A Few Things Ill Considered: Another Week of GW News, May 6, 2007

Courtesy of H.E.Taylor, here is this week's GW news roundup
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Top Stories, IPCC AR4 WGIII report, IPCC AR4 WGI report, Inspiration
Hurricanes, GHG Stats, Intensity, Arctic Sea Ice, Sea Levels, Satellites
Impacts, Tropical Rainforests, Wacky Weather, Floods & Droughts, Biofuel & Food
Mitigation, Architecture, Sequestration, Adaptation, Geoengineering, Iron Hypothesis
Journals, Misc. Science, Carbon Cycle
Kyoto, Kyoto-2, UN Envoys, Carbon Tax, Carbon Trade, Optimal Strategy
Politics, International, US-EU, G8, America, Britain, Europe
Australia, Asia, China, Canada
Ecological Economics, Media, Blogosphere, Framing, Books, Courts, Betting
Energy, Coal, Biofuel, Nukes, CFLs, Cars, Business, Indices
Carbon Lobby
The Usual, Useful Links
Shameless Self Promotion
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Another Week of GW News, May 6, 2007

Laugh. I dare you:

The big story of the week has to be the IPCC AR4 WG3 report. First the report itself:

Second commentary on the results:

Third the economics:

Fourth the process and everything else:

The WG1 report is available:

Meanwhile for those seeking inspiration:

Meanwhile GHGs are still going up:

The idea of "Emissions Intensity" has come under scrutiny:

Arctic sea ice is melting faster than expected:

Sea levels are rising:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

And then there are the tropical rainforests:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

And speaking of floods & droughts:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

And the troubling matter of falling food production is not going away:

The role of building standards:

And on the carbon sequestration front:

While on the adaptation front:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

The Iron Hypothesis has shown up again:

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

The carbon cycle is under the spotlight:

Last week it was the ocean; this week the sky. It might be a good ideato declare a moratorium on "Twilight Zone Headlines":

And on the Kyoto-2 front:

Happenings on the UN front:

And on the emissions trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

The debate over the optimal strategy [carbon trading, carbon offsetsand/or a carbon tax] to use in dealing with GHGs continues:

Some of the backstory on the pope & GW:

That US-EU meeting went down this week in DC:

And the G8 meeting is upcoming:

While on the American political front:

That Vermont vs Automakers court case is plugging along:

And the spooks vs. GW push is still happening in DC:

The Crow & David tour is over; the story rolls along:

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

While in Asia:

While in China:

And in Canada, minority neocon PM Harper, continues to do as little as possible:

Late comment on the Tory climate plan:

Apocalypso anyone?:

As for how the media handles the science of climatology:

And the blogosphere:

Framing put in an appearance:

Here is something for your library:

Meanwhile in the 'Sue the Bastards!' contingent:

The betting meme rolls on:

The arithmetic of coal carbon is striking home:

Biofuel bickering continues:

The nuclear energy controversy continues:

Regarding the use of CFLs:

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

The reaction of business to climate change will be critical:

Climate change indexes and weather markets are popping up:

Insurance and re-insurance companies are feeling the heat:

Glenn Beck is making a name for himself:

Several responses to Cockburn's encyclical have appeared:

Speaking of not being clear on the concept:

This item touches on an interesting phenomenon of the net, namely thatpeople tend to surf sites that reinforce their beliefs. Which raisesthe question: how do you know?:

We have a new candidate in the endless "what shall we call them" game. Climate cranksnow joins septics, greenhouse mafia, permanently uninformed, carbon lobby, denialist, fossil fools, climate contrarian, biostitutes, delusionists andthe Slick 60 Climate Change Denial Gang:

TGGWS has come in for more attention:

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

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Last week it was the ocean; this week the sky. It might be a good idea
to declare a moratorium on "Twilight Zone Headlines":

The debate over the optimal strategy [carbon trading, carbon offsets
and/or a carbon tax] to use in dealing with GHGs continues:

This item touches on an interesting phenomenon of the net, namely that
people tend to surf sites that reinforce their beliefs. Which raises
the question: how do you know?:

We have a new candidate in the endless "what shall we call them" game. Climate cranks
now joins septics, greenhouse mafia, permanently uninformed, carbon lobby, denialist, fossil fools, climate contrarian, biostitutes, delusionists and
the Slick 60 Climate Change Denial Gang: