Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Global Warming May Cook Sea Turtle Eggs : Discovery News
...by 2070, sands in many areas will be so scorching that eggs could not survive.
Flashback: 2,000 Endangered Sea Turtles Killed or Injured by Frigid Waters in Florida (Photos) : TreeHugger
Investigative journalist Georgianne Nienaber has been covering the devastating effect the exceptionally frigid waters in Florida are having on the marine life. According to her reports, innumerable fish have been washing up dead and at least 2,000 endangered sea turtles have been injured or killed by the unusually cold temperatures. Heartbreaking photos of the sick turtles and the rescue attempts after the jump . . .
National Post editorial board: The IPCC needs a makeover - Full Comment
Instead of tasking the IPCC with the job of preventing climate change — a mission that is likely impossible without bankrupting the world’s economies — steer it toward the more realistic job of abatement and adaptation, i.e., sketching out the most cost-effective strategies for limiting the damage from climate change, and finding realistic ways the world can adapt its economies and infrastructure to temperature and sea-level rises.
There is No Frakking "Scientific Consensus" on Global Warming: What She Said About the Climate Bible 3 Months Ago
...Ms. O'Neill - who has 25 years experience as a journalist - was utterly bamboozled by the PR machine which is the IPCC. She fell for their slick mirage. And then she passed it along to her viewers and readers.

In fairness, she isn't terribly different from thousands of other journalists out there. Which means that much of the world's media - and therefore much of the public - has been profoundly misled.
EU Referendum: They can't even get that right
Following on from the "shock” announcement that the Tories were co-opting Nicholas Stern to help them develop a "green investment bank", Stern has issued a denial.

"I should stress that I am not, and have no plans to be, an adviser to any political party," he said in a statement. This, says Sky News "may be an embarrassment for shadow chancellor George Osborne," who announced in a high-profile speech that he was "delighted that Lord Stern has agreed to advise us."
What Do The World’s 25 Dirtiest Cities Have In Common? | Climate Skeptic
They are all poor. Think on that, environmentalists, when you argue that limiting CO2 emissions should trump economic growth.

1 comment:

10ksnooker said...

Scortched turtle eggs, now let's see, can I see a copy of the data and research papers on that 'peered reviewed' papers