SPPI eWire 8/24/2007
The New Math on Global Warming UN climate change panel, natural climate cycle Print E-mail
Written by Dennis T. Avery   
Friday, 24 August 2007
The UN climate change panel told us in 2001 that human-emitted CO2 might drive the planet's average temperature upward by 5.8 degrees C—a bigger average warming than the world has had in the past 100,000 years.
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Samuelson: A Different View of Global Warming Print E-mail
Written by Robert J. Samuelson   
Friday, 24 August 2007
We in the news business often enlist in moral crusades. Global warming is among the latest. Unfortunately, self-righteous indignation can undermine good journalism.
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Study Estimates Global Warming Costs Print E-mail
Written by Alan Zibel   
Friday, 24 August 2007
Making big cuts in emissions linked to global warming could come at considerable cost to the U.S. economy: between $400 billion and $1.8 trillion in reduced growth over the next four decades, a new study says.
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Warming debate: Scene 1, take 2 Print E-mail
Written by Jeff Jacoby   
Friday, 24 August 2007
IF THERE'S anything climate-change crusaders are adamant about, it is that the science of the matter is settled. That greenhouse gases emitted through human activity are causing the planet to warm dangerously, they say, is an established fact; only a charlatan would claim otherwise.
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The Iris Opens Again? Print E-mail
Written by World Climate Report   
Monday, 20 August 2007
Back in 2001, Richard Lindzen and colleagues made quite a stir in the climate community when they published a paper in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society in which they describe having possibly identified an “adaptive infrared iris” that opens and closes to keep the earth’s temperature fairly steady even in light of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.
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The Cost of Cooling the Climate Print E-mail
Written by Ronald Bailey   
Monday, 13 August 2007
United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki Moon is convening a high level meeting on global warming at the U.N. headquarters on September 24. The idea is to jump-start the climate change negotiations for the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP-13) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). COP-13 is scheduled for December 3-14 in Bali, Indonesia.
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The Scientific Climate Print E-mail
Written by Elliot Abrams   
Sunday, 12 August 2007
Last week's issue of Newsweek (August 13 issue) had the big headline,
"Global Warming is a Hoax.*"
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SciAm Worried Newsweek’s ‘Global Warming Is A Hoax*’ Headline is Misleading Print E-mail
Written by Noel Sheppard   
Tuesday, 07 August 2007
I received an e-mail message from a global warming skeptic yesterday suggesting that Newsweek's disgraceful article about climate change "deniers" could backfire given the facetious headline "Global Warming Is A Hoax*" on the cover.
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Silencing Dissent on Global Warming Print E-mail
Written by Mark Da Cunha   
Tuesday, 07 August 2007
Global warming has become a big-ticket item in the eyes of its supporters. At stake are research funds, jobs and the ability to control lives all over the globe.
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The Earth Fights Back Print E-mail
Written by Bill McGuire   
Monday, 06 August 2007
Never mind higher temperatures, climate change has a few nastier surprises in store. Bill McGuire says we can also expect more earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and tsunamis
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The Hypocrisy of Celebrity Environmentalists Print E-mail
Written by David Frum   
Friday, 03 August 2007
Readers of Hollywood news already know that Laurie David has filed for divorce from her husband, Larry David, the creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm and co-creator of Seinfeld. Mrs. David's papers cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split. This past Sunday, the New York Post cast some light on the nature of those differences.
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The Steamrollers of Climate Science Print E-mail
Written by Clive Crook   
Wednesday, 01 August 2007
Almost from the beginning, critics have attacked the Bush administration for the way it has dealt with science.
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There Is No Global 'Temperature' Print E-mail
Written by Christopher Essex   
Friday, 22 June 2007
Why are so many people obsessed with a single number?
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