It must be true if UCLA Professors say so: ‘We have to cut down the amount of carbon being released into the atmosphere’ – A press release timed for Obama’s energy hammer
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/01/a-press-release-timed-for-obamas-energy-hammer/…
Eco-friendly university power station explodes covering the area with stinking cows’ muck
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2644056/Eco-friendly-university-power-station-explodes-covering-area-stinking-cows-muck.html…
NYT’s Paul Krugman claim: ‘Climate Action Is ‘Remarkably Cheap,’ New EPA Rules Would Give ‘U.S. Economy A Boost’
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/30/3443254/krugman-climate-action/…
Warmists explain: ‘Here’s Why The Carbon Regulations EPA Will Announce Are So Important’: ‘It’s The First Step Towards A Global Solution…(after 1st treaty we can) then circle back around in a few years for an agreement to cut more’
Here’s Why The Carbon Regulations EPA Will Announce Monday Are So Important
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/30/3442691/epa-carbon-rules-pre-explainer/
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Next Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency will release a first-ever set of regulations to cut carbon dioxide emissions from the country’s existing fleet of power plants. The agency recently issued similar rules for new power plants, which will be finalized next year after a public comment period. The rules for existing plants will undergo a similar process.
But before the political storm around the rules begins in earnest, here are the basic points everyone needs to know for why EPA’s carbon rules are so important.
Climate Change Is A Threat To America And The World
Because carbon dioxide molecules absorb heat well, the more we dump into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, the more heat the atmosphere can absorb. This raises the overall temperature of the Earth as a system, in what’s called the “greenhouse effect” — carbon dioxide and other gases trap heat within the atmosphere, like the glass walls of a greenhouse trap heat within its interior. We can actually measure it: satellites have tracked the heat imbalance as the Earth absorbs more energy from the sun, while ice cores and other measurements show a a long period of climate stability going back thousands of years, followed by a sudden spike in carbon dioxide and global temperatures around the arrival of the fossil fuel-powered Industrial Revolution.
What does all this mean for the Earth’s climate? Hotter average global temperatures mean more heat waves, more wildfires, and faster evaporation leading to more drought. But it also means more moisture in the atmosphere, so precipitation becomes heavier when it does come, and wetter areas become wetter while dry areas become drier. Sea levels rise from ice melt at the poles and cyclones become stronger from the oceans’ rising heat content, leading to more flooding and storm damage on the coasts. The poles heat up faster than the equator, destabilizing global weather patterns. Species and ecosystems collapse on both land and sea as climate change and ocean acidification alter their habitats. Crop production and food supplies are upended, fresh water becomes harder to come by, and vectors for pests and disease increase. Basically, rising global temperatures shift the range of possible weather so that destructive and extreme events become more likely.
The scientific consensus is that global temperatures can warm 2°C before those changes become …
CO2 is good for you – definitely NOT a pollutant – ‘A generation of children who have been forced fed false science’
CO2 is good for you – definitely NOT a pollutant.
http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.com/2014/06/co2-is-good-for-you-definitely-not.html
It is a tragedy that there are a generation of children who have been forced fed false science; who have been taught that carbon (dioxide) is a pollutant.So, in this post we are going to dispel some carbon dioxide mis-education.Is atmospheric CO2 causing runaway warming?This century atmospheric CO2 has risen from 369.14 in January 2000 to 398.72 in March 2014In this time, as the (UN)Skeptical Pseudo-Science trend calculator shows, there has been no significant change in global temperature.So atmospheric CO2 has risen by 8% whilst temperatures have fallen very slightly.With this in mind, why do we get statements like this:Global Warming is mainly the result of CO2 levels rising in the Earth’s atmosphere. Both atmospheric CO2 and climate change are accelerating. Climate Scientist say that we have years, not decades, to stabilize CO2 and other greenhouse gases.The source of this incorrect alarmist statement is the site CO2 Now. (Also the source for the above graph of CO2.) But CO2 Now is not alone in pushing a false scare re (peer-reviewed) innocent CO2.CO2 Greening the PlanetCO2 is plant food. We know that the increase in CO2 is greening the planet. This has been reported in peer reviewed journals Biogeosciences; Remote Sensing 5; the American Geophysical Union; Geophysical Research Letters and we also learn that Too Little Carbon Dioxide will destroy the Earth.In a recent discussion, a mis-educated young person asked: How can CO2 be greening the planet when there are droughts all around the world? Well, there are two flaws in this questions.The IPCC has ruled out CO2- climate change causing extreme weather. AlsoMore CO2 Means Less Water Stress for PlantsAnother major benefit of atmospheric CO2 enrichment is that plants exposed to elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 generally do not open their leaf stomatal pores – through which they take in carbon dioxide and give off water vapor – as wide as they do at lower CO2 concentrations. In addition, they tend to produce less of these pores per unit area of leaf surface at higher levels of atmospheric CO2. Both of these changes tend to reduce most plants’ rates of water loss by transpiration; and the amount of carbon they gain per unit of water lost – or water-use efficiency – therefore typically rises, greatly increasing their ability to withstand drought. Logarithmic Effect of CO2 Even if you agree …
Obama Uses Hurricane Season Start To Boost Controversial Energy Plan: ‘Obama making (AGW) a central issue during his final years in office’
Obama Uses Hurricane Season Start To Boost Controversial Energy Plan
http://www.thegwpf.org/obama-uses-hurricane-season-start-to-boost-controversial-energy-policy/
Anticipating more storms like Hurricane Sandy, President Barack Obama urged emergency workers and residents in coastal areas to brace themselves for the start of the hurricane season. The official beginning of the hurricane season two days from now coincides with an administration focus on climate change, which Obama is making a central issue during his final years in office.
“The changes we’re seeing in our climate mean that, unfortunately, storms like Sandy could end up being more common and more devastating,” Obama said today at a hurricane preparation meeting at the Washington headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “And that’s why we’re also going to be doing more to deal with the dangers of carbon pollution that help to cause this climate change and global warming.”
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce on June 2 limits on carbon emissions from power plants. While the regulations are sure to draw a political fight from lawmakers from coal-producing regions, Obama’s advisers view them as critical to the president’s legacy and his efforts to coax other nations to limit emissions.
Obama will discuss global warming again tomorrow in his weekly radio address. After leaving FEMA headquarters Obama stopped at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington to talk with children whose illnesses are aggravated by air pollution.
Sandy Example
This hurricane season may have fewer storms than average because of the El Nino effect of warmer tropical Pacific temperatures, according to a Bloomberg Industries report citing Colorado State University scientists. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts a 70 percent chance of eight to 13 named storms this season with one or two becoming major hurricanes of Category 3 or above.
Despite predictions of a light hurricane season, NOAA Administrator Kathryn Sullivan at a May 22 press conference in New York pointed to 2012’s Hurricane Sandy to show that it only takes one storm making landfall in a vulnerable area to cause catastrophic damage.
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Inspector General: EPA Could Be Relying On Fraudulent Data
Inspector General: EPA Could Be Relying On Fraudulent Data
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Inspector general warns agency lacks process for uncovering fraud in pollution data
As the Environmental Protection Agency prepares major new regulations on carbon emissions, the agency’s top watchdog is warning that fraudulent environmental data may be influencing its work.
The findings could provide fodder for critics of the new regulation, who warn that it could cost the U.S. economy billions and cause hundreds of thousands of Americans to lose their jobs.
“The EPA lacks a due diligence process for potential fraudulent environmental data,” the agency’s inspector general warned in a report released on Thursday. Existing processes for weeding out such data, the report said, are “out of date or unimplemented.”
“Our survey of EPA regional staff on their knowledge and use of the EPA’s fraudulent data policies and procedures found that a majority of respondents were unaware there was a policy, and approximately 50 percent expressed the need for such policies and procedures,” the report said.
The EPA relies in large measure on federal contractors to gather environmental data on which the agency bases its regulatory decisions. However, a lack of communication with those contractors and clear guidelines on investigative procedures has created confusion with respect to the processes by which fraudulent data is rooted out and corrected.
Similar problems plague interactions between EPA and state environmental regulators, the report found.
“The agency lacks policy on communicating case information with the states and other regulating parties during investigations,” the IG wrote. As a result, “potentially negative consequences for human health and environmental protection may be not be communicated or addressed.”
The EPA said it would initiate a number of corrective actions to remedy the problems. The IG was satisfied with the actions, saying “recommendations are considered resolved and open with corrective actions ongoing.”
Without those corrective actions, the report warned, the agency risks undermining public confidence in its regulatory work.
A lack of public confidence could be troublesome for the agency as it rolls out new regulations on existing coal-fired power plants that are sure to stoke controversy in Washington and around the country.
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