Another week of GW News, April 25, 2010

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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk.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

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P.S. Recent postings can be found in the week archive and the ancient postings can be accessed here, which should open to this.

"The problem is not in the science, or with scientists at all, nor with a culture gap between science and the media. The problem is with this third group, the disinformers, who have completely dominated the framing of the story, and how honest journalists have been completely taken in by this framing." - Steve Easterbrook

Another week of GW News, April 25, 2010

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April 25, 2010

More black humour in a climatic vein:

North American corporate media ignored Cochabamba, so you know it mattered:

Picking over the bones of COP15:

Top2:

In striking contrast to Cochabamba, the MEF conference in Washington was held in private:

The BASIC Group wants to preserve Kyoto:

Technology Review did a yearly series on Emerging Technologies that may be of interest:

The Goldman Environmental Prize was awarded this week:

I had been going to flag these memes with a chunk of salt, but luckily James Hrynyshyn had just the right seasoning:

Late comments on the Icelandic volcano:

I mostly ignored the Earth Day blather, but a few stories were notable:

And on the Bottom Line:

Carbon Tariffs still have people on edge:

Who's getting the subsidies?

Late coverage of Medapi:

McKibben is flogging a book:

Michael starts a new game for those who might enjoy Lambert'ing the denier crowd:

Canadian climatologist Andrew Weaver has sued the National Post:

Post CRU theft, controversy & inquiry, another challenge and IPCC pushback:

Late comment on the QUB case:

Late comment on Lockwood:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

That Damoclean sword still hangs overhead:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

So, are these land grabs Colonialism V2.0?

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

On the cyclone front, it has been relatively quiet, although Sean blew out into the Indian Ocean:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

And in the Monsoon:

As for GHGs:

And in the carbon cycle:

As for the temperature record:

While in the paleoclimate:

While on the ENSO front:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

And in tornado alley:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Acidification is changing the oceans:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [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:

As for miscellaneous science:

More DIY science:

The GSA has revised its position statement on climate change:

Regarding Judith Curry:

Regarding Wegman:

Regarding Lovelock:

While at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

The Bank Levy &/ Tobin Tax is being argued in the G20. As to whether it will ever be put to climate ends...:

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:

CSM did a series on carbon offsets:

On the international front, we have power politics as usual:

On the security front, here's one the MICPIC [Military Industrial Congressional Prison Infotainment Complex] will love:

Polls! We have polls!

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

And on the American political front:

Massey Energy & Don Blankenship are still being kicked around:

Must be a bunch of commies:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

If Obama is such an internationalist, why is he trying to derail the UNFCCC talks?

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely: