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The New Pollution Problem

Posted by BLOGASSAULT on Monday, March 01, 2010 5:04:46 PM
   This Washington Post article tells us the grim story of how manure is becoming one of the largest environmental problem we now have.

Animal manure, a byproduct as old as agriculture, has become an unlikely modern pollution problem, scientists and environmentalists say. The country simply has more dung than it can handle: Crowded together at a new breed of megafarms, livestock produce three times as much waste as people, more than can be recycled as fertilizer for nearby fields.

That excess manure gives off air pollutants, and it is the country's fastest-growing large source of methane, a greenhouse gas.

And it washes down with the rain, helping to cause the 230 oxygen-deprived "dead zones" that have proliferated along the U.S. coast. In the Chesapeake Bay, about one-fourth of the pollution that leads to dead zones can be traced to the back ends of cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys.
 
   Maybe this is part of the reason why most enviro-nutters are vegens.
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IPCC Needs Scientists For Fifth Assessment

Posted by BLOGASSAULT on Monday, March 01, 2010 4:20:51 PM
   If you are a climate scientist and have non-peer-reviewed papers, the IPCC has a job for you!
 
Request U.S. nomination of experts for consideration as authors for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report
Thursday, 21 January 2010 16:49
This is an announcement of opportunity to recommend experts to the U.S. Government for nomination as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, Review Editors, contributing authors and expert reviewers for the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Experts are needed in a wide range of fields spanning the science of climate systems and climate change and the scientific, technical, environmental, economic and social aspects of impacts, adaptation, vulnerability and mitigation of climate change. As explained in greater detail below, your recommendations need to be received at the Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), which is coordinating the U.S. nomination process, by 12:00 noon on Monday February 15, 2010. More information is available here.

   I wonder if Michael Mann is doing the interviewing?
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Phil Jones Admits To "Hiding The Decline"

Posted by BLOGASSAULT on Monday, March 01, 2010 3:45:48 PM
 
The scientist at the heart of the 'Climategate' row over global warming hid data 'because it was standard practice', it emerged today.

Professor Phil Jones, director of the University of East Anglia's prestigious climatic research unit, today admitted to MPs that the centre withheld raw station data about global temperatures from around the world.

   Here is another interesting tid-bit:

Prof Jones today said it was not 'standard practice' in climate science to release data and methodology for scientific findings so that other scientists could check and challenge the research.

He also said the scientific journals which had published his papers had never asked to see it.
 
   So, not only did he not give any so-called skeptic his data, the people who used his work never bothered to ask for it either. What kind of science is this exactly? Apparently the kind that requires no peer-review or varified testing.





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Murder-Suicide Blamed On Global Warming

Posted by BLOGASSAULT on Monday, March 01, 2010 2:55:54 PM
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Never Give Up - Never Surrender

Posted by BLOGASSAULT on Monday, March 01, 2010 11:37:12 AM
   Several countries are meeting to try and hammer out an agreement to set another global climate summit. Can you blame them? If they don't keep trying, they will probably wind-up joining the ranks of the 10% to 20% of those who are unemployed.

In his opening remarks, Japanese Ambassador for Global Environmental Affairs Akihiko Furuya said that although he recognizes there are "mixed feelings" about the outcomes of the Copenhagen talks, negotiators "should not underestimate what we achieved last year."

"The Copenhagen Accord provides a valuable stepping stone toward the ultimate goal of agreeing on a comprehensive legal document. Based on last year's achievements, we should continue to move forward with renewed resolve," he said.
 
   Can someone explain to me again what those achievements were in Copenhagen? Actually, can someone explain to me also how the Kyoto Protocol was an achievement? The U.S. could have meet some fancy climate goals as well had we passed a corrupt trading scheme (cap and trade) like the E.U.'s.
 
   To add insult to injury,  The Independent Republic of Boulder, Colorado will not meet there Kyoto goals either. Too bad.
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The One Gun A Month Law

Posted by BLOGASSAULT on Monday, March 01, 2010 10:49:09 AM
   I was not aware of this Virginian law that limits the purchase of a firemarm in that state to one a month.
   Repeat after me: Repeal! Repeal! Repeal!
 
   The law is coming under fire from some republicans, as it should be. They want to abolish this law because the system of background checks currently in place makes this law irrelevant. But this opinion column from the Washington Post sets up the same old tired arguement of the straw man purchaser. I am sure this happens, but it is highly unlikely.
 
What they overlook is how straw purchasers, residents with no criminal backgrounds who can lawfully purchase firearms, serve as front men for criminals who come to the state to buy guns in large quantities. It's a system that, to use Mr. Cullen's phrase, made Virginia "an embarrassment" and contributed to the violence that is the hallmark of drug gangs.
 
   There is no possible way to know if Virginia had anything to do with the "violence that is the hallmark of drug gangs", and to state otherwise is bordering on a lie. Once again, this is nothing more than a law limiting the law abiding citizens ability purchase a firearm. And for what good reason? Becuase gang violence can be reduced by this law? Ridiculous.
 
   
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