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April 24, 2007
report was prepared by CNA Corp., a national security think tank in Alexandria, Va."On the simplest level, (global warming) has the potential to create sustained natural and humanitarian disasters on a scale far beyond those we see today," the generals concluded.
The photo below -- which I took from a helicopter -- shows how Hurricane Katrina tossed around container cars in New Orleans in 2005.
Perhaps this what the generals meant by "sustained natural and humanitarian disasters"?
Posted by Stuart Leavenworth at 6:00 PM | Comments
April 18, 2007
I've worked at daily newspapers for more than 20 years, and have covered environmental issues since 1990.My first encounter with atmospheric propaganda came in 1990, when an industry-funded group called the Global Climate Coalition sent me a small globe encapsulated in a cube of clear plastic. On the side of this ice cube was the message: "It's cooler than you think."
Just for the record, I'm not an atmospheric scientist, economist, lawyer, banker, engineer or anyone else who has devoted his life to understanding the carbon cycle, market trading of emissions, international treaties or bovine burps. Yet I know enough about all those subjects to be dangerous.
Currently, I'm an associate editor at the Sacramento Bee's editorial page, where I comment on a range of topics, mainly involving state policy. I also offer commentary on Friday mornings on Capitol Public Radio, while trying to carve out time to ride my bike.
Photo by Tran Viet Thanh, shot in the hills near Bac Ha, in northwest Vietnam.
Posted by lash at 10:35 AM | Comments
WHAT IS THE HOT HOUSE?
California has passed the nation's first statewide laws to control carbon dioxide and other emissions linked to global warming. Now comes the tough part: Translating statutes into action. Corporate CEOs, European ministers and others are all watching what happens here in Sacramento. This blog will track the implementation of California’s laws and the power players that are trying to influence the outcome.WHAT ARE THE LAWS?
AB 32Signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006. Requires the state to reduce its global warming emissions to 1990 levels (a 25 percent reduction) by 2020, with a further 80 percent reduction by 2050.
SB 1368
Also enacted in 2006. Requires utilities to purchase long-term power contracts from sources that are as "clean" – in terms of carbon emissions – as the most efficient natural gas-fired power plants. Effectively bans new contracts with out-of-state coal power plants.
AB 1493
Signed into law by Gov. Gray Davis in 2002. Requires motor vehicles sold in California by 2009 to achieve the maximum feasible reduction of greenhouse gases. The major automobile manufacturers are now challenging it in court.
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