Is dangerous climate change to be discovered by scientists, analysed by experts, negotiated by government or voted on by citizens? [...]
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Researching another paper topic, I came across this article discussing the status of Pine trees, their rapid growth due to CO2, and how they will indeed combat climate change. I found this article particularly interesting as it states: “Leaders of the world’s premier scientific organizations on climate change publicly call for the suppression of [...] . Some believe that a cap and trade system is one possible solution to cutting emissions. The NY Times highlighted an effort by the EPA to collect more data on emissions of greenhouse gases from US industries. Some gases are currently tracked, but methane and fluorinated gases may soon be added to that list. [...] Unfortunately, bowing to economic pressure, France is considering dropping their very forward thinking carbon tax: French Prime Minister Francois Fillon implied Tuesday that carbon tax that expected to take effect by July would face an end due to the unfair pressure it would bring to French companies. It will not be introduced in July [...] In an coordinated effort Nobel Prize winners urge the US Senate to take action: Eight Nobel-prize winning economists and scientists have joined more than 2,000 others in signing a letter today that urges the Senate to take swift action on climate change. “The longer we wait, the harder and more costly it will be [...] Reacting to climate change ‘deniers’ the United Nations has agreed to review the work of the IPCC: In an announcement at the UN in New York Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, and Rajendra Pachauri, the much-criticised head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said the InterAcademy Council, which represents 15 national academies of [...] The relationship between our oceans (the largest carbon dioxide sink) and anthropogenic climate change appears to be under stress: Lower levels of oxygen in the Earth’s oceans, particularly off the United States’ Pacific Northwest coast, could be another sign of fundamental changes linked to global climate change, scientists say. They warn that the oceans’ [...] The New York Times has an analysis of the likely Senators who will be needed to pass a climate bill this year. The article emphasizes that in order to get enough votes to pass, deals will have to be cut with various Senators on both sides of the aisle. E&E’s latest assessment of the [...] As we have discuss in class, carbon emissions are currently measured primarily by national-level assessments — how much Co2 comes from within the borders of China or the US. However, carbon embodied in trade is potentially a huge issue, as much of China’s economic output is exported to the US and EU – so [...] Rueters reports: Large amounts of a powerful greenhouse gas are bubbling up from a long-frozen seabed north of Siberia, raising fears of far bigger leaks that could stoke global warming, scientists said. The study said about 8 million tonnes of methane a year, equivalent to the annual total previously estimated from all of the world’s oceans, were seeping [...] The evidence keeps mounting that global climate change is linked to human activity: A review from the UK Met Office says it is becoming clearer that human activities are causing climate change. As the IPCC endures criticism, other organizations are stepping forward to lead the effort to inform policy makers: The analysis, published in [...] Given the threats facing the low-lying island nation of the Maldives from sea level rise, the government announced today that they are working with engineering and design firms to look into creating new ‘floating’ islands. The Maldives government and Dutch Docklands/Dutch Watervalley just signed an agreement today to develop several floating facilities for the islands, including [...] I doubt this will get anywhere legally, but it’s a novel approach to carbon regulation: AFP reports that Hurricane Katrina victims are suing fossil fuel companies. Victims of Hurricane Katrina are seeking to sue carbon gas-emitting multinationals for helping fuel global warming and boosting the devastating 2005 storm, legal documents showed. The class action [...] An anti-science ‘coalition’ is forming to fight the education of students across the nation: Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation’s classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public schools. The linkage of [...] The New York Times writes today in an article “Scientists taking steps to defend work on climate” that The e-mail episode, called “climategate” by critics, revealed arrogance and what one top climate researcher called “tribalism” among some scientists. The correspondence appears to show efforts to limit publication of contrary opinion and to evade Freedom of [...] Editorial in the weekend New York Times by former VP Gore, addressing the recent attacks on the IPCC and climate science generally: I, for one, genuinely wish that the climate crisis were an illusion. But unfortunately, the reality of the danger we are courting has not been changed by the discovery of at least [...] |
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