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'Nothing off-limits' in climate debate | The Australian"The climate is changing because of natural factors and the impact of human actions," Dr Pachauri said.
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"If in the Arctic, for example, we get a huge amount of snowfall this year, you will get ice formation," Dr Pachauri said.
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"There is a lot of awareness now but a lot of people also talk about these things of a fashion, without necessarily understanding what it represents and what sort of actions we need to take."
Climate Finance Untangled | Making our future sustainableOur analysis estimated global climate finance flows at an average $364 billion in 2011. To put this in context, according to the International Energy Agency, the world needs $1 trillion a year over 2012 to 2050 to finance a low-emissions transition, so current finance flows still fall far short of what is needed.
Unlocking the Conspiracy Mind-Set - NYTimes.com[Justin Gillis] When I first met the NASA climate researcher Gavin Schmidt a few years ago, we discussed the proliferation of material on the Internet attacking mainstream climate science. I asked him whether he thought climate contrarians were flirting with conspiracy theory in their views.
“Flirting?” he said. “No. They’ve already had conspiracy theory out on a hot date, and now it’s the morning after and they’re sitting up in bed, having coffee.”
Where were the appeals to feed starving polar bears in 1974? | polarbearsciencewhere was the media attention on the plight of starving polar bears back in 1974 and 1975 when polar bears were actually starving in large numbers in the eastern Beaufort Sea?
At least two of the co-authors of the paper getting all the attention – Drs. Ian Stirling and Nick Lunn – witnessed polar bears starving in the Beaufort in 1974 because of an especially cold winter and said nothing – even though polar bear populations worldwide at the time were already low due to the wanton slaughter of previous decades.
THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds 'much lower risk' to Amazon from climate changeA paper published today in Nature finds "a much lower risk of Amazon forest dieback under CO2-induced climate change if CO2 fertilization effects are as large as suggested by current models." The paper adds to other recent papers demonstrating the Amazon is resilient to climate change due to CO2 fertilization, and that Amazon trees will tolerate IPCC projected temperature in the year 2100.
Climate Astrology: Global Warming Means More Blizzards | Right Wing Newsnone of these snow storms are proof of anthropogenic global warming (nor do they prove a coming cool period). All they prove is that weather happens.
2012 U.S. Coal Exports Reach Record High In 2012 the U.S. exported 114 million metric tons of coal (126 million short tons) — 12 percent more than the previous high set in 1981. The rapid rise of U.S. coal exports exceeded the Department of Energy’s forecast, published in the 2012 Annual Energy Outlook, by 30 percent.
Going the Distance: Range Anxiety Overlooks EVs’ Sweet SpotU.S. drivers average 13,476 miles per year; that’s 37 miles per day, according to the Office of Highway Policy Information. The most recent National Household Travel Survey by DOT’s Federal Highway Administration puts that number even lower—a scant 29 vehicle miles per day, with an average trip length less than 10 miles.
Either way, these numbers are well within the range of most EVs, especially when you take into account the ability to charge at the office during the work day, or at retail centers while running errands, shopping, and grabbing lunch. [So people would be happy to spend, say, 30-60 minutes charging their car while running errands?]
[from Revkin]@MITglobalchange study: vehicle efficiency standards >6 times costlier than fuel tax. (News release):
Settled Science Update : Global Warming Means More Snow, Less Snow, Record Snow And No Snow | Real Science
CEI: Lisa Jackson used yet another non-EPA email account as ‘safe harbor’ from transparency Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson used her old New Jersey state government email account to supplement the account that she operated under the alias “Richard Windsor,” which a watchdog group suggests was another attempt to avoid transparency laws.
“It was no longer an account anyone would think to search under any open records request because there was no defensible reason it still should be in operation,” the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Chris Horner said in a statement today. “In other words, like the ‘Richard Windsor’ account, it looks like she assumed this was a safe harbor from the horrors of transparency in public office.”
Which Year Was Most Extreme? « NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THATThe following facts are worth noting:-
The winter in 1936 was the 2nd coldest on record. Only the winter of 1979 was colder.
The summer of 1936 was the hottest on record.
Annually, 2012 was warmest, whereas 1936 was ranked 72.
So, a very hot summer and very cold winter in 1936 cancelled each other out, to something about average! It is no surprise then that the “US Climate Extremes Index” for maximum temperature shows 1936 as one of the least extreme on record, while 2012 is top.
C3: 1956: Climate Change Wreaks Havoc Across The World - Disasters FlourishA list of 1956 severe disasters before 350ppm CO2 levels - must be early climate change, no?
Climate Change Dispatch - 'Nothing off-limits' in climate debateTHE UN's climate change chief, Rajendra Pachauri, has acknowledged a 17-year pause in global temperature rises, confirmed recently by Britain's Met Office, but said it would need to last "30 to 40 years at least" to break the long-term global warming trend.
Dr Pachauri, the chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said that open discussion about controversial science and politically incorrect views was an essential part of tackling climate change.
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In Melbourne for a 24-hour visit to deliver a lecture for Deakin University, Dr Pachauri said that people had the right to question the science, whatever their motivations.
"People have to question these things and science only thrives on the basis of questioning," Dr Pachauri said.
He said there was "no doubt about it" that it was good for controversial issues to be "thrashed out in the public arena".
Flashback: No consensus here: While warmist James Hansen has admitted that global temps have been "flat" for many years, warmist John Abraham continues to deny it In reality, climate has not taken a "breather."
Meteorologist Bernadette Woods says she is leaving WJZ-TV - baltimoresun.comWJZ meteorologist Bernadette Woods is leaving the CBS-owned station to join a non-profit firm in New Jersey focused on climate change, she said Wednesday night.
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Woods described Climate Central as a "non-profit, non-lobbying company which deals with climate information, basically trying to educate the public" on climate change.
"There's so much misinformation out there, that this company started in an effort to try and get good information to the public," she said."They are trying to connect climate with extreme weather, because that's a lot of what's happening. That's really exciting for me, because I do love the science."
Woods, a Penn State graduate with a B.S. in meteorology, earned her Television Seal of Approval through the American Meteorological Society in 2004.
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"Oh, I'm a weather geek, no doubt about it," she said laughing. "The bigger the storm, the better." [Wait, so she laughs about tragic storms that kill and injure people, including children? To her, bigger storms are "better"?]
African Women Particularly Impacted by Climate Change | Africa | World | Epoch TimesAfrican women walk for miles across harsh terrain to find clean water sources, planting and harvesting crops through scarcity and drought. Climatic disasters, such as floods, hurricanes, and landslides, can separate families, exposing women to human trafficking, hunger, and loss of life in a matter of moments.
Women must be an integral part of the climate change discussion in Africa, says the United Nations Initiative of the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality. Yet, women are rarely involved in forming climate change policies. [Wait, but aren't the UN climate hoax chief and the EU climate hoax chief both women?]
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According to the U.N. website, it is “imperative that a gender analysis be applied to all actions on climate change and that gender experts are consulted in climate change processes at all levels, so that women’s and men’s specific needs and priorities are identified and addressed.”
Warmist DC Weatherman Bob Ryan: Warmer but More Snow? — Does this make sense? | JunkScience.comRyan says, yes, in some places. But talk and anecdotes are cheap. Let’s see you forecast something, Bob.
AP’s Explanatory Journalism Trumps ‘Brazen Contradiction’ | The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The MediaAP science reporter Seth Borenstein sets a high bar for explanatory journalism with piece on how declining snowfall and a heavy blizzard can both be linked to a warmer climate.
Twitter / Slate: Note to environmental activists: ...Note to environmental activists: getting arrested protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline is not doing anybody any good:
Keystone pipeline protests: Oil companies will just use railroads. - Slate MagazineWhile opponents protest, oil companies turn to railroads.
Scenes from the Anthropocene: Polar Paradox Pt. 2 : ImaGeoThe Norwegian government also seems to want to showcase the city’s role in the opening of the Arctic region to increasing exploitation of resources. So much so, in fact, that it covered journalists’ travel expenses to attend the Arctic Frontiers conference.
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Karl Bildt, Sweden’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, and chair of the Arctic Council, picked up on the polar paradox:
“Global warming is a fact. We have to fear that it will go on. Every week we see . . . new coal-fired plants come online in China and India. We see the consequences here.”
At the same time, “economic opportunities are booming and will continue to boom in the Arctic region,” he said.
Twitter / ronanlyons: The importance of climate... ...The importance of climate... “Fall in temperature in 15-16th C -> higher prob a Jewish community would be expelled.”
CIA-funded Study: Global warming ‘may have contributed’ to the Arab Spring | JunkScience.comThe same group that missed collapse of the Soviet Union.
Top Five Crazy Moments from Lisa Jackson’s Secret Emails | Washington Free BeaconMany of the disclosed emails focus on press coverage of the EPA and the agency’s attempts to spin or push back against articles. EPA officials didn’t hide their disdain for some reporters.
Former EPA press secretary Adora Andy said Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel is “such a nut.”
“Yeah, but it helps in strange and interesting ways,” Jackson replied.
Twitter / ret_wardUS National Academy of Sciences to receive $500 million from Gulf oil spill settlement:
Climate and food supply are biggest worries for under 14s4.3% of the youngsters surveyed said they thought Spiderman would solve the world’s problems.
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More than half (53.3%) said the biggest challenge will be making sure there is enough food, while 52.4% said tackling climate challenge will be the biggest. Just under half (49.3%) said that making sure the world does not run out of energy will be the biggest issue. [Did over 150% of the kids participate?]
Mass media moving away from Climate change coverageLead Nature Conservancy scientist M. Sanjayan, makes the case that all the climate change stories look alike.
Redding.com Blogs: Doug Craig's blogthere is a strong and widespread consensus among the world's climate scientists that we are on track for significant warming of 11 degrees Fahrenheit this century if we continue on our current course. This would devastate life on our precious planet
Tyndall Centre At The Centre Of New Climate Scandal | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)Editor’s Note: The editors of the journal in question are:
Neil Adger, who is a member of the Tyndall Centre and was until recently at UEA.
Katrina Brown, who is a member of the Tyndall Centre and was until recently at UEA.
Declan Conway, who is a member of the Tyndall Centre and is at UEA.
Joel Sternfeld's best photographs – when climate change sinks in | The GuardianIn November and December of 2005, I was in Montreal to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference...my agenda was my own: I wanted to know if climate change was real.
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What I heard and saw at this confence shocked me like nothing I've ever experienced. I live about five blocks from the former World Trade Centre and I was at my window as the first plane struck – but this was worse. In the opinion of nearly all the participants, not only was climate change occurring, it was also about to reach a tipping point and become irreversible.
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In Montreal, I tried to take photographs of delegates at the moment when the horror of what they were hearing was visible on their faces. At stake, after all, is the continuation of Earth as a planet fit for us to live on. No one can say how long the process of human extinction might take...nothing I've ever done has addressed a more desperate matter.
"The Simpsons" Kamp Krusty (1992) - Memorable quotes[Kent Brockman is covering a summer camp mutiny]
Kent Brockman: Ladies and gentlemen, I've been to Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and I can say without hyperbole that this is a million times worse than all of them put together.
Euro MPs back plans to freeze pollution credits | The NationThe parliamentary committee agreed by 38 votes to 25 to allow the European Commission to delay the timing of carbon emission auctions in hopes the price will rise and so encourage cleaner technologies, a statement said."The environment committee has sent a clear signal in favour of a strong and healthy emissions trading system. A stronger carbon price will help catalyse Europe’s transition towards a low-carbon economy," committee chairman Matthias Groote said in a statement.
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Recent prices for such credits are around five euros but experts believe that needs to be 24-30 euros to make investment in clean technologies a realistic proposition.
Head of UN climate change panel says knowlege will provide solutions | Pacific Beat | ABC Radio AustraliaThe Chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the good news is that we now have knowledge of climate change and human society know what has to be done to fight the problem.
Doctor Rajendra Pachauri is visiting Melbourne as the Panel finalises it's first major report on climate change since 2007.
Lecture at Yale advocates for action on global warmingReport by India Education bureau, Yale: Motivating Americans to take action on global warming is the topic of a lecture to be delivered by Harvard professor Theda Skocpol on Wednesday, Feb. 20.
This year’s Hollingshead Lecture, sponsored by the Yale Department of Sociology, is titled “What It Will Take to Mobilize Americans to Limit Carbon Emissions and Fight Global Warming.”
Score-Settled Science - By Mark Steyn - The Corner - National Review OnlineSince being sued by fantasy Nobel Laureate and global warm-monger Michael E Mann for mocking his hockey stick, I’ve taken a greater than usual interest in the conformity enforcers of the settled-science crowd. So I was interested to read this tidbit from Roger Pielke, Jr, professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado. He’s no climate “denier”, merely a little bit too independent-minded for the movement’s tastes...
Lafarge’s profit from CO2 sales slumps to 99 mln euros LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters Point Carbon) – Cement firm Lafarge earned 99 million euros ($132 million) from selling EU carbon permits in 2012, 44 percent down on the 177 million euros it made a year earlier, it said in annual results on Wednesday, almost matching a decline in market prices.
California governor overestimating CO2 market revenues: watchdog - News - Point CarbonSAN FRANCISCO, Feb 20 (Reuters Point Carbon) – California Governor Jerry Brown is overstating the amount of money the state earn from the sale of carbon permits in its cap-and-trade program by tens of millions of dollars, California’s budget watchdog said Tuesday, dealing a possible blow to the state's plans to invest in clean energy.
Nervous sellers send NZ carbon prices 8 pct lower - News - Point CarbonBEIJING, Feb 21 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Spot permits in New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme closed Thursday at NZ$1.75, down 7.9 percent week-on-week but up 30 cents from Tuesday, when the contract hit an all-time low as nervous sellers offloaded permits, traders said.
Obama settles on EPA, Energy Department nominees - News - Point CarbonWASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama intends to nominate air quality expert Gina McCarthy to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz to head the Department of Energy as early as this week, according to a source familiar with the process.
The Reference Frame: Ernest Moniz, MIT: Chu's successor?At any rate, with a climate alarmist hybridized with a nuclear bull who is affiliated with MIT, I would have mixed feelings about this possible future U.S. energy secretary. And there's one extra silver lining here: Moniz is actually a fracking supporter.
Orwellian climate double-speak dominating discussionBefore the Neolithic and the development of Great River Valley civilisations some 10,000 years ago, erratic climate severely hindered cultivation of crops. This meant our ancestors had to rely on hunting and gathering. Since 1750, humans have released some 560 billion tons of carbon (GtC) at the unprecedented rate of 2ppm/year. More than 40% of this accumulates in the atmosphere, which signals the termination of stable climate. We have seen this manifested in a spate of extreme weather events.
CO2’s atmospheric residence times is 1000 to 10,000 years: current emissions are condemning future generations to impossible climate conditions.
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The criminal dimension of the current campaign to negate climate science and defame climate scientists will only be fully comprehended by our children and grandchildren, when it may be too late.
Climate change perceptions changing in U.S., speaker says Collier, a volunteer speaker for the organization founded and chaired by former Vice President Al Gore, was in Augusta this week to speak to the local Sierra Club and other organizations.
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“We used to talk about weather systems, ice caps and long-term things,” he said. “Now we are seeing the first phenomena: rainstorms that are bigger and more frequent, and heavier snowfalls too. I call it ‘global weirding.’”
Twitter / RyanMaue: This negative piling on by ...This negative piling on by liberal media about "bonehead" economic illiterate anti-Keystone climate folks shows bus about to roll 'em over
Oscars: Helen Hunt [suggests that a beach clean-up can help prevent CO2-induced bad weather]Hunt: We can help shine the light on both the climate science, and the solutions, including through events like this. I also think we can all take action ourselves where ever possible. I spent last Saturday with my daughter doing a beach clean up with Heal the Bay
Climate change: Obama administration pulls habitat-lifeline from endangered polar bearsOn Tuesday, in the waning days of Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar’s reign, a special rule modified after the ESA amendment originated by the Bush administration, was adapted by the Obama administration. The measure doesn’t allow occurrences outside the immediate habitat of an endangered species to be considered for regulation.
According to Center for Biological Diversity assessment, the special rule means that ESA can’t be used as an additonal tool to curb pollution spewing from smoke stakes far away from polar bear habitat, although such carbon-loaded emissions are conclusively linked to global warming and the melting of Artic sea ice.
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