Zed!

Jane!

I guess it pays to be on this side of the ocean…

Well done, Jane. Should be an interesting discussion.

The multilingual Teresa Heinz Kerry!

To sophisticated women everywhere!

Jane!

FDL – The Little Blog That Could.

Great get, Jane. Congratulations.

Excellent news!

OT and EPU’d Sorry!

Henry Waxman is putting more pressure on A. Card

Following the hearing, my staff heard from multiple current and former security officials
who work or worked at the White House Security Office. These security officials described a
systemic breakdown in security procedures at the White House. The statements of these
officials, if true, indicate that the security lapses that characterized the White House response to
the leak of Ms. Wilson’s identity were not an isolated occurrence, but part of a pattern of
disregard for the basic requirements for protecting our national security secrets.

Go Henry!

He provides many examples of serious violations of security protocol by WH officials and concludes:

The allegations of the security officers raise many questions about White House security
procedures during and after your tenure as White House Chief of Staff. They describe a
systemic neglect of the basic rules for protecting our nation’s national security secrets. As you
can surely understand, investigating these allegations and ensuring that appropriate procedures
are in place at the White House is a priority for the Oversight Committee.
I hope you will recognize that you have an obligation to cooperate in this inquiry and
agree to appear voluntarily before the Committee. It would be regrettable if you were to resist
responsible oversight of these alleged abuses and require the Committee to issue a subpoena to
compel your attendance at a Committee hearing.

Great news!!

do we have to behave??? ^*g*^ tisk tisk….

This is really exciting Jane.

I voted for Kerry, and would so so again.

lolo @
12

do we have to behave??? ^*g*^ tisk tisk….

This is really exciting Jane.

No limit on fair questions regarding the topic at hand.

wow.

Go Jane Go !

ah lolo, was just thinking the same -

hands folded on desk, legs crossed at ankles -lol

Fantastic!

(Jane)

One word: WOW!!!!!!

urban pirate @
7

Jane!

FDL – The Little Blog That Could.

The Little Blog That Could IS.

We got sufficient mods for surely there will be swift-boating trolls in the FDL waters on Wednesday.

I heard part of their Tattered Cover appearance on C-SPAN over the weekend. The book (haven’t read it) seems to be a collection of stories about small people who do yeoman’s work to become environmental heros.

eCAHNomics @
20

I heard part of their Tattered Cover appearance on C-SPAN over the weekend. The book (haven’t read it) seems to be a collection of stories about small people who do yeoman’s work to become environmental heros.

Just bought it today. Looking forward to reading it tonight.

I have to confess that I don’t know very much about Sen. Kerry’s thoughts on how to protect Mother Earth. Can anyone turn me on to what he thinks about, what is for me, this essential issue?

I’m looking forward to this discussion. FDL has the best book salon.

OT-someone uploaded Sen Whitehouse’s chart discussion with the AG from Thursday’s hearing.
YouTube

See my Earth Day blog post.

I normally stay outa political stuff there, ‘cuz it’s way off-topic, but not all things are mutually exclusive.
.

Jane Hamsher @ 14

lolo @
12

do we have to behave??? ^*g*^ tisk tisk….

This is really exciting Jane.

No limit on fair questions regarding the topic at hand.

I was just being silly. We were really good at the Sunday book salon. Everyone was so serious, it was so interesting hearing all these experts exchanging ideas. If any of you missed it go back and read. Jane thanks so much for all this. You’re making our world a better place.

lolo

Oklahoma kiddo @ 22

I have to confess that I don’t know very much about Sen. Kerry’s thoughts on how to protect Mother Earth. Can anyone turn me on to what he thinks about, what is for me, this essential issue?

Maybe the book will spell it out.

Oklahoma Kiddo,

click on Jane’s amazon link for the book in the post, there’s usually an excerpt on their pages “search this book”, etc. probably at least get a Foreword out of it

tbsa @ 26

Oklahoma kiddo @ 22

I have to confess that I don’t know very much about Sen. Kerry’s thoughts on how to protect Mother Earth. Can anyone turn me on to what he thinks about, what is for me, this essential issue?

Maybe the book will spell it out.

Perhaps. But there is not a whole lot of time to order the book and read it before. Wed. ;0)

Woo Hoo and KUDOS fearless leader Jane! Doing the Snoopy happy dance that Wednesday is a day off for me.

