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Another Week of Global Warming News, June 15, 2008

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Posted on: June 16, 2008 8:36 AM, by coby

This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H.E.Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup

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June 15, 2008

Top Stories:UNFCCC in Bonn, Melting Arctic, Antarctica, Permafrost, Solar Cycle, Late Comments
Food Crisis, Rome Summit, Food vs. Biofuel, Food Production
Hurricanes, Myanmar, GHGs, Temperatures, Paleoclimate, Glaciers, Sea Levels, Satellites
Impacts, Forests, Corals, Wacky Weather, Tornadoes, Wildfires, Floods & Droughts, US Midwest, China
Mitigation, Transportation, Buildings, Geoengineering
Journals, Misc. Science, Scientists Warn, Pielke
Carbon Trade, Carbon Tax, Optimal Carbon Reduction Strategy, ICROA
Politics:International, America, Britain, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Canada
Ecological Economics, IPAT, Apocalypso, Media, Books, Video, Courts
Energy, Solar, Coal, Biofuel, Nukes, Peak Oil, World Oil Production vs. Demand, Cars, Greenwashing
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Another Week of Global Warming News, June 15, 2008

Sipping from the internet firehose...

June 15, 2008

Here's a wee chuckle for ya:

The UNFCCC meeting in Bonn concluded this week to little fanfare or result:

The Arctic melt continues to get a lot of attention:

As does the Antarctic:

Not to mention Damocles sword:

The next solar cycle is slow. Expect much denial hype:

Late comment on that IEA "Energy Revolution" report:

Late comment on CDM failures:

The food crisis remains a top story:

Late comment on the Rome summit:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

And the troubling matter of falling food production is not going away:

There were no cyclones this week:

The news from Myanmar remains scarce & dismal:

Meanwhile GHGs are still going up:

As for the temperature record:

The ozone layer closing will impact future climate:

While in the paleoclimate:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

As for the corals:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

Meanwhile in tornado alley:

As for wild fires:

And speaking of floods & droughts:

The US Midwest has been soaked this week:

As has South China:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

The changes to transportation, and hence GHG production, are arising from fuel costs, not climate policy:

While in the endless quest for sustainable building codes:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

Meanwhile in the journals:

Before we get into politics, there was some science done:

The National Academies of the G8+5 nations, among other scientists, warned of the need for prompt action:

The Pielke fan clubbe raised its sickly head:

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:

Voluntary offset providers formed a global alliance called ICROA:

Meanwhile on the international political front:

And on the American political front:

Late comments on the dead Climate Security Act:

One hears a lot about the campaign(s), not much about climate:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

And in New Zealand:

While in China:

And in Japan:

In Canada, minority neocon PM Harper, continues his do-nothing policy:

They're still arguing over the Liberal's unreleased carbon tax plan:

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:

Here is something for your library:

And for your film & video enjoyment:

Meanwhile among the 'Sue the Bastards!' contingent:

Developing a new energy infrastructure is a fundamental challenge of the current generation:

Meanwhile among the solar afficionados: