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Decisions
to name storms draw concern
As season ends, some say center rushes to classify, which costs you
With another hurricane season set to end this Friday, a controversy is
brewing over decisions of the National Hurricane Center to designate
several borderline systems as tropical storms...
Speculation
Elimination
Did the Bush administration really censor science?
Once again, the press is in a tizzy over the Bush
administration’s “censoring” of science.
It is claimed that the Bush administration edited testimony presented
to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee by Julie
Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). The testimony, originally 14 pages, was cut to six...
EU
trading scheme slammed for "double counting" carbon credits
New report accuses EU's emissions trading scheme of lack of
transparency over practice that allows different firms to reuse the
same carbon allowances
The EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS) has been accused of systematic
double counting of carbon allowances by a new report released last
week...
Unnatural
History
Hurricane Katrina -- a very big storm by any measure -- has now been
called the "largest ecological disaster in U.S. history," according to
the Christian Science Monitor, because it "killed or damaged about 320
million trees"...
Two
New Children's Books Take on Global Warming
Two new books on global warming for kids are out. One is designed to
reduce anxiety among children; the other is designed to heighten it...
Ethanol
Craze Cools As Doubts Multiply
Claims for Environment, Energy Use Draw Fire; Fighting on the Farm
Little over a year ago, ethanol was winning the hearts and wallets of
both Main Street and Wall Street, with promises of greater U.S. energy
independence, fewer greenhouse gases and help for the farm economy.
Today, the corn-based biofuel is under siege...
2007
cools, set to be 6th warmest year on record
OSLO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - This year is set to be the sixth warmest since
records began 150 years ago, cooler than earlier predicted which means
a slight respite for European ski resorts or bears trying to
hibernate...
Everything
is Caused by Global Warming (600+ links)
Dr. John Brignell, a British engineering professor, runs a website
called numberwatch. He has compiled what has to be the most complete
collection of links to media stories ascribing the cause of everything
under the sun to global warming. He has already posted more
than six-hundred links...
EU
industry warns about carbon trading and renewables
The industry lobby group BusinessEurope has warned that the EU must
focus more on energy efficiency, rather than renewable energies and
emissions trading, if it wants to prevent energy-intensive industries
such as chemicals and steel-making from taking their operations
elsewhere...
Global
Temperatures are Uncorrelated with Carbon Dioxide Trends this Last
Decade
Temperature peaked in 1998 and have shown no warming for a decade now.
Many scientists have been remarking about this trend for several years
but no one takes heed, preferring to believe models than actual data...
NRSP
launches ‘Unreliable Sources’ initiative
CBC climate science coverage first under the microscope
Ottawa , Canada , November 26, 2007 – The Natural Resources
Stewardship Project (NRSP) announces the launch of its
‘Unreliable Sources’ initiative to help counter the
steady stream of climate science misinformation emanating from mass
media, politicians, lobby groups and industry...
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