And dear Jane you must know the honorable and briefly former and hopefully future President Al Gore could not refuse your invitation to da lake one fine day soon as well.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 22

I have to confess that I don’t know very much about Sen. Kerry’s thoughts on how to protect Mother Earth. Can anyone turn me on to what he thinks about, what is for me, this essential issue?

When asked about the title in the Q&A, Teresa explained that we have a small moment of time to do something significant about global warming.

I’m also curious about how the Kerrys got into the environmentalism business. I don’t recall much in his past that featured this interest prominently, but then I wasn’t paying close attention. I also missed the beginning of the TC presentation, which may have contained the answer to my Q.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 13

I voted for Kerry, and would so so again.

I’m sure he would like to hear that, esp. since he probably got the most votes in the last election, too (like Gore). We’ll never know for sure.

Texas Betsy – left you a comment near EPUville last thread.

cbl @ 27

Oklahoma Kiddo,

click on Jane’s amazon link for the book in the post, there’s usually an excerpt on their pages “search this book”, etc. probably at least get a Foreword out of it

Thanks! Did that already. Not much help though. Perhaps I’m missing something. ;0)

Oklahoma kiddo @ 28

tbsa @ 26

Oklahoma kiddo @ 22

I have to confess that I don’t know very much about Sen. Kerry’s thoughts on how to protect Mother Earth. Can anyone turn me on to what he thinks about, what is for me, this essential issue?

Maybe the book will spell it out.

Perhaps. But there is not a whole lot of time to order the book and read it before. Wed. ;0)

True that!

I believe that john & Teresa met at world environmental meeting in brazil.(or some place like that…)

Also Kerry was involved in earth day from the start

Its sad to see that even in this amazingly well rounded group this was not better known.

how the Kerrys got into the environmentalism business.

Limpballs and his little lapdog Hannity were all over the airwaves in 04′ warning us all about Ms. Heinz-Kerry’s donations to various ‘treehugger’ organizations

of course it just validated my choice

there’s lots in here about her long time support of environmental causes
wiki

cbl @ 36

how the Kerrys got into the environmentalism business.

Limpballs and his little lapdog Hannity were all over the airwaves in 04′ warning us all about Ms. Heinz-Kerry’s donations to various ‘treehugger’ organizations

of course it just validated my choice

there’s lots in here about her long time support of environmental causes
wiki

Thanks. And ruffian @ 35, one can’t know everything!

Oklahoma kiddo @
13

I voted for Kerry, and would so so again.

Well, not in a primary. Not me.

http://www.ontheissues.org/200…..onment.htm

Hey, Jane, can you use your persuasive mojo to get Gore to come on?

eCAHNomics @ 37

cbl @ 36

how the Kerrys got into the environmentalism business.

Don’t I know that!!!!!! *g*

No I was saddened by the fact that this was not better known- but that road will just lead me to the if only…and not manyconsultants

Oh. My. God. Jane.

You so rock.

Although I do hate it when you make me cry like this. Damn, I’m so proud I could bust.

Hi, Jane. Regarding Strip Search Sammy and the failure to filibuster, see what the WaPo thinks is funny. In a smarmy, content-free Style section feature today about the WHCA dinner after-parties, Libby Copeland and Dana Milbank write:

In the next room, Antonin Scalia is in deep conversation with Ana Marie Cox, nee Wonkette, who is on the sofa. They are talking about partial-birth abortion. Ugh!

The rest of the article is similarly tasteless and vacuous, but in my mind this quote really hit a new low.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01465.html

cleter @ 38

Oklahoma kiddo @
13

I voted for Kerry, and would so so again.

Well, not in a primary. Not me.

Agree. But… in the ‘general’, if Kerry was the nominee, I’d vote for him in a heartbeat. Actually I’m a Gore type. ;0)

ruffian @ 35

I believe that john & Teresa met at world environmental meeting in brazil.(or some place like that…)

Also Kerry was involved in earth day from the start

Its sad to see that even in this amazingly well rounded group this was not better known.

Another failure and damning evidence of the RNC/MSM (dare I say) criminal conspiracy to destroy the Kerry/Edwards ticket from the get-go.

