Archive for November 11th, 2009
From the NOAA National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), State of the Climate, National Overview, October 2009: Temperature Highlights – October The average October temperature of 50.8°F was
Tags: climate data, records, weather, WUWT
“The [Houston Chronicle's] editorial positions have moved in a decidedly liberal and environmentalist direction since its parent, the Hearst Corporation, installed new management in
Tags: Bill Dawson on Houston Chronicle, Debate issues, environmental reporting, Houston Chronicle, master resource, Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media
The impact of indirect impacts of methane emissions on ozone, aerosols and stratospheric water vapour increase the historical attribution of climate forcing to methane, but CO2 is still the
UPDATE 2: For an example of how Gavin uses of his comment threads (and why I see little use commenting there) see my submission and Gavin’s edits/response. Gavin’s reaction helps to
Global warming skeptic tells group that cure is worse than problem. By Lee Roop, special to The Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, AL – Science doesn’t support current global
Tags: Uncategorized, WUWT
We’ve often discussed the how’s and why’s of correcting incorrect information that is occasionally found in the peer-reviewed literature. There are multiple recent instances of
In Part 1 I laid out the three hypotheses as presented by 19 distinguished Fellows of the AGU an article in EOS (PDF, AGU membership required). In this post I present their selection, and some of
Electric cars, which emit no carbon dioxide from their tailpipe, are not the answer some people think they are to environmental transport problems, a new report claims today.
Tags: climate change
A report produced by WWF, the environmental pressure group, puts two financial hubs, Hong Kong and Singapore, in the top 10 cities threatened by climate change in Asia, the region widely believed
Tags: financial times
The color of solar cells — and their short energy payback — are trivial factors when considering the huge climate benefit they provide in avoiding the release of CO2 from the combustion
Tags: Must-have PPTs, science
APS logo.jpg In the realm of silly petitions, manufactured by a small, agenda-driven group and leveraged to extend the fiction of a legitimate scientific controversy, no document has ever
Tags: American Physical Society, APS, Dr. S. Fred Singer, fred singer, John Mashey
Because land use changes are responsible for 50 percent of warming in the US, policymakers need to address the influence of global deforestation and urbanization on climate change, in addition to
The American Physical Society Stays RealWe are coming to the end of an era. Starting in the 1990s, Fred Singer and friends, with the backing of the tobacco industry, developed stealth petitions as
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Sometimes change can happen much faster than people expect. If we pass a domestic climate bill, as Sen. Baucus (D-MT) and other key swing Senators now believe is likely, and that enables an
Tags: International
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. Although Briffa's online
Tags: Briffa, climate audit, SteveMcIntyre, Yamal and Urals
I have a short Correspondence in Nature out today on China’s and India’s claimed business-as-usual rates of decarbonization. For non-subscribers here is the text: Decarbonization
October 2009 will go down as the 3rd coolest October on record for the United States, according to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Records go back to 1880. October 2009 was also the
Tags: acuweather, Past Climate
Yahoo reposts an item today on high-paying “green” jobs. I love this little detail (emphasis mine): Fueled in part by massive federal funding for environmental projects included
Rollingstone: Climate Rage The only way to stop global warming is for rich nations to pay for the damage they’ve done – or face the consequences One last chance to save the world
Tags: Climate Ark, Climate rage rich nations | Worldwide/General |
Agence France-Presse: The United States called Wednesday for a compromise at next month’s global climate talks in Copenhagen and urged Asian countries including China to do their part in
Tags: Climate Ark, climate talks compromise | Worldwide/General |
Carbon Positive: Recent proposals to the emerging US cap-and-trade draft legislation suggest that the Senate intends to keep domestic forestry and agriculture offsets as a major component of the
Tags: carbon offset land | North America | United States, Climate Ark
Australian: AN escalating political row over the views of outspoken Coalition climate change sceptics is threatening ongoing negotiations between the government and opposition over Labor’s
Tags: Climate Ark, climate politics skeptics | Pacific/Oceania | Australia
Business Green: Wind energy projects in the UK can now apply for £1.4bn funding from a combination of the European Investment Bank and commercial sources. The EIB has made around £700m available
Tags: Climate Ark, wind energy subsidy | Europe | United Kingdom
Agence France-Presse: Senator John Kerry has pledged to complete a framework of an elusive US climate change deal in time for next month’s high-stakes summit in Copenhagen, vowing not to let
Tags: Climate Ark, climate leadership Kerry | North America | United States
Independent (UK): The world’s energy systems will need an extra $10.5 trillion (£6.3trn) in investment between now and 2030 to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and avoid "irreparable
Tags: Climate Ark, low carbon energy investment | Worldwide/General |
Carbon Positive: The International Energy Agency (IEA) warns that holding up a new global climate agreement will add $500 billion for each year of delay to the total cost of measures needed to keep
Tags: Climate Ark, Copenhagen talks delay | Worldwide/General |
Age: If one were to try to come up with a symbol that best captured the excesses of the rich and idle at a time of runaway climate change, it would be hard to find a better example than the
Tags: Climate Ark, global warming rich blame | Pacific/Oceania | Australia
Agence France-Presse: With the clock ticking on the high-stakes Copenhagen climate summit, US President Barack Obama will try to salvage fading hopes for a deal as he meets this month with the
Tags: Climate Ark, climate Obama China India | Worldwide/General |
Physorg: It is currently estimated that natural gas resources will be exhausted in 130 years; however, those reserves where extraction is cost-effective will only flow for another 60 years or so.