Another Week of GW News, March 11, 2012

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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk(which includes some quotations), An overview of my writing is available here.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.

I notice moyhu has set up a monster index to old AWoGWN on AFTIC.

"Speaking of prostitutes, big oil's top call girl Sen Inhofe wants to kill fuel economy backed by automakers, small biz, enviros, & consumers." -Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) March 6, 2012

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Addy, President Obama ran on policy of crateing jobs and transparent government. Job one was the most expensive healthcare bill in history that costs everyone money but cripples healthcare. Doctors are retiring so they don't have to deal with it at a time more doctors are needed than ever. The bill itself was a treat. At first, no one was allowed to see it before it was voted on. The Speaker of the House's famous quote, We have to pass it before we can see what's in it, pretty well summed it up. Once it was passed and signed into law, we saw it. No one could understand it, but we saw it. As more of it was understood, it was horrible. That was his first demonstration of transparent government. Then, we bailed out the too-big-to-fail automotive industry and the too-important-to-fail banks and stockbrokers apparently, so the big wigs could get billions in bonuses for their work in building cars no one wanted and running the country into a recession. He has added jobs. The new bureaucracies for healthcare and oversight have added 25% to the government payroll. Private sector jobs created, paid for by company profit instead of tax dollars: zero; unless you want to count the California solar cell company that the President used as an example of the green jobs the government was helping create. Five hundred million in guaranteed government loans got it started. It went bankrupt last month without crateing a single solar cell. The list goes on forever. There are many that disagree with me, but the answer is as close as Google.Sorry about the tirade, but I was hoping for the greatness he projected. I'll take a deep breath and calm down.

Job one was supposed to be changed to one the Reps had proposed. However, when proposed by a Dem (and a black one at that), they refused that one. So it was nerfed even more to make it palatable to the Reps.

They only said yes because, as you say, it's the most expensive and ineffective version of universal healthcare ever produced, and will kill the Dems at election.

Only possible because all politicians, nearly without exception, live in a bubble where the ordinary people don't get heard. Most people wanted a mandate and a public option.

But that didn't get through the bubble.

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March 11, 2012

No matter how dark things seem, there are always bad jokes:

Here's your touch of strange for the week:

What do you think? Is this delusional or what?

International Women's Day went down this week. See also:

The Koch brothers Cato takeover is catching a lot of comment, on political and economic blogs too:

Still some Heartland residue and repercussions:

The Arnold has launched a sustainable world project called Sustainia:

Here is another one of those studies ripe to be twisted:

The HÃ¶nisch et al. paper is still drawing comment:

Late comment on the Liu et al. paper:

Late comment on Weaver and Swart:

And on the Bottom Line:

Who's getting the subsidies?

What are the global financial institutions up to?

The world inches toward creating a global legal framework for ecological crime:

John Cook and friends continue their point-counterpoint articles:

A note on theFukushima disaster:

The one year anniversary of Fukushima has triggered a lot of retrospective articles:

Post Fukushima, nuclear policies are in flux around the world:

The Arctic melt continues to garner attention:

As for the charismatic megafauna:

That Damoclean sword still hangs overhead:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

Food Prices are still problematic:

Regarding the food factor in the ongoing revolutions:

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion, 10 billion, 15 billion?

Cyclone Irina zapped Madagascar and lingers in the Mozambique Channel:

In the South Indian Ocean. Koji is staying out at sea:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

As for the temperature record:

While in the paleoclimate:

While on the ENSO front:

Dealing with uncertainties:

What's new on the extinction front?

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

This week in the New Normal -- extreme weather:

Changes in natural cycles are showing up:

On the tornado front:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Corals are a bellwether of the ocean's health:

Sea levels are rising:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

First, stop subsidizing fossil fuelsSecond, put a price on carbonThird ...And elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Consider 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:

While on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

What's new in models?

What developments in the ongoing struggle for Open Science?

Regarding Mann:

Regarding Hansen:

Regarding Curry:

Regarding Lindzen:

There is a steady dribble of Rio+20 Conference news:

While at the UN:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

On the international political front, tensions continue as the USA and Israel lean on Iran:

As the EU-ETS is applied to airlines, we will see who is serious about reducing carbon emissions:

In the "global competition for natural resources":

While in the solar panel trade war between China and the USA:

Polls! We have polls!

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

As for SW tools:

Among the world's religions:

Ethics? You want to talk about ethics?

And on the American political front:

A note on the Fukushima disaster:

First, stop subsidizing fossil fuels
Second, put a price on carbon
Third ...
And elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Who's fielding the FAQs?