Another Week of GW News, March 9, 2008

By illconsidered on March 10, 2008.

Sipping from the internet firehose...

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Top Stories:OECD Environmental Outlook, Burning Tundra, Particulates
Melting Arctic, Potential Arctic Conflict, Antarctica, Earth Hour
Impacts, Forests, Corals, Wacky Weather, Floods & Droughts, Food vs. Biofuel, Food Production
Mitigation, Transportation, Buildings, Sequestration, Geoengineering, Adaptation
Journals, Misc. Science, Seitz Obit.
Carbon Trade, Carbon Tax, Optimal Carbon Reduction Strategy
Politics:International, Security, America, Britain, Europe, Australia, China, Canada
Ecological Economics, IPAT, Apocalypso, Media, Books, Video, Courts
Energy, Solar, Coal, Biofuel, Nukes, Peak Oil, Efficiency, Cars, Business, Greenwashing
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Another Week of GW News, March 9, 2008

Sipping from the internet firehose...

The OECD has published its Environmental Outlook to 2030:

A burning tundra?

Real Climate did an interesting article on volcanic particulates:

The Arctic melt continues to get attention:

The spectre of Arctic conflict is back:

And in the Antarctic:

Earth Hour is creeping up:

Tamino wrapped up his series on Principal Components Analysis:

Late comment on that anti-localization story:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

As for corals:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

And speaking of floods & droughts:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

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

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

As for transportation & GHG production:

While in the endless quest for sustainable building codes:

And on the carbon sequestration front:

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:

Obituary notice:

Meanwhile 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 and/or a carbon tax] to use in dealing with GHGs continues:

Meanwhile on the international political front:

As for GW "the threat multiplier" & security:

And on the American political front:

The DOE has stopped Federal Financing for Coal Power Plants:

A survey of New Yorkers on climate change caused surprise:

Clueless George flabbergasts the crowd:

The EPA has declined to enforce last year's Supreme Court ruling:

And there has been a lot of EPA & California waiver chatter:

Written in hysterics, but with at least one good point:

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

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

The Royal Society is setting up a fund?

They're still wrangling over energy policy:

And Heathrow:

While in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

Australia & Papua New Guinea have made a forest conservation deal:

Chutzpah Auusie style:

While in China:

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

An oil sands project has been ordered to do a proper climate impact study:

The Environment Commissioner has given the government a failing grade:

Late comment on BC's carbon tax:

Ontario has appointed a climate czar:

NAFTA has deservedly come in for more scrutiny:

And then there is the miscellaneous Canadiana:

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:

Wrestling over a new energy infrastructure continues unabated:

Meanwhile among the solar afficionados:

The arithmetic of coal carbon is striking home:

Biofuel bickering abounds:

The nuclear energy controversy continues:

Yes we have a peak oil sighting:

Peak coal?

And then there is the matter of efficiency & conservation:

Automakers & lawyers, engineers & activists argue over the future of the car:

The reaction of business to climate change will be critical:

Meanwhile in the greenwashing chronicles:

The carbon lobby are up to the usual:

The Heartland conference was good for a laugh:

Then there was the usual news and commentary:

And here are a couple of sites you may find interesting and/or useful:

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