June 2010 the warmest on record

Babblers are unfortunately virtually alone in caring.

I have no scientific evidence, but simple common sense tells me that if we (or "nature", if that's what the right-wing-earth-animals want to call it) are putting more energy into a system (the Earths climate system,) then that system will react more "energetically" (ie: the earths weather will have stronger: winds; storms; heat waves; cold waves; "moisture dumps",etc.)

But even ignoring common (scientific) sense, and pretending for a second that economists know what the fuck they are talking about; how the hell could it not be an advantage, for a country with the natural renewable resources of Canada, to move toward a green economy?

The Saudis have less than half the population of Canada; their only natural resource is oil (which Canada has in about the same abundance,) and  for some reason, while Saudis are all rich and have their government pay for a "foreigner" to do any real work that might be required, Canadians with 1% of the population and owning 8% of the earths resources, are fooled into believing that "democracy = capitalism", and that requires that Canadian bow to our "larger and better" (but owning ..."controlling", is another story ... far less of the earths resources,) cousins to the south   ... I don't know about anyone else, I wouldn't mind putting the vast abundance of RENEWABLE Canadian natural resources to work for the betterment of Canadians (and if we have an ounce of brains; the earth.)

Why is it that the USA, with at best 1/8th the resources per person of Canada, is allowed to "rule the world" simply though military might, in a supposed "democratic" western world?

We're not paying attention to the important things ... that allows the shallow asshats to set the agenda / rule the world.

Not just the warmest June on record, but the fourth consecutive warmest month in the temperature record (March, April, May, June), and also the warmest 12 month period for the thrid month in a row (May 2009 - April 2010, June 2009 - May 2010, July 2009 - June 2010).

NOAA State of the Climate Global Analysis June 2010

Even the National Post has taken notice [5] and finally admitted that global warming/climate change can no longer be denied.

 "March, April, May and June were all the warmest they've ever been"

  Ya, where the heck are the HEADLINES on this little tidbit? We certainly seem to be living in a time of extreme propaganda, so we can assume there is an agenda behind it.

  One fear I have is that the corporate/oilmen/elites and government all believe that AGW is not really a problem. They could very well be living in fantasy, oblivious to the fact that Rome is burning while they fiddle about with their money.

  But as No Yards points out, Canada would benefit from building a renewable energy capacity. Having such would stabilize us in times of spiking oil prices - and oil prices are going to spike when this recession ends [if it ends].

  Furthermore, EVERY nation that has rejected fossil fuels as their primary energy source have BENEFITTED ECONOMICALLY. So it is true - oil costs us a lot. Sure, oil makes some people very wealthy, but it is done by taking it from you and me [directly at the gas pump, or in more complex ways like manufacturing or food production that is heavily fossil fuel dependent].

  We need some anarchy, break down the power structure!!

 It may be coming to a theatre near you sooner than we thought!!

  This weekend, Iowa is flooding [which has not happened in summertime there before], as the rest of the Eastern US is having a record breaking heat wave.

 There was a hint of the future was seen in the dust storms [due to the drought] that central Americans endured a few weeks ago. Add smoke from forest fires, and the usual automotive and industrial smog, and breathing becomes a real issue.

 And that is just in America - other places in the world are getting hit harder with these early effects of AGW.

 Life could get very difficult in short order. What I had expected to take 50 years to happen is allready beginning, and the big greenhouse gasses releases have not even happened yet [Arctic and ocean methane deposits]. We are seeing all these changes allready, despite the fact that "global dimming" [pollution that is deflecting sunlight] is still in place, sheltering us from the full force of global warming.

Runaway global warming will erase all the benefits our wealthy and advanced society has achieved so far. If only we could have kept it going for another 100 years or so, we would have been able to overcome so many potential threats, and we might have more or less gauranteed our continued future. Alas, that will have to be for some future civilisation to achieve, because we have pissed away our big opportunity.

Reflections of Fidel: The Other Tragedy

http://monthlyreview.org/castro/2010/07/18/the-other-tragedy/#more-615

",,,the subject that has occupied the major part of my efforts: imminent danger of a war that would be the last of the prehistory of our species to which I have dedicated none Reflections since June 1st, constitutes a problem that is becoming daily more aggravated. As is logical, 99% of people are sheltering the hope that an element of commonsense will prevail. Unfortunately, given all the elements of the reality that I perceive, I no longer see the most minimal possibility of that being so.

For that reason, I think that it would be much more practical for our peoples to prepare themselves to face that reality.

Our only hope consists of doing that.."

And now, 300 international scientists report that 11 measurements of global warming all point to a warming planet and that AGW is now "undeniable".

We have been here before, with declarations that "the debate is OVER", so I suspect that the deniers will continue their ridiculous parade of nonsense.

