Why Antarctic ice is growing despite global warming - environment - 20 April 2009 - New Scientist

It's the southern ozone hole whatdunit. That's why Antarctic sea ice is growing while at the other pole, Arctic ice is shrinking at record rates. It seems CFCs and other ozone-depleting chemicals have given the South Pole respite from global warming.

But only temporarily. According to John Turner of the British Antarctic Survey, the effect will last roughly another decade before Antarctic sea ice starts to decline as well.

Prometheus » Blog Archive » How to Lose a Debate

The political point is that if the debate hinges on costs, Republicans have the upper hand because if Democrats respond with claims of low or zero costs, and if this turns out to be untrue, then such claims will become a political liability. But if the claims of low costs turn out to be true, they will gut the policy from the standpoint of emissions reductions, and thus become a political liability.

Bottom line: Democrats cannot win the cap and trade debate if the issue is framed as costs to American households.

Curious Snippets: Not Entirely True

DCB: Is flying to Spain the same as knifing someone in the street?
Caroline Lucas: Yes it is, people are dying from climate change, David.

Hmm. How ambiguous.

Young thinkers say “Shift the paradigm” on Waxman Bill « It’s Getting Hot In Here

For years, we’ve been hammering the following point: climate change = red alert global catastrophe, it threatens all life on Earth and the future habitability of our planet. Yet our policy solution is nowhere near the red alert level, it lies somewhere between Velveeta cheese and Taco Bell hot sauce in terms of punch.