Archive for December, 2009
Authorities confiscated paint bombs and other equipment for use during planned protests outside the climate talks.
Countries have begun shuttling drafts for a new deal, which must be ready when top ministers arrive.
Many of you are used to seeing comparisons of observed and projected trends here. But I also sometimes cycle through to show comparison of absolute temperature anomalies to projections temperature
Tags: AR4, Data Comparisons, IPCC, Lucia, Surface Temperature
Running very short on time today, especially with the big storm going on. I also spent 2 hours of my morning shoveling out our long driveway. The snow blower was not an option, as shoveling the
Tags: acuweather, Opinion
by Keith Schneider COPENHAGEN—Lisa Jackson, the administrator of theEnvironmental Protection Agency, pushed through a crush of visitors at the U.S.Center late this morning,
Tags: GRIST
by Grist Susan Collins Though Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, seems supportive of climate legislation, she remains a toss-up in the debate over the Kerry-Boxer bill. In this
Tags: GRIST
I missed the boat for the first round of Someone-Claiming-to-be-Sarah-Palin vs COP15; so much for an easy traffic spike. Still, I was amused by how this random person titled the
Tags: Climategate, COP15, Copenhagen, Palin, Swifthack
Mongabay: According to the Global Climate Risk Index, Bangladesh is the most vulnerable nation to extreme weather events, which many scientists say are being exacerbated by climate change. From
Tags: Climate Ark, climate vulnerable | South Asia | Bangladesh
Times (UK): A male polar bear dragged the grisly remains of a cub that it caught and killed in the Hudson Bay area, Canada, after separating it from its mother — one of a growing number of
Tags: Climate Ark, climate polar bears cannibal | Arctic/Antarctic |
Independent (UK): The first decade of this century has been by far the warmest on record, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UK Met Office announced yesterday – and this year
Tags: Climate Ark, climate temperatures record | Worldwide/General |
Mongabay: A rainforest tribe fighting to save their territory from loggers owns the carbon-trading rights to their land, according to a legal opinion released today by Baker & McKenzie, one of
Tags: Amazon rainforest tribe | South/Central America/Caribbean | Brazil, Climate Ark
You can watch President Obama receive the Nobel Peace Prize Thursday, 7:00-8:30 am ET — click here. The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony takes place in the Oslo City Hall, Norway, on 10
Tags: International
Washington Post article urging Barack Obama to ditch conference is perfectly timed, but poorly argued It would be interesting to know what Sarah Palin, sworn enemy of the polar bear, would make of
Tags: Blogposts, climate change, Climate change scepticism, Comment, Copenhagen climate change conference 2009, Environment, Guardian, guardian.co.uk
Laura Nichols of the Penn State Daily Collegian Online here is way ahead of other journalists on the Penn State investigation – which was off the mark even faster than CRU. She reports
Tags: climate audit, SteveMcIntyre, Uncategorized
by Jason D Scorse With the Copenhagen meetings under way, the potential for a breakthrough on global carbon reduction targets looks better than it has for quite some time. Obama is set
Tags: GRIST
by Todd Woody As I boarded my flight back to California in Brisbane, Australia, last Wednesday, I received an email alert that the Australian Senate had just defeated the Labor
Tags: GRIST
An electric sports car takes to the road, while youth activists hold a Lennon-style ‘bed-in’ asking to ‘give youth a chance’ at the summit
Tags: Activism, climate change, Copenhagen climate change conference 2009, Editorial, Environment, Guardian, guardian.co.uk, World news
Report: U.S. solar market sees 50% annual growth The hodgepodge of federal and state policies are favoring the growth of large-scale solar farms, which will help propel the U.S. closer to the No. 1
Tags: Climate Progress
This is a Think Progress repost. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) called on the U.S. to urgently address climate change, proposing cap and trade legislation and
Tags: politics
Police detain 200 activists at their Copenhagen accommodation and seize items they claim could be used for acts of civil disobedience Danish police last night raided a climate campaigners’
Tags: Activism, climate change, Copenhagen climate change conference 2009, Denmark, Environment, Guardian, guardian.co.uk, Protest, World news
Science has its work cut out for the next decade if we are to reach a low-carbon society. New Scientist finds the stepping stones
by Jeff Biggers Calling on their campus to move beyond coal—and use previously donated coal company contributions to honor fallen Crandall Canyon coal miners, not MSHA-fined coal
Tags: GRIST
Despite anger from developing countries over the leaked document, the negotiations are still on track for success Rob Bradley, director of international climate policy, World Resources
Tags: climate change, Comment, Copenhagen climate change conference 2009, Environment, Guardian, guardian.co.uk
I’m aggregating rebuttals here<[link]>if anyone knows of any I’ve missed.
Für die von Euch, die mich gerne hören im Radio oder sehen im Fernsehen:Deutschlandradio mit einer Kritik am WBGU (ein verbatim Text! – dafür aber noch einigermassen
Tags: Deutsch
Boycott Copenhagen | Sarah Palin
Any deal at the Copenhagen climate summit will be more about politics than science. President Obama should stay away With the publication of damaging emails from a climate research center in
Tags: Barack Obama, climate change, Climate change scepticism, Comment, Copenhagen climate change conference 2009, Environment, Guardian, guardian.co.uk, Hacked climate science emails, Obama administration, Polar regions, Republicans, Sarah Palin, United States, World news