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Counting All the Carbon:  A Waxman-Markey Wart

Counting All the Carbon: A Waxman-Markey Wart

by Bill Chameides
Jul 02, 2009
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To love something means accepting it, “warts and all.” Well, here’s one Waxman-Markey wart I don’t even like: its failure to count all the carbon.

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The Story That Wasn't: EPA 'Suppressed' Report Countering CO2 Endangerment Finding

by Bill Chameides
Jul 01, 2009
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A guy walks into a bar and says, “Did you hear the one about suppression at the EPA?” The bartender says, “Yeah, but did you hear the one about melting glaciers in the Himalayas?” “But that’s not funny,” the guy says. “Exactly,” replies the bartender.

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HFCs: Stratosphere, No Problem. Climate, Another Story.

HFCs: Stratosphere, No Problem. Climate, Another Story.

by Bill Chameides
Jun 30, 2009
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Hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs have replaced those nasty Freons to protect the ozone layer, but those HFCs can still wreak climatic havoc.

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Climate Legislation: Countdown to the House Showdown

by Bill Chameides
Jun 26, 2009
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Two recent polls show that a large majority of Americans want the U.S. to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. On Friday the House delivered. Read the updated post.

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To Geo-engineer or Not to Geo-engineer

To Geo-engineer or Not to Geo-engineer

by Bill Chameides
Jun 24, 2009
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Imagine tinkering with the climate system to cancel out global warming — the stuff of mad scientists or global saviors?

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Cap and Trade Part 4: Forests, Farms, and Offsets

Cap and Trade Part 4: Forests, Farms, and Offsets

by Bill Chameides
Jun 17, 2009
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What do you do if something emits greenhouse gases but is not under the cap? Use offsets.

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WSJ Goes Green, Sorta

WSJ Goes Green, Sorta

by Bill Chameides
Jun 16, 2009
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Check out the Journal Report in Monday’s Wall Street Journal. It’s all about global warming mitigation.

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U.S. Climate Bill Part of Solution but Not the Whole Solution

by Bill Chameides and Prasad Kasibhatla
Jun 15, 2009
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The climate deniers have a new argument: don’t pass climate legislation because it doesn’t cut emissions enough.

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Update: The Sun’s Spots Are Back ... Sort Of

Update: The Sun’s Spots Are Back ... Sort Of

by Bill Chameides
Jun 11, 2009
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The Sun has finally woken up and is showing its spots again. But it looks like we are headed for a feeble solar cycle.

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Cap and Trade Part 3 – You Ask, “What?” I Say, “How Wide?”

by Bill Chameides
Jun 10, 2009
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Which greenhouse gas emissions do you find when you look under a cap and trader?

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Cap and Trade Part 2: Walking the International Tightrope

Cap and Trade Part 2: Walking the International Tightrope

by Bill Chameides
Jun 09, 2009
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Suppose the United States adopts a cap on greenhouse gas emissions and China does not? What then?

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Cap and Trade Part 1: It’s About the Cap, Stupid

by Bill Chameides
Jun 08, 2009
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Where the climate is concerned, don’t be fooled: it’s ultimately about the “cap” not the “and trade” part.

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Day After Tomorrow Not Any Time Soon

Day After Tomorrow Not Any Time Soon

by Bill Chameides
Jun 03, 2009
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Model simulations predict a global warming-induced ice age is not in the cards this century. Cool ... or should I say, "Neat"?

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China’s Carbon Intensity: A Roller Coaster Ride

by Bill Chameides
Jun 02, 2009
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China is now the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2), but are its emissions getting cleaner or dirtier?

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Two Bits of Good News on the Climate Front

Two Bits of Good News on the Climate Front

by Bill Chameides
May 27, 2009
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Some encouraging developments: lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and a chance for coral reefs.

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And Here’s to You, Mrs. Mary Bono Mack

And Here’s to You, Mrs. Mary Bono Mack

by Bill Chameides
May 26, 2009
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Our nation turns its grateful eyes to you. Last Thursday was an historic day in the House. The Waxman-Markey climate bill passed out of committee by a vote of 33-25. All but one Republican voted no, along with four Democrats. That lone Republican? Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA).

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WSJ Climate Naysayer Has New Culprit: Big Business

WSJ Climate Naysayer Has New Culprit: Big Business

by Bill Chameides
May 22, 2009
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News flash from the op-ed pages of the Wall Street Journal: we must stop climate change legislation. Why? Because big business wants to make money.

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Update: Ag Chair Introduces Bill to Bypass EPA on Renewable Fuels

Update: Ag Chair Introduces Bill to Bypass EPA on Renewable Fuels

by Bill Chameides
May 21, 2009
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Last week Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) took his ”I don’t trust anyone anymore” paranoia one step further. He offered up a bill that would not just bypass the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed renewable fuels standard, but the agency itself.

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Deep Ocean Revisions Do Not Spell Global Warming Rethink

Deep Ocean Revisions Do Not Spell Global Warming Rethink

by Bill Chameides
May 20, 2009
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A new paper suggests that our model for the circulation of the deep ocean may be wrong. But claims that all global warming science should therefore be thrown overboard just don’t hold water.

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Indiana Governor: Cap and Trade Unfair to Hoosiers. Really?

Indiana Governor: Cap and Trade Unfair to Hoosiers. Really?

by Bill Chameides
May 18, 2009
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In Friday’s Wall Street Journal Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said "no thanks" to the Waxman-Markey climate bill. Why? Apparently it’s his stand against imperialism.

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