Gore/ Kerry ‘08 has a nice in their face ring to it..but frankly I want every Decent Senator to stay put for awhile.

oops-leaned o keyboard. anyways I met John Kerry and his soul and the public persona -well, like Gore I kept yelling-JUST BE YOURSELF.

sigh.

cleter @ 38

Well, not in a primary. Not me.

We can leave that behind on Wednesday morning and focus on the topic and what we need to do in the near-term to save the world, yes, cleter?

Oklahoma kiddo @ 44
cleter @ 38
Oklahoma kiddo @
13
I voted for Kerry, and would so so again.

Well, not in a primary. Not me.

Agree. But… in the ‘general’, if Kerry was the nominee, I’d vote for him in a heartbeat. Actually I’m a Gore type. ;0)

I voted for Edwards in the primary, and Kerry in the general. I’ll probably vote for Edwards again, unless you talk me into voting for Gore.

Here’s a transcript of a major environmental policy speech Kerry gave when he was running for President:
Kerry’s environmental policy – 2003 speech

Rayne @ 48

cleter @ 38

Well, not in a primary. Not me.

We can leave that behind on Wednesday morning and focus on the topic and what we need to do in the near-term to save the world, yes, cleter?

I’ll behave. I promise. I’m never rude to FDL guests. Although, if a certain Connecticut senator were to come on…

OnTopic: Flying lab to test Pacific skies for dust from Asia

Dust storms from fierce winds that whip the Central Asian deserts cast a pall over Korea, rise high into the atmosphere as they speed eastward, and often cause a yellow-brown haze over California, the scientists say. At the same time, millions of tons of dense soot and chemicals rise into the air from China’s booming coal-burning industries each year, and they, too, add to the density of the plumes that reach North America.
“Dust from deserts like the Gobi and the Taklimakan have been crossing the Pacific at high altitudes for millennia, but in the last 10 or 15 years it has been mixed with a growing burden of soot and industrial chemicals,” said Veerabhadran Ramanathan, an atmospheric scientist at Scripps. “Now we need to know just how those micron-sized particles can change global temperatures and storm clouds and rainfall patterns.”

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Citizen Hamsher and the Firepup Patriots:

I hope someone asks the good Senator from Massachusetts why, since his dream of the White House is beyond him, he has not worked himself into Senate leadership in order to provide a secure progressive voice against the war and corporate tyranny…his efforts in leadership would be much more effective for the interests of citizens of this country than those wasted on producing coffee table face-time for himself and his wife.

KEEP THE FAITH AND ASK MORE OF ‘EM THAN THEY’RE GIVIN’ US!!!

cleter @ 49
Oklahoma kiddo @ 44
cleter @ 38
Oklahoma kiddo @
13

I voted for Kerry, and would so so again.

Well, not in a primary. Not me.

Agree. But… in the ‘general’, if Kerry was the nominee, I’d vote for him in a heartbeat. Actually I’m a Gore type. ;0)

I voted for Edwards in the primary, and Kerry in the general. I’ll probably vote for Edwards again, unless you talk me into voting for Gore.

Then you’ll first join in the citizen clamor to draft President Gore to run again? Last I heard almost a million net heads, including this ole brat, have signed on to several Draft Gore web sites.

Zig freed by MOD

P.S. Al Gore and John Edwrds…a kickass ticket for 16 years of Democratic leadership!!

1,495 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND..

So sad but true Norske.

NorskeFlamethrower @ 55

P.S. Al Gore and John Edwrds…a kickass ticket for 16 years of Democratic leadership!!

STOP my pounding heart! Kickass ticket indeed! Kudos NFT!

I like Edwards, I like Kerry, I like Kucinich, I like Gore, I like Pelosi, I like Clark. Have I left anyone out on purpose? Or not on purpose?

What I’d like to know in a very brief and concise way is what are Sen. Kerry’s views on protecting Mother Earth? I’d like to determine if I can ask an intelligent question of a man whom I admire and respect very much, on Wed.

President Gore. How sweet the sound.

Eureka Springs @ 46

Gore/ Kerry ‘08 has a nice in their face ring to it..but frankly I want every Decent Senator to stay put for awhile.

You don’t know how much I wanted that ticket in 2000. (I think Kerry