The 11 Factors:

The scientists confirmed that seven of the indicators are rising:
- air temperature over land,
- sea-surface temperature,
- marine air temperature,
- sea level, ocean heat,
- humidity,
- tropospheric temperature [atmosphere closest to the earth's surface]

Four other indicators were declining:
- Arctic sea ice,
- glaciers,
- spring snow cover in the northern hemisphere, and
- stratospheric temperatures.

Articles:

DeSmogBlog >International Scientists Confirm Climate Change is "Undeniable"

An international team of climate scientists led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has confirmed that climate change is "undeniable" and clearly driven by the "human fingerprints" of greenhouse gas emissions. The findings are based on new data that was not reviewed during the most recent 2007 report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The Financial Times reported today that the NOAA study drew on 11 different indicators of climate, and "found that each one pointed to a world that was warming owing to the influence of greenhouse gases."

The scientists confirmed that seven of the indicators are rising, including air temperature over land, sea-surface temperature, marine air temperature, sea level, ocean heat, humidity, and tropospheric temperature in the "active-weather" layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth's surface. Four other indicators were declining: Arctic sea ice, glaciers, spring snow cover in the northern hemisphere, and stratospheric temperatures.

The Financial Times quotes Peter Stott, head of climate monitoring at the UK Met Office, stating:

"The whole of the climate system is acting in a way consistent with the effects of greenhouse gases. The fingerprints are clear. The glaringly obvious explanation for this is warming from greenhouse gases."

Glaringly obvious, unless you are a climate skeptic who denies the facts in favor of touting manufactured scandals like "Climategate" - a mythical tale ginned up by the climate denial machine to further confuse the public about the real dangers of climate change.

Bob Ward, policy director of the Grantham Institute at the London School of Economics, told the Financial Times:

"This confirms that while all of this [Climategate] was going on, the earth was continuing to warm. It shows that Climategate was a distraction, because it took the focus off what the science actually says."

That is exactly what the denial machine intended, and it worked for quite a while, with many reporters writing about the private emails of climate scientists stolen from the University of East Anglia last winter. But when the whole episode was exposed as a baseless attack on scientists that does nothing to undermine scientific knowledge about the real threat of climate change, few reporters found the ink to tell the truth.

Even this new Financial Times article about climate scientists confirming the unequivocal certainty that manmade emissions are warming the globe features multiple quotes from climate skeptics and deniers, including Pat Michaels and Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

Why bother to quote the skeptics here in an article about hard scientific evidence? it is their Climategate story that has been thoroughly debunked, not the science. If there is any lesson that came out of Climategate, it is that climate skeptics should be ignored, not continuously quoted.

The deniers' golden egg - Climategate - has been proven false. Yet they cling to the myth regardless.

Doesn't that tell us plenty about their "expertise" and motivations?

It has never been as hot here as it was yesterday, it was still over 100 by 5pm. Today is shaping up the same.

Ranging fire in one of the valleys, the sun was blood red when it was setting last night, and I believe I just heard a water bomber coming  by overhead... going to watch on the deck to see if it is, when I cool down a bit.

We definitely need to push for more green energy but NAFTA/WTO trends are an impediment. Next week the Council of Canadians will

be hosting an event here in Winnipeg on that subject. Unfortunately they did not appear to put a notice into Rabble. Hopefully someone

from Winnipeg will notice this here. Summer is a hard time to get people out for something like this, especially in Winnipeg.

http://www.canadianswinnipeg.com/apps/calendar/showEvent?calID=3612934&eventID=90469480

The Council of Canadians, eh?

That is a disturbing article, but it doesn't explain much. I wonder how NAFTA and FTA are getting in the way of renewable energy?

Quote: "European trade negotiators are putting enormous pressure on federal and provincial governments to get rid of localcontent or sustainable sourcing requirements that are necessary to help Canadian communities and companies transition away from dirty energy, and create good, green jobs."

Of course, we all know that our political leaders will not do much to help the green energy movement, simply because the oil industry has so much political power.

But for the good of everyone ELSE, renewable energy would certainly give Canada some stability in times when oil prices rise, or if there is ever going to be a shortage of oil [which will hit Canada just as hard as anyone else because "our oil" is allready bought and paid for and will go south no matter how the desperate the domestic market it for oil],

Having even just 20% of our energy coming from renewables is not only easily achievable, it is crucial in those times. All that besides the AGW issue!

Uh the link I posted is not an article, its a blurb to advertise an event here in Winnipeg.

http://www.canadianswinnipeg.com/apps/calendar/showEvent?calID=3612934&eventID=90469480

Here is more on CETA; only some of the links talk about how CETA might impair Ontario's Green plan. Seems more like CETA is there to backdoor Genetically Engineered food into Europe. If there was only a way to get GMO pushers here to brag about that and then use that in Europe as the counter. Sort of how Pat Buchanan in 1988 bragged that the FTA was a total snookering of Canada.

Ooops.

http://www.tradejustice.ca/en/section/1