A Few Things Ill Considered: Another Week of GW News, June 17, 2007

Courtesy of H.E.Taylor, here is this week's GW news roundup
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Top Stories, YesMen, Heat waves, Live Earth
Hurricanes, GHGs, Temperatures, Glaciers, Kilimanjaro, Sea Levels, NEO
Impacts, Darfur, Rainforests, Wacky Weather, Floods & Droughts, Biofuel & Food
Mitigation, Transportation, Architecture, Sequestration, Adaptation, Geoengineering
Journals, Misc. Science
Kyoto-2, Carbon Trade, WWF Report on EU ETS, Carbon Tax
Politics, International, America, Britain, Europe, Australia, China, Canada
Media, Books, Video, Courts
Energy, Coal, Biofuel, Nukes, Efficiency, Cars, Business, Carbon Lobby
The Usual, Useful Links
Shameless Self Promotion
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"I give a lot of talks on the subject [of GW], cause that is part of my job here to try to educate, and inevitably there will be somebody stand up and say, 'Well you know,this is a problem for the future. Why should we worry about this now?' Generally a grey hair like me. And it used to really bother me. Now I just ask them two questions. 'Do you have any children?' Most of the time they will say yes, and I ask, 'Do you have any grandchildren?' Yes, we do have grandchildren. Then I say, 'You are, we are creating for them the world that they will have to live in. And you know what? If they don't like it, there's not a goddamned thing they can do about it. We've done it. So if you don't care about your kids, or you really don't care about your grandkids, then I think you ought to ignore this problem.' Boy the room gets real quiet." -Dr. Tim Barnett, in the film _The Force of Destiny: The Science and Politics of Climate Change_

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5 Comments:

At June 18, 2007 9:33 PM, James M. Jensen II said…

I wonder if you've seen the yahoos at:

http://www.carboncreditkillers.com/

They claim that for $5, they'll KILL a tree for you. They're intent, of course, is to

"take away the pathetic excuse of Carbon Credits from those liberals who hide their shame filled lives behind money-bought lunacy."

They're description of such liberals farther down would be a kneeslapper:

"Far Left Liberals are lunatics that operate solely on shame of themselves, their success, their country, and their wealth."

In other worse, buy carbon credits and insist on carbon taxes or other actions against GW, and you hate America!

-Sigh-
At June 19, 2007 10:49 AM, coby said…

Hi James,

Thanks for sharing that (I think??!). "It takes all kinds" seems somehow a blase response to such colourful lunacy...
At June 20, 2007 4:34 AM, CEW said…

For the current situation in the Great Lakes Basin check out:

Great Lakes--Lower Levels Raising Concern
At June 23, 2007 4:09 AM, Anonymous said…

This is a fucking disgrace:

"Even while rejecting the authority of the most comprehensive and reviewed scientific document on any subject, namely the IPCC report, one of the most common climate delusionist tactics is the argument from authority. Whether it is Alexander Cockburn responding to George Monbiot or some anonymous person on some blog, everyone has some personal "scientist" friend who assures them the rest of the world has gone mad.

When an argument from authority is invoked it is perfectly legitimate to then examine said authority's, um ... authority, to see if there is really a good reason we should take their word over the word of ... well, just about everybody who would know."

JUST COME UP WITH SOME EVIDENCE YOU STUPID CUNT????????

Why don't you just stop talking around the subject and come up with some evidence.

This blog is an evidence-free zone.

You are no scientist.

You are just a stupid leftist cunt and dishonest on top of that.

NOW COME UP WITH SOME FUCKING EVIDENCE.

If thats not too much too ask.

I don't think thats too much too ask.......

(You stupid CUNT).

Graeme Bird says fuck you idiot.
At June 25, 2007 6:42 PM, Anonymous said…

Every ones wrong but its still getting warmer

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A Few Things Ill Considered

Monday, June 18, 2007

Another Week of GW News, June 17, 2007

It's always nice to start with a chuckle:

The YesMen have struck with another fine business presentation:

Temperatures are projected to rise, around the Mediterranean:

Live Earth is picking up more publicity:

The hurricane wars are warming up:

Meanwhile GHGs are still going up:

As are the temperatures:

Glaciers are melting:

You can look forward to Kilimanjaro becoming a denier talking-point:

Sea levels are rising:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, has noticed that besides race, oil & nationality, the climate has a claw in the Darfur tragedy:

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:

Now this is cute:

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

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

As for transportation & GHG production:

Building codes for the future:

On the carbon sequestration front:

It seems nitrogen pollution has been inadvertently enhancing carbon sequestration:

While on the adaptation front:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

Meanwhile in the journals:

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

Meanwhile on the Kyoto-2 front:

And on the emissions trading front:

The WWF has released a report critical of the EU ETS:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

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

Meanwhile on the international political front:

And on the American political front:

A group of US colleges have made a make green commitment:

Congress is debating several energy &/ climate bills:

Remember that tussle between California & the EPA over regulating GHGs?

The 2008 campaign is picking up:

Here's a bombshell for the outsourcing debate:

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

While in China:

In Canada, things are looking down for minority neocon PM Harper:

MP Bob Mills did his bit to cement the Conservative reputation:

Otherwise not much happened:

As for how the media handles the science of climatology:

Here is something for your library:

And for your film & video enjoyment:

Meanwhile in the 'Sue the Bastards!' contingent:

Wrestling over a new energy infrastructure continues unabated:

The arithmetic of coal carbon is striking home:

Biofuel bickering abounds:

The nuclear energy controversy continues:

And then there is the matter of efficiency & conservation:

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

The reaction of business to climate change will be critical:

The carbon lobby are up to the usual:

It looks like Cockburn is going to get the publicity he deserves:

R. McKitrick has proposed a convoluted carbon tax:

Southern Baptists passed an unfortunate resolution:

Then there was the usual news and commentary:

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

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