Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: "Minuscule": Effects of European ETS on CO2 Emissions

In The Climate Fix, I present data suggesting that Europe's rate of decarbonization was essentially unchanged before and after implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, up to the period covered by the Sandbag analysis. The Sandbag analysis suggests that this finding holds to the present. The strong implication is the that EU ETS has not accelerated BAU decarbonization in Europe.

Australian Temperatures in cities adjusted up by 70%!? « JoNova

The largest adjustments to the raw records are cooling ones in the middle of last century. So 50 years after the measurements were recorded, officials realized they were artificially too high? Hopefully someone who knows can explain why so many thermometers were overestimating temperatures in the first half of the 1900’s.

NOAA - No Dead Zones Observed or Expected as Part of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

“It is good news that dissolved oxygen has not reached hypoxic levels in these deepwater environs,” said Shere Abbott, Associate Director for Environment at the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

GOP considers plan to stymie new greenhouse gas rules at Senate markup - The Hill's E2-Wire

Nelson, along with committee Democrats Tim Johnson (S.D.) and Byron Dorgan (N.D.), are co-sponsors of Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s (D-W.Va.) bill that would delay EPA rules governing stationary industrial emitters for two years.

A chat with Dan Kammen about his new job at the World Bank | Grist

In the long term, every bit of analysis I do in my research life suggests that we absolutely need a price on carbon -- we need these externalities priced. But in my home state of California, in our climate bill, most of the reductions in the next decade are going to come through sectoral programs, not through the carbon market. Our carbon market's a critical part of the story long term, but Mary Nichols, head of the Air Resources Board, has a portfolio of individual goals within the vehicle sector, buildings, etc. Those things are going to do the heavy lifting now.

I see the World Bank playing a similar role. It can do important national or regional projects as of tomorrow morning -- they're already doing many today -- but they can also be the driver for this broader global agreement. They are incredibly well-positioned, despite their complicated past, to make this happen. That's why it's so neat.

Q. What have you been doing since advising the Obama campaign two years ago?

A. Outside of academia, since April I've been serving Hillary Clinton as the [State Department's] first energy and climate fellow, kind of an informal envoy or liaison to Latin America.