Wednesday, August 05, 2009

N.E. Aquarium kicks off global "warming" tour - Boston Business Journal:
The New England Aquarium is encouraging visitors to use their cell phones at the museum to learn more about climate change.
A Different Take on the U.S.-India Climate Change [Fraud] "Spat" - WSJ.com
...there may be a preference for the world's largest developed democracy and the world's largest developing democracy to conclude some deal.

Perhaps it could involve the so-called Princeton Plan, a formula put together by leading academics that would identify the one billion most emissions-inefficient people worldwide and cap a country's emissions based on how many offenders it had within its borders. Or some other formulation that lets each claim victory and an agreement to be struck.
When Precision Is Only 92.11567% Accurate - WSJ.com
Recently, the EPA added tests meant to mimic things people actually do with cars, such as turn on the air conditioning or drive them in cold weather. But these weren't done for older cars, so the EPA created a formula that estimated from the old data what would happen had the new tests been run. Karl Simon, an EPA scientist, says the results are "effectively equivalent."

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