Wednesday, August 07, 2013

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THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds the Sun controls sea levels of the Caspian Sea
A new paper published in Climate of the Past reconstructs sea levels in the Caspian Sea [the world's largest landlocked sea] over the past millenium and finds sea levels were controlled by solar activity.
THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds ocean along Baja California coast is a net source of CO2 to the atmosphere
A new paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans finds the near-shore region in Baja California (Mexico) "was a weak annual net source of CO2 to the atmosphere."
No hope: Obama anti-coal policy to keep global poor in dark | JunkScience.com
The world’s richest nations, moving to combat global warming, are cutting government support for new coal-burning power plants in developing countries, dealing a blow to the world’s dominant source of electricity.
EPA to scale back ethanol mandate? | National Review Online
It’s the rarest of rare moments when we can highlight something remotely sensible from the EPA, so this is worth noting. According to today’s WSJ, the EPA has plans to look into reducing the volume of ethanol that must be blended into our nation’s gasoline

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