Another Week of GW News, June 8, 2008

By illconsidered on June 9, 2008.

Sipping from the internet firehose...

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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Top Stories:Meetings - UNFCCC, G8 & OECD, Nargis, US Climate Bill, IEA Report, Late Comments
Food Crisis, Rome Summit, Food vs. Biofuel, Food Production
Hurricanes, GHGs, Temperatures, Abrupt CC, ENSO, Sea Levels, Satellites
Impacts, Forests, Desertification, Tornadoes, Wildfires, Floods & Droughts
Mitigation, Transportation, Buildings, Sequestration, Geoengineering, Adaptation
Journals, Misc. Science, Hansen
Carbon Trade, Carbon Tax, Optimal Carbon Reduction Strategy
Politics: America, Britain, Europe, Australia, Canada
Ecological Economics, IPAT, Apocalypso, Media, Samuelson
Energy, Solar, Coal, Biofuel, Nukes, Peak Oil, Efficiency, Cars, Business, Greenwashing, Insurance
Carbon Lobby, The Usual, Useful Links
Shameless Self Promotion, .sig

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Another Week of GW News, June 8, 2008

Sipping from the internet firehose...

Laugh. I dare ya:

In Bonn, Germany the UNFCCC meeting is ongoing:

The G8 energy ministers met in Japan:

And the OECD met in Paris:

The news from Myanmar, post Nagris, remains scarce & dismal:

Meanwhile in the US Senate, the Lieberman-Warner climate bill was debated & killed:

The International Energy Agency startled some by calling for massive investment in energy:

Late comment on the US CCSP & USDA report:

Late comment on the failing CDMs story:

Late comment on buckets & SSTs:

The food crisis remains a top story:

In Rome, the UN FAO sponsored a conference on the Global Food Crisis:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Nakri died unreported in the West Pacific, otherwise it has been quiet in the hurricane wars:

Meanwhile GHGs are still going up:

As for the temperature record:

Oopsie Daisie. Abrupt climate change:

While on the ENSO front:

Sea levels are rising:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Desertification looms as a threat:

Meanwhile in tornado alley:

As for wild fires:

And speaking of floods & droughts:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

As for 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:

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, auction vs. allocation, and/or a carbon tax] to use in dealing with GHGs continues:

And on the American political front:

The NASA Inspector General reported on the political manipulation of science:

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

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

The Rudd government is opting to support domestic green automakers:

Meanwhile the solar means testing policy is still drawing fire:

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

The Harperites led us further into ingnominy, by ignoring the Rome Food Crisis summit:

Ontario & Quebec shook things up by announcing a cap & trade plan:

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

BC is still wrangling over their climate plan:

The tricky & difficult question of the tar sands looms:

The Tories made another one of those late friday afternoon announcements:

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:

A commentary by R. Samuelson raised a storm:

The betting meme rolls on:

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:

And then there is the matter of efficiency & conservation:

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

The carbon lobby are up to the usual:

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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