A Few Things Ill Considered : Another Week of GW News, November 16, 2008

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Another Week of GW News, November 16, 2008

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Posted on: November 17, 2008 7:44 AM, by coby

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November 16, 2008

Top Stories:Bailout, IEA WEO, Asian Smog, Next Ice Age
Arctic Geopolitics, Antarctica, Arnold's Meeting, Permafrost, Carbon Footprint Labels, Late Comments
Food Crisis, Food vs. Biofuel, Food Production
Hurricanes, GHGs, Temperatures, Carbon Cycle, Feedbacks, Paleoclimate, Glaciers, Satellites
Impacts, Forests, Corals, Climate Refugees, Wildfires, Floods & Droughts
Transportation, Buildings, Sequestration, Geoengineering, Adaptation
Journals, Misc. Science, Hansen, Pielke
Kyoto, Kyoto-2, Carbon Trade, Carbon Tax, Optimal Carbon Reduction Strategy
International Politics: America, Obama, Britain, Europe, Australia, China, Japan, Canada
Ecological Economics, IPAT, Media, Books, Courts
Energy, High Cost Impacts, Solar, Coal, Biofuel, Nukes, Peak Oil, Efficiency, Cars, Business
Carbon Lobby, Miscellaneous Climate, Useful Links
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Another Week of GW News, November 16, 2008

Sipping from the internet firehose...

November 16, 2008

Here's a chuckle for ya:

The credit crunch, the bailout and the green implications are getting a lot of attention:

The full IEA World Energy Outlook 2008 was released this week:

A report on Asian particulates got a lot of attention, while ignoring North American & European contributions:

That AGW interrupting Milankovitch cycles story continues to get attention:

The geopolitics of the Arctic resources is a persistent issue:

While in Antarctica:

U.S. governors will be co-hosting the climate meeting this coming week with the Governator:

More on the Damoclean sword of permafrost:

How long until these carbon footprint labels are on all merchandise?

Late comment on the solar cycle:

Late comment on NF3:

The food crisis remains a top story:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

The Atlantic has been quiet since Paloma, while Khai-muk churned the Indian Ocean & Haishen the Pacific:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

And in the carbon cycle:

The temperature record:

Yes we have feedbacks:

The ozone layer is still under threat:

While in the paleoclimate:

Glaciers are melting:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Corals are dying:

Climate refugees are becoming an issue:

We have heatwaves and wild fires:

Speaking of floods & droughts:

On the mitigation front, consider 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:

A missive from the Pielke fan clubbe:

Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:

And on the Kyoto-2 front:

While at the UN:

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:

And on the American political front:

The EPA appeal board has ruled future coal plants must take CO2 into consideration:

Obama speculation & commentary remains rife:

The Dingell vs. Waxman contest for chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee is ongoing:

The Bush administration midnight regulation changes has come in for continued scrutiny:

The Bush administration DOE wants to terminate a long-term forestry experiment:

Meanwhile in the tragedy of contradictory desires:

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

And in China:

While in Japan:

In Canada, there is a lot of post election adjustment going on:

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: