Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Pen Hadow on melting ice - Features - WideWorld Magazine
The legendary polar explorer on why we’ll all be kayaking to the pole by 2030
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[Hadow] Antarctica will retain its general state for perhaps hundreds of thousands of years. But the Arctic Ocean is going through a major state change. The ice cap will cease to be a year round surface feature of the planet as seen from space. It’s all going to be over in 20-30 years – there will only be ice there for three quarters of the year.
Flashback:  The Top Ten Reasons why I think Catlin Arctic Ice Survey data can’t be trusted | Watts Up With That?
Due to the extreme cold conditions they were not fully prepared for, they completed less than half of the planned trip.
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The Catlin Arctic Ice Survey knowingly presented false data to the public and to the media in their web presentation.
C3: Global Warming Alarmists Take Another Hit: New Study Proves Climate Change Happens At Low CO2 Levels
One of the major stuck-on-stupid positions that global warming alarmists claim is that only human CO2 increases cause climate change. This idiotic stance eventually resulted in the bogus hockey-stick study that the world's preeminent statisticians found to be so....well....really bogus. The hockey-stick of course purported to show that no climate changes had occurred over the last 1,000 years until the late 20th century. This idiocy became so apparent that even the IPCC retired the hockey-stick to barely a footnote in its last report.
Kerry should encourage GOP filibuster on climate - The Boston Globe
If managed right, the response to a Republican filibuster could build the support needed for passage. Picture opponent after opponent rising to take up the nation’s time with denials of climate change, spurious claims of economic disaster, and shopworn jeremiads about the need for more oil and coal to continue our fossil addiction. This creates a major opportunity to counter with the truth: that clean energy reduces greenhouse gases, creates enormous private sector economic growth, and directly addresses our largest national security risk — reliance on foreign oil.
Nepal foresters ready to sell carbon stocks on Environmental Expert
“If the forest biomass increases by two tonnes per hectare over the next year, then the CFUGs will be paid a sum for each extra tonne of carbon per hectare stored, based on the market rate for carbon,” Eak Rana Magar, PMU coordinator, told SciDev.Net.
Smith appointed to design new climate change [hoax] campaign
Following the successful delivery of their low carbon engagement campaign for EEDA, Cut Your Carbon, Smith have been appointed to develop a campaign for Rocoto Communications on behalf of the Suffolk Climate Change Partnership to deliver a new regional climate change campaign.

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