Another Week of GW News, November 9, 2008

By illconsidered on November 10, 2008.

Sipping from the internet firehose...

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Top Stories:Obama, Bailout, 2008 World Energy Outlook, Revised Theory [350 ppm]
Melting Arctic, Arctic Geopolitics, Climate Refugees, Climate Models, Late Comments
Food Crisis, Food Production
Hurricanes, Temperatures, Feedbacks, Paleoclimate, ENSO, Glaciers, Satellites
Impacts, Forests, Corals, Tornadoes, Wildfires, Floods & Droughts
Mitigation, Transportation, Buildings, Sequestration, Geoengineering
Journals, Misc. Science
Kyoto-2, Carbon Trade, Carbon Tax, Optimal Carbon Reduction Strategy
Politics: America, Obama, Britain, Europe, Australia, India, China, Canada
Ecological Economics, Media, Books
Energy, Solar, Coal, Biofuel, Nukes, Peak Oil, Efficiency, Cars, Greenwashing
Carbon Lobby, The Usual, Useful Links
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"It is much more important to change your leaders than your lightbulbs." -Thomas Friedman

Another Week of GW News, November 9, 2008

Sipping from the internet firehose...

It's always nice to start with a smile:

Well the big story of the week has to be the election of Obama:

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

The IEA has released the executive summary of its 2008 World Energy Outlook:

It is worthwhile noting this one aspect of the IEA report -- US$310bn for the 20 biggest countries:

This might starch your shorts:

The Arctic melt continues to get a lot of attention:

As for the geopolitics of the Arctic resources:

Climate change refugees from the Solomon Islands will be settled in Papua New Guinea:

Real Climate has done a FAQ on climate models page:

Late coverage of sunspots:

Late coverage of methane:

The food crisis remains a top story:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Paloma in the Atlantic, Maysak in the Western Pacific and a couple of tropical depressions blew around:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for the temperature record:

Yes we have feedbacks:

The ozone layer is still under threat:

While in the paleoclimate:

While on the el NiÃ±o/la NiÃ±a [ENSO] front:

As for glaciers:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Corals are dying:

As for tornadoes:

And wild fires:

While on the flood & drought front:

Elsewhere 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:

Meanwhile in the journals:

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

Meanwhile on the Kyoto-2 front:

And at the UN:

While 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:

A lot of people are speculating about the Obama administration, with advice & criticisms:

Results for various state propositions:

Henry Waxman is challenging John Dingell for chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee:

The Bush administration continues its last minute mischief & deregulating:

I don't know about you, but I am glad the election spin & BS is over:

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

And in the subcontinent:

While in China:

In Canada, minority neocon PM Harper fooled nobody falling over himself to share the Obama buzz:

A security pact for the North America environment?

Canada is earning a not-so-stellar reputation:

The tricky & difficult question of the tar sands looms:

And then there is the miscellaneous Canadiana:

The movement toward a long term ecologically viable economics is glacial:

As for how the media handles the science of climatology:

Here is something for your library:

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

Meanwhile among the solar aficionados:

The arithmetic of coal carbon is striking home:

Biofuel bickering abounds:

The nuclear energy controversy continues:

Yes we have a peak oil (& gas) sighting:

And then there is the matter of efficiency & conservation:

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

Meanwhile in the greenwashing chronicles:

The carbon lobby are up to the usual:

Crichton obits:

As for climate miscellanea:

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

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