Archive for November 9th, 2009
A previous post at MasterResource described the findings and implications of a new scientific study published by Richard Lindzen and Yong-Sang Choi, “On the Determination of Climate
Tags: Choi, Climate Science, climate sensitivity, Lindzen, master resource, Spencer
Is it wise or foolish to assist with the migration of plants? Some experts see unintended consequences and others say it is worth the risk.
If you’ve been following along here you probably suspected the difference between UAH and RSS are substantial enough to reach 95% significance. In this short post, you can see you were
Tags: Uncategorized
New (Nov 11) – online version with English subtitles. Transcript available here. CA readers will recognize some of the graphics. [Jean S adds: The official online version is here (for the
Tags: climate audit, General, SteveMcIntyre
Transcript in English from the TV network website here (h/t to Goran Frojdh) MOT: Climate catastrophe cancelled Finnish Broadcasting Co. YLE, TV1, Nov 11th 2009 at 8.00 pm. Voiceover (VO), reporter
Tags: climate_change, media, WUWT
The ENVI line can be seen here. This is rather sad really, I like electric cars. I drive one myself. From Reuters: Chrysler dismantles electric car plans under Fiat By Kevin Krolicki DETROIT
Tags: Technology, WUWT
Starting with the first of my recent posts on Yamal, I raised the issue of whether the CRU 12 actually came from a homogeneous population to the subfossil population. This issue was related to the
Tags: Briffa, climate audit, Esper et al 2002, General, SteveMcIntyre, Yamal and Urals
The seriousness of current global warming is underlined by a reconstruction of climate at Maxwell Bay in the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic Peninsula over approximately the last 14,000
Excerpts from Reuters story: EPA C02 endangerment finding to White House By Tom Doggett WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has sent its final proposal on whether
Tags: Carbon dioxide, WUWT
Clunkers greens foreign competitors’ bottom line (HP) Congress continues to pat itself on the back for its clunkers “stimulus,” hoping that no one notices the details. The latest
Guest post by Erl Happ What follows is a general theory of natural climate variation supported by observation of the changing temperature of the atmosphere and the sea between 1948 and September
Tags: climate_change, WUWT
Guest post by Mauri Pelto
Press Trust of India: Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday said India should not be seen "wanting" in the climate change action and quantify its greenhouse gas emission targets at
Tags: climate action inadequate | South Asia | India, Climate Ark
Reuters: The Maldives, threatened by rising sea levels because of global warming, on Monday pleaded with developed nations to reduce carbon emissions and said developing nations could change the
Tags: Climate Ark, climate sea rise islands threatened | South Asia | Maldives
CNN: A new international treaty to combat climate change will not be ready when 40 world leaders meet next month in Copenhagen but may be finished next year, a top United Nations official said
Tags: Climate Ark, Copenhagen climate treaty delayed | Worldwide/General |
Calgary Herald: In a world obsessed with global warming and climate change, the rhetoric rose to a fever pitch with Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth, claiming that Manhattan Island
Vancouver Sun: One of the challenges in addressing climate change is that the folks being asked to do most of the sacrificing constitute a different group from those who ultimately will reap most
Tags: Climate Ark, climate campaign youth | Worldwide/General |
Wall Street Journal: Tough economic times have a way of clarifying political priorities and forcing people to distinguish among needs, wishes–and fantasies. So you might think a politician as
Tags: Climate Ark, climate skeptics politics | Pacific/Oceania | Australia
Agence France-Presse: The government named 10 sites where new nuclear power stations could be built Monday, while unveiling changes to planning rules aimed at speeding up approval for energy
Tags: Climate Ark, nuclear sites government | Europe | United Kingdom
BBC: The government has approved 10 sites in England and Wales for new nuclear power stations, most of them in locations where there are already plants. It has rejected only one proposed site
Tags: Climate Ark, nuclear new stations | Europe | United Kingdom
Agence France-Presse: US pressure groups joined forces Monday to urge authorities to spend more to improve Americans’ health and cut greenhouse gas emissions. But it was neither health care
Tags: Climate Ark, climate health walking | Worldwide/General |
Guardian: A new fleet of nuclear power stations was today backed by the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, as he outlined the UK government’s plans to fast-track major energy infrastructure
Tags: Climate Ark, nuclear new reactors | Europe | United Kingdom
Reuters: China is considering moving the last four coal-fired power and heating plants out of Beijing’s municipal area, replacing them with gas-fired stations, state media reported on Monday,
Tags: Climate Ark, coal plant close | East/South-East Asia | China
Guardian: Wind energy provided more than half of Spain’s total electricity needs for several hours over the weekend as the country set a new national record for wind-generated power. With
Tags: Climate Ark, wind energy record generation | Europe | Spain
Reuters: Britain will fund up to four large-scale demonstration projects to limit climate-warming carbon emissions from coal plants, through a levy on electricity bills, the government said on
Tags: clean coal subsidies | Europe | United Kingdom, Climate Ark
Guardian: A leading climate scientist today accused the Indian environment ministry of "arrogance" after the release of a government report claiming that there is no evidence climate
Tags: Climate Ark, glaciers warming melting water | South Asia | India
Reuters: Rich countries and developing nations fought over climate change on Saturday, failing to make progress on financing ahead of a major environmental summit in Copenhagen next month.
Tags: Climate Ark, climate financing little progress | Worldwide/General |