Another Week of GW News, August 16, 2009

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"What has happened down here, is the winds have changed,
Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain,
It rained real hard, and it rained for a real long time,
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline --
Oh, Louisiana, Louisiana --
they're trying to wash us away --"
-Randy Newman

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Another Week of GW News, August 16, 2009

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August 16, 2009

Negotiators met in Bonn this week preparing for Copenhagen:

The Australian Senate has voted down the Rudd government's CPRS [aka Aus ETS](see follow-up in Aus. politics):

GM caught a bit of a buzz this week with their probably bogus rating the Volt at 230 mpg:

The US National Clean Energy Summit went down this week:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

There's that Damoclean sword again:

Carbon Tariffs redux:

A couple of good articles from Real Climate:

The Bonner & Assoc. scandal quieted somewhat:

Late comment on the APA:

Late comment on Milankovitch:

The food crisis is ongoing:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Taiwan is reeling after Typhoon Morakot dumped 2 meters [80 inches] of rain in 48 hours; Etau hit Japan:

Activity is picking up in the Atlantic:

The Eastern Pacific has been busy:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

And in the carbon cycle:

The temperature record:

Yes we have feedbacks:

Regarding the uncertainties of clouds:

The ozone layer will begin to improve in 2065?

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:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

And speaking of floods & droughts:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

As for transportation & GHG production:

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

As for carbon sequestration:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

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

McLean redux:

The Pielke fan clubbe is clawing its way from the grave:

On the road to Copenhagen, note the upcoming sessions: 28 Sept.- 9 Oct. in Bangkok & 2-6 Nov. in Barcelona:

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:

As for GW & security:

The issue of the law and activism is playing out around the world as nations scramble to deal with climate change:

And on the American political front:

A Zogby poll has found surprisingly strong support for the Clean Energy Bill

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

As for what is going on in Congress:

What are the lobbyists pushing?

The API got caught planning to astroturf town hall meetings, the same way the health care got hijacked:

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

Without much fnafare, the Vestas protest is finis:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

There has been a lot of wrangling after the CPRS was voted down:

And in New Zealand:

While in India:

In China:

While in Japan:

And elsewhere in Asia:

While in Africa:

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

In BC, post BCUC, energy is a primary issue:

In Saskatchewan, Alberta's externalities are landing:"

The Australian Senate has voted down the Rudd government's CPRS [aka Aus ETS]
(see follow-up in Aus. politics):