Re: [geo] House want facts on climate
Followup. Guardian eval of the House Science panel on climate fact finding: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/dec/26/republicans-congress-climate-change-testimony-risk?goback=%2Egde_2792503_member_5822026074170626051#%21 Quote: It's quite simply a massive risk management failure. With something as important as the global climate, on which every living being on the planet relies, we should be overly cautious, not impetuous and reckless. Titley is exactly right on this point, and fortunately was able to make this case to the House committee. Unfortunately the House Republican take-home message was exactly as you might expect, with their summary of the hearing reading, Little Evidence Linking Climate Change to Extreme Weather Events Greg From: John Nissen johnnissen2...@gmail.com To: gh...@sbcglobal.net Cc: geoengineering geoengineering@googlegroups.com; P. Wadhams p...@cam.ac.uk; Peter R Carter petercarte...@shaw.ca; Brian Orr orrbr...@tiscali.co.uk; Tenney Naumer alais.el...@gmail.com; David Tattershall h...@invent2.com Sent: Monday, December 9, 2013 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [geo] House want facts on climate Hi Greg, This committee, if it really wants reality and a correctly balanced view of the evidence, should call for testimony from Jennifer Francis, on the link between Arctic warming, jet stream behaviour and the increase in weather extremes, which have been evident over the past few years. She is the co-author of a paper being presented at the AGU that is meeting this week in San Francisco, from where I am typing this email. For anybody at AGU, her talk is 8.45 on Thursday, room 3012 in Moscone West. She is not prone to exaggeration - indeed she is modest and honest. Cheers, John On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 6:10 AM, Greg Rau gh...@sbcglobal.net wrote: More fair and balanced climate testimony? Greg CLIMATE: House Science panel to take aim at impacts to weather Jean Chemnick, EE reporter Published: Monday, December 9, 2013 A House committee that has become increasingly vocal in its criticism of U.S. EPA climate regulations and the science they are based on will hold its second hearing on the relationship between climate change and weather. On Wednesday, the Environment Subcommittee of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a hearing titled A Factual Look at the Relationship between Climate and Weather. The purpose of the hearing is to examine the links between climate change and extreme weather events, including hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, and floods, the committee said in a memo on the hearing. The panel will hear from David Titley, a former deputy undersecretary of Commerce for operations, who now directs the Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk at Pennsylvania State University. He will testify alongside John Christy, a climatology professor at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, and prominent climate skeptic. Also on the panel will be Roger Pielke Jr., of the University of Colorado's Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, who studies the nexus of science and politics. The hearing comes as Republicans on the Science panel continue a letter campaign panning EPA's plans to regulate heat-trapping emissions using the Clean Air Act. Last week, GOP leaders of the committee fired off two letters to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. The first complained that the agency had ignored its own science advisers in failing to have its September proposal for new power plant emissions vetted by an independent panel. The other blasted the agency for not recording or transcribing the 11 listening sessions it held around the country in October and November to gather input on its existing power plant guidance. The panel also asked EPA to hold listening sessions in states most likely to be affected by EPA's upcoming rule, including states heavily reliant on coal for electric generation. Schedule: The hearing is Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 10 a.m. in 2318 Rayburn. Witnesses: John Christy, professor and state climatologist, University of Alabama, Huntsville; David Titley, director, Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, Pennsylvania State University; Roger Pielke Jr., professor, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails
Re: [geo] House want facts on climate
Hi Greg, This committee, if it really wants reality and a correctly balanced view of the evidence, should call for testimony from Jennifer Francis, on the link between Arctic warming, jet stream behaviour and the increase in weather extremes, which have been evident over the past few years. She is the co-author of a paper being presented at the AGU that is meeting this week in San Francisco, from where I am typing this email. For anybody at AGU, her talk is 8.45 on Thursday, room 3012 in Moscone West. She is not prone to exaggeration - indeed she is modest and honest. Cheers, John On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 6:10 AM, Greg Rau gh...@sbcglobal.net wrote: More fair and balanced climate testimony? Greg CLIMATE: House Science panel to take aim at impacts to weather Jean Chemnick, EE reporter Published: Monday, December 9, 2013 A House committee that has become increasingly vocal in its criticism of U.S. EPA climate regulations and the science they are based on will hold its second hearing on the relationship between climate change and weather. On Wednesday, the Environment Subcommittee of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a hearing titled A Factual Look at the Relationship between Climate and Weather. The purpose of the hearing is to examine the links between climate change and extreme weather events, including hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, and floods, the committee said in a memo on the hearing. The panel will hear from David Titley, a former deputy undersecretary of Commerce for operations, who now directs the Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk at Pennsylvania State University. He will testify alongside John Christy, a climatology professor at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, and prominent climate skeptic. Also on the panel will be Roger Pielke Jr., of the University of Colorado's Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, who studies the nexus of science and politics. The hearing comes as Republicans on the Science panel continue a letter campaign panning EPA's plans to regulate heat-trapping emissions using the Clean Air Act. Last week, GOP leaders of the committee fired off two letters to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. The first complained that the agency had ignored its own science advisers in failing to have its September proposal for new power plant emissions vetted by an independent panel. The otherhttp://science.house.gov/sites/republicans.science.house.gov/files/images/12-06-2013%20Science%20Committee%20Letter%20to%20Administrator%20McCarthy.pdf blasted the agency for not recording or transcribing the 11 listening sessions it held around the country in October and November to gather input on its existing power plant guidance. The panel also asked EPA to hold listening sessions in states most likely to be affected by EPA's upcoming rule, including states heavily reliant on coal for electric generation. *Schedule:* The hearing is Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 10 a.m. in 2318 Rayburn. *Witnesses:* John Christy, professor and state climatologist, University of Alabama, Huntsville; David Titley, director, Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, Pennsylvania State University; Roger Pielke Jr., professor, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [geo] House want facts on climate
Hi all, We are having a meeting tomorrow about the Arctic situation and what to do about it, with some top experts attending. Here's the agenda: AMEG meeting at AGU, Wednesday, 11th December 2013 Title: Arctic warming, sea ice retreat, and methane emissions: a call for rapid intervention Location: Pacific Room I on the 4th floor of the San Francisco Marriott Marquis (780 Mission Street), reserved from 10:30 am - 1:30 pm Agenda • 10.30 Introductions • 10.40 Discussion about the Arctic situation from latest evidence on temperature, sea ice, methane, Greenland Ice Sheet and ocean circulation • 11.20 Official launch of AMEG response to AR5 (WG1 and WG2) - press invited • 11.40 Presentation of the AMEG case for urgent action - press invited • 12.00 Break for coffee and informal discussion • 12.30 Discussion of latest ideas for measures and techniques to cool the Arctic, save the sea ice and suppress methane, including 10-minute presentations of several geoengineering • 1.20 Summing up Contact: John Nissen, Chair AMEG (Arctic Methane Emergency Group), Mobile: +44 7890657498, email: johnnissen2...@gmail.com, skype: john.nissen4 On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Charles H. Greene c...@cornell.edu wrote: For Sandy connection, check out the attached paper. CHG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups geoengineering group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
