Carbon credits create new tribal income - White Mountain Independent

WHITERIVER — If everything goes according to plan, the White Mountain Apache will be able to retire all their debt within the next year or two and start putting millions toward economic development. The source of the immediate funds, says Tribal Planner Joe Waters, is carbon sequestration payments from California companies.

Initial payments could run from $20-36 million, with an annual payment thereafter of $1.5-2 million.

July 31 News: Thanks To Climate Change, The Size Of Storms Has Dramatically Increased | ThinkProgress

The size of rainstorms hitting Los Angeles has been getting bigger over the past 60 years, according to a new report released today by the Environment California Research and Policy Center. The environmental advocacy group measured rainfall in the Los Angeles metro area since 1948 and found that a storm large enough to occur only once a year decades ago is now happening every 8.8 months

Muller-the-pretend-skeptic makes three claims. He’s half right on one. « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax

Almost all the coverage of the Muller and BEST results confounds three different points, is poorly researched and mixes up cause and effect. Richard Muller is shamelessly promoting himself as something he is not, and his conclusions are nonsense on stilts that defy rational explanation.

Everyone knows hot air rises off concrete, yet scores of people get befuddled by statistics. The maths-talk is irrelevant. If your analysis tells you that thermometers next to combustion engines and industrial exhaust vents is recording global warming — your analysis is bunk, and we don’t need a peer reviewed paper to say so.

Brown, California Legislature Give Solar Companies OK to Ignore Environmental Laws | Heartlander Magazine

A proposed solar power plant in the Mojave Desert will not have to meet the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) now that Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has signed legislation exempting the project from the law. Environmental groups argued against the exemption, saying the solar power plant would despoil the desert landscape and harm threatened species.