Environment, Energy & Global Warming: January 2013

Monday, January 28, 2013

SOON AND MORNER: Sea-level rise data based on shoddy science

There is much concern over rising sea levels and disappearing coastline. Yet how are such changes really measured?

Satellites can measure tiny changes in sea levels referenced to a known baseline, but those measurements have only been available since 1993. Two other methods used for changes occurring over more than 100 years are tide gauges and efforts by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in computer modeling.

A tide gauge monitors water level changes in relation to a local reference height. They are simple devices, not too different from a pingpong ball floating in a tube. Tide gauge data are available for more than 1,750 stations around the world and are the longest time series available. In the case of Delaware, records go back to the early 20th century, while in places such as Amsterdam they go back to the late 17th century.
How reliable are such data?

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Russia World Society Science Incidents Opinion Business Photo Advertising sections Hotspots and Incidents » Disasters, catastrophes Russian winter continues to kill

Abnormally low winter temperatures in Russia continue to claim more and more lives. Twenty-one people froze to death in only one day; 147 others were hospitalized with frostbite. The cold weather in central Russia is not going to get any warmer soon. On December 19, the cold has reached St. Petersburg, where temperatures fell below -20 degrees Centigrade. It is 30 degrees below zero in the Ivanovo region, -22C in the Kaluga region, and -25 in Tver.

For the time being, the winter of 2012 has killed 45 people (266 have been hospitalized).

In Moscow, for example, the cold snap came on December 15 and will last until next Wednesday, forecasters say. At the weekend, night temperatures will drop to 26 degrees below zero Centigrade.

"The idea that alcohol warms people up from within in freezing weather is wrong. Alcohol only can only mislead people and their defenses - it can make people feel that they are warm. Alcohol is harmful in cold weather. One needs normal hearty food and warm clothing to be safe," Russia's Chief Sanitary Doctor Gennady Onishchenko said.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Global warming, the tool of the West

For years, the Elites of the West have cranked up the myth of Man Made Global Warming as a means first and foremost to control the lives and behaviors of their populations. Knowing full well that their produce in China and sell in the West model and its consequent spiral downward in wages and thus standards of living, was unsustainable, the elites moved to use this new "science" to guilt trip and scare monger their populations into smaller and more conservatives forms of living. In other words, they coasted them into the poverty that the greed and treason of those said same elites was already creating in their native lands.

What better way to staunch protests at worsening economic and life conditions than to make it feel like an honourable job/duty of the people to save "Gia". At the same time, they used this "science" as new pagan religion to further push out the Christianity they hate and despise and most of all, fear? Gia worship, the earth "mother", has been pushed in popular culture oozing out of the West for a better part of the past 1.5 decades. This is a religion replete with an army of priests, called Government Grant Scientists.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

IMPORTANT EVENT FOR DEER MANAGEMENT

The Delmarva Sportsmen’s Classic
February 2^nd 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Delaware State Fairgrounds

Dover Building

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Seminar Schedule:

9:00AM-9:20AM	Joe Hamilton: Brief Introduction and “Being a Responsible Hunter in the Woods and in Public”
	Delaware Fish & Wildlife Enforcement Section Talk

9:30AM-10:15AM	Kip Adams: “State of the Whitetail- Trends in Harvest and Management Programs”

10:30AM-11:15AM	Joe Hamilton: “Learn To Hunt With Your Eyes Closed- Appreciating the Sounds of Nature”

11:15AM-12:30PM	LUNCH BREAK

12:30PM-1:15PM	Dr. Grant Woods of GrowingDeer.TV: “Hunting and Managing Deer in Small Woodlots”

1:30PM-1:50PM	Bill Jones: Buck Scoring Demonstration

2:00PM-2:45PM	Dr. Mark Conner: “Building a Successful QDM Program”

3:00PM	“Shoot From the Hip” Q&A session with Joe Hamilton, Kip Adams, Dr. Grant Woods, Mark Conner, Kelly Ratz of Short’s Archery and 2012 Al Brothers Deer Manager of the Year, Ron Haas.

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February 2^nd 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Delaware State Fairgrounds

Dover Building

Speaker Topics

Joe Hamilton

Learn To Hunt With Your Eyes Closed --- Appreciating the Sounds of Nature.
Joe will use a variety of game calls in conjunction with a power point presentation to introduce young hunters to the many sounds of wildlife so they’ll be able to have a successful hunt even if a deer isn’t harvested or seen. This is an interactive program where the youths in the audience will be encouraged to make some of the common wildlife calls as a group. Sounds range from the call of the Barred Owl to those of various frogs.

Be a Responsible Hunter in the Woods and In Public.

Joe will address how hunters should dress and act in public, proper disposal of deer remains, proper display of a harvested deer respect for neighbor’s property lines, and several other ways to portray the look and actions of a good hunter.

Kip Adams
State of the Whitetail: Trends in Harvest and Management Programs.

An in depth look at white-tailed deer hunting in Delaware as compared to other states and regions. Topics include: National deer harvests, deer killed on depredation/damage permits, the percentage of hunters shooting 1, 2, and 3 or more deer annually, top threats impacting state wildlife agencies’ abilities to manage deer, average weight of harvested deer and more. Also covered will be the impact of diseases such as Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).

Dr. Grant Woods

Hunting and Managing Deer in Small Woodlots

Hunting and managing deer in small woodlots can be challenging. Applying “big woods” techniques to such areas usually results in more frustration then tagged bucks.

However, there are specific techniques that can increase the success rate for managing and hunting mature bucks in small woodlot habitat. Join Grant as he shares some of these techniques.

Dr. Mark Conner

Building a Successful QDM Program

A successful deer management program requires a great deal of work and commitment. The QDM Program at Chesapeake Farms is considered to be a model for the Eastern Shore and the nation. Mark will share his trials and triumphs during his years of building this successful QDM program. His insight on the “Four Building Blocks of QDM” will prove valuable to all deer hunters and property managers.

China chills hit 28-year low, trapping ships in ice

Jan 5 (Reuters) - Temperatures in China have plunged to their lowest in almost three decades, cold enough to freeze coastal waters and trap 1,000 ships in ice, official media said at the weekend.

Since late November the country has shivered at an average of minus 3.8 degrees Celsius, 1.3 degrees colder than the previous average, and the chilliest in 28 years, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday, citing the China Meteorological Administration.

Bitter cold has even frozen the sea in Laizhou Bay on the coast of Shandong province in the east, stranding nearly 1,000 ships, the China Daily newspaper reported.

Zheng Dong, chief meteorologist at the Yantai Marine Environment Monitoring Center under the State Oceanic Administration, told the paper that the area under ice in Laizhou Bay was 291 square km this week.

READ MORE: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/05/china-weather-idUSL4N0AA0D820130105

Friday, January 18, 2013

Brrr! China's coldest winter in decades at new low

BEIJING (AP) -- China is experiencing unusual chills this winter with its national average temperature hitting the lowest in 28 years, and snow and ice have closed highways, canceled flights, stranded tourists and knocked out power in several provinces.

China Meteorological Administration on Friday said the national average was -3.8 degrees Celsius (25 degrees Fahrenheit) since late November, the coldest in nearly three decades.

The average temperature in northeast China dipped to -15.3 degrees C (4.5 degrees F), the coldest in 43 years, and dropped to a 42-year low of -7.4 degrees C (18.7 degrees F) in northern China.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Attorney General Cuccinelli announces legal victory against EPA attempt to regulate water itself as a pollutant

- Victory will save Virginia taxpayers estimated $300 million plus -

RICHMOND (January 3, 2013) - Late this afternoon, a federal judge accepted arguments made by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has exceeded its authority by attempting to regulate water itself as a pollutant by imposing restrictions on the flow of stormwater into Fairfax County's Accotink Creek. The effect of this ruling could save Virginia taxpayers more than $300 million in unnecessary costs.

EPA had previously issued an edict that would cut the flow of water into the creek by nearly half, in an effort to address the sediment flow on the bottom of the creek. In regulating the flow rate of stormwater into the creek, the agency was trying to regulate water itself as a pollutant, rather than the sediment. The attorney general challenged the EPA's action as exceeding the agency's legal authority to regulate pollutants under the Clean Water Act (CWA). These restrictions also would have diverted public funds that could be spent more effectively on stream restoration for Accotink Creek and other waterways in the region.

READ MORE: http://www.oag.state.va.us/Media%20and%20News%20Releases/News_Releases/Cuccinelli/010313_EPA.html

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Forget global warming, Alaska is headed for an ice age

Alaska is going rogue on climate change.

Defiant as ever, the state that gave rise to Sarah Palin is bucking the mainstream yet again: While global temperatures surge hotter and the ice-cap crumbles, the nation's icebox is getting even icier.

That may not be news to Alaskans coping with another round of 50-below during the coldest winter in two decades, or to the mariners locked out of the Bering Sea this spring by record ice growth.

Then again, it might. The 49th state has long been labeled one of the fastest-warming spots on the planet. But that's so 20th Century.

In the first decade since 2000, the 49th state cooled 2.4 degrees Fahrenheit.

Widespread warming

That's a "large value for a decade," the Alaska Climate Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks said in "The First Decade of the New Century: A Cooling Trend for Most of Alaska."

Thursday, January 10, 2013

E.P.A. Chief Set to Leave; Term Fell Shy of Early Hope

Lisa P. Jackson is stepping down as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency after a four-year tenure that began with high hopes of sweeping action to address climate change and other environmental ills but ended with a series of rear-guard actions to defend the agency against challenges from industry, Republicans in Congress and, at times, the Obama White House.

Ms. Jackson, 50, told President Obama shortly after his re-election in November that she wanted to leave the administration early next year. She informed the E.P.A. staff of her decision on Thursday morning and issued a brief statement saying that she was confident “the ship is sailing in the right direction.”

READ MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/science/earth/lisa-p-jackson-of-epa-to-step-down.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&seid=auto&_r=3&

Friday, January 4, 2013

Prof uses history class to warn of 'life threatening' dangers of global warming

Climate change will lead to historic and “life threatening alterations on a scale never before seen in recorded history” a professor at Suffolk County Community College warned in an assignment for a history class this past November.

A professor told his class that global warming will lead to "life threatening alterations."

In the mandatory assignment, given by Professor Norman West for History 103, students were required to read a collection of six biased articles on mankind’s relationship to global warming and write a critical evaluation on the pros and cons of America’s ability to respond to the crisis.

READ MORE: http://www.campusreform.org/blog/?ID=4532

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Californians could face ‘double taxation’ with state, federal carbon taxes

Last month, environmentalists cheered as California launched a cap-and-trade program, but talks of a federal carbon tax

raised concerns about double taxation.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that while the chances of a federal tax

on carbon emissions being adopted are still remote, California state officials are worried enough to have started discussing the prospect.

“We are aware that it is a possibility, and we have been considering it as of late,” said California Air Resources Board spokesman Stanley Young. “We want to make sure that California companies continue to transition into the program without any sort of disadvantage.”