate miscellanea:
- 2008/11/16: ClimateP: 1953 Popular Mechanics: Growing Blanket of Carbon Dioxide Raises Earth's Temperature
- 2008/11/15: ERabett: How to mitigate adaptation
- 2008/11/15: ERabett: Freeping** the survey
- 2008/11/12: EnvFin: World Bank issues first 'green' bond
- 2008/11/14: AlterNet: Are Human Beings Hard-Wired to Ignore the Threat of Catastrophic Climate Change?
- 2008/11/14: DerSpiegel: 'Worst Possible Flooding' — The Dutch Simulate their Demise
Last week the Dutch conducted a dress rehearsal of a scenario that could spell the country's downfall — a storm surge with many deaths. Climate change is making this scenario more and more likely.
- 2008/11/14: UN: UN recruits North American youth to join fight against climate change
- 2008/11/13: DotEarth: Water Laws May Be Used to Fight Warming
- 2008/11/13: TreeHugger: New Carbon Offset Protocol Launched by US College & University Presidents Group
- 2008/11/12: GreenGrok: Looking to WWII Lessons to Fight Climate Change: Lester Brown's Plan 3.0
- 2008/11/11: JFleck: Cities Getting Bad Rap on Climate Change?
- 2008/11/11: ERabett: The old man and the warming ocean
- 2008/11/10: EnergyBulletin: Carbon regulation to change all aspects of life
- 2008/11/10: Tamino: Known Factors
- 2008/11/10: WorldChanging: The Geography of Hope & The Greening of Silicon Valley
And here are a couple of sites you may find interesting and/or useful:
- FTimes: Climate Challenge Competition
- Common Tragedies — Thoughts on Environmental Economics
- Wiki: Madden-Julian oscillation
- TWCB: The Weather Channel Blog
- CCC: 3C – Combat Climate Change – A Business Leaders' Initiative
- CA-CP: Clean Air-Cool Planet
- 2007/01/10: BOM: ENSO Wrap-Up
- IRI: Net Assessment Forecasts (global – precip/temp)
- Wiki: Climate change and agriculture
- Save the Boreal Forest
- WSJ Energy Blog
- Energy Blue Print
Here's a chuckle for ya:
More on the Damoclean sword of permafrost:
Late comment on NF3:
The Atlantic has been quiet since Paloma, while Khai-muk churned the Indian Ocean & Haishen the Pacific:
The temperature record:
Corals are dying:
We have heatwaves and wild fires:
Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:
While at the UN:
And on the carbon trading front:
Meanwhile in the tragedy of contradictory desires:
And in Europe:
Meanwhile in Australia:
It seems minority neocon PM Harper was informed of the hazaeds of biofuel and yet he persisted. Can you say 'agriculture lobby'?
The tricky & difficult question of the tar sands looms:
Wrangling over the BC climate plan continues:
As for miscellaneous Canadiana:
The movement toward a long term ecologically viable economics is glacial:
IPAT [Impact = Population * Affluence * Technology] raised its head once again:
The arithmetic of coal carbon is striking home:
Biofuel bickering abounds:
Automakers & lawyers, engineers & activists argue over the future of the car:
Low Key Plug
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.
P.S. Recent postings can be found in the week archive and the ancient postings can be accessed here, which should open to this.
"It is difficult for people living now, who have become accustomed to the steady exponential growth in the consumption of energy from fossil fuels, to realize how transitory the fossil fuel epoch will eventually prove to be when it is viewed over a longer span of human history. The situation can better be seen in the perspective of some 10,000 years, half before the present and half afterward. On such a scale the complete cycle of the exploitation of the world's fossil fuels will be seen to encompass perhaps 1,300 years, with the principal segment of the cycle (defined as the period during which all but the first 10 percent and the last 10 percent of the fuels are extracted and burned) covering only about 300 years." -M. King Hubbert


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Seattle's own NCAA champ and Franklin High grad, Peyton Siva, has been busted by a woman of ill-repute and the raunchy website DEADSPIN for his salacious tweets with a the Twitter model. What a "Twitter Model" is exactly, we don't know, but Jenna Shea is rumored to be kind of trampy.
Shea's whole reason for existence seems to be to gain notoriety by toying with athletes in the blogosphere.
Anyway, Shea posted the Twitter conversations, supposedly because she was upset that Siva thanked his girlfriend during a victory speech. Photos were posted, too, of a fully clothed Siva, and a not-so-fully clothed Shea. Head over to Deadspin, just like we did, but be careful, it's not safe for work.
Seems the young man got sucked in by Shea, so let's enjoy the guy for who he really is, a great athlete: