Climate update – Nov 10

Boulder approves city-wide carbon tax /

Kenya’s Maasai plead for help against global warming /
The moral climate – climate coverage changes from science to economics to ethics /
IPCC scientists attacked by deniers /

Canadians’ use of cars, trucks drives up greenhouse gases

Climate – Nov 10

Climate threatens agricultural crisis: UN /
Water flow in China’s Yellow River at record low /
Expert says oceans are turning acidic /
Billions needed to climate-proof Africa

An assessment of world oil exports

ASPO-Portugal has developed a draft assessment of World Oil Exports, here defined has the total amount of liquid hydrocarbons that are surpluses in producing countries. This assessment is made by projecting into the future fixed change rates that reflect current trends in liquids production and consumption in countries where presently the difference between the two is positive. The outcome of this assessment is worrisome.

Review of George Monbiot’s “Heat”

The ultimate irony of Heat is that Monbiot’s prescription is probably the only one that can save this planet from the scourge of global warming, but that, as simple, direct and painless as it is, this prescription has about the same likelihood of actually coming about as a snowball’s chance in hell. Or, perhaps I should say, a snowball’s chance on Earth after Monbiot’s brave, well-researched, and ingenious ideas have been forgotten.