Another Week of GW News, May 20, 2012

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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk(which includes some quotations), An overview of my writing is available here.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.

I notice moyhu has set up a monster index to old AWoGWN on AFTIC.

"A revolution has been unleashed across the globe. This revolution, a popular repudiation of the old order, is where we should direct all our energy and commitment. If we do not topple the corporate elites the ecosystem will be destroyed and massive numbers of human beings along with it. The struggle will be long. There will be times when it will seem we are going nowhere. Victory is not inevitable. But this is our best and only hope. The response of the corporate state will ultimately determine the parameters and composition of rebellion. I pray we replicate the 1989 nonviolent revolutions that overthrew the communist regimes in Eastern Europe. But this is not in my hands or yours. Go ahead and vote this November. But don't waste any more time or energy on the presidential election than it takes to get to your polling station and pull a lever for a third-party candidate -- just enough to register your obstruction and defiance -- and then get back out onto the street. That is where the question of real power is being decided." -Chris Hedges

Another Week of GW News, May 20, 2012

Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years

Another Week in the Ecological Crisis

Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years

May 20, 2012

Here's a wee chuckle for ye:

Looking ahead to Rio+20 :

Post Durban, Pre-COP18 climate negotiations at Bonn this week:

The WWF released their Living Planet Report this week:

Total has plugged the North Sea Elgin gas leak:

The Carbon Tariff is back:

Who's getting the subsidies?

John Cook and friends continue their point-counterpoint articles:

A note on theFukushima disaster:

No good news out of Fukushma...:

Post Fukushima, nuclear policies are in flux around the world:

The Arctic melt continues to garner attention:

That Damoclean sword still hangs overhead:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources. See also:

The food crisis is ongoing:

The state of the world's fisheries is a concern:

So, are these land grabs Colonialism V2.0?

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

Regarding labelling GM food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion, 10 billion, 15 billion?

In the Eastern Pacific, amidst a couple of numbered storms, Aletta spun up and dissipated:

In the Atlantic, Alberto formed just off the coast:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

And in the carbon cycle:

As for the temperature record:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

While in the paleoclimate:

On the ENSO front:

What's new on the extinction front?

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

On the tornado front:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

These global warming deluges are becoming all too frequent:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

First, stop subsidizing fossil fuelsSecond, put a price on carbonAnd elsewhere on the mitigation front:

While in the endless quest for zero energy, sustainable buildings and practical codes:

As for carbon sequestration:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

While on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

More DIY science:

What's new in models?

What developments in the ongoing struggle for Free Science?

And on the carbon trading front:

The Robin Hood tax, aka the Tobin tax, aka the Bank tax, aka the Financial Transaction tax keeps coming up:

On the international political front, tensions continue as the USA and Israel lean on Iran:

The solar panel trade war between China and the USA warmed up this week:

As the EU-ETS is applied to airlines, we will see who is serious about reducing carbon emissions:

Argentina nationalized YPF, removing the Spanish firm Repsol. Much yelling ensued:

South China Sea tension persists:

In the Rare Earths' tussle:

The issue of the law and activism is playing out around the world:

What are the activists up to?

Polls! We have polls!

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

And on the groundwater front:

Regarding science education:

Economics, Physics, Climate Science linkages:

And on the American political front:

The BP disaster continues to twist US politics:

On the 2012 campaign trail:

Gas Prices look to remain a major issue in the election:

The Keystone XL saga rolls along. Now it may be an election issue too:

I suspect we'll hear a lot about this. See also:

The Pacific NorthWest coal port issue is still around:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

As for what is going on in Congress:

A note on the Fukushima disaster:

First, stop subsidizing fossil fuels
Second, put a price on carbon
And elsewhere on the mitigation front: