Another week of GW News, November 1, 2009

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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk. 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.

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Another week of GW News, November 1, 2009

Sipping from the internet firehose...

Another week of Climate Disruption News

November 1, 2009

It's always nice to start with a larf:

Anticipation battles _COP15 Expectation Management_ on the road to Copenhagen:

I just love these contradictory takes:

An EU meeting in Brussels on Thursday & Friday may have a lot of influence on Copehagen:

Another meeting I didn't know about...:

An article by AP's Seth Borenstein debunking the climate cooling myth drew a lot of comment:

Cosmic rayzzzzzzz:

WFC wrap up:

SuperFreakonomics is still getting free publicity:

And on the Bottom Line:

Carbon Tariffs still have people on edge:

They're still talking about 4 degrees C:

Late comment on IDoCA:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

As for the iconic (Arctic) species:

And the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Typhoon Mirinae zapped the Philippines:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

And the temperature record:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

While in the paleoclimate:

On the ENSO front:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

As for ocean currents:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Corals are dying:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

Speaking of floods & droughts:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Consider transportation & GHG production:

As for carbon sequestration:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

While on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

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

Tiljander:

Pielke, alas:

Further on Tingley/Huybers:

Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:

And at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

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:

The Chamber of Commerce imbroglio rolls on:

That report on the hidden damages of fossil fuels continues to draw comment:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

As for what is going on in Congress:

Congress is investigating the ACCCE sponsored Bonner & Assoc. forged letters:

Kerry-Boxer aka CEJAPA defines a battleline:

What are the lobbyists pushing?

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

The coastal climate change report triggered a wave of commentary:

Are the Coalition's days numbered?

And in New Zealand:

While in the Indian subcontinent:

And China:

In Japan:

And elsewhere in Asia:

While in Africa:

And South America:

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

The TD Bank commissioned Suzuki & Pembina to study Canadian Energy, Economic & Environment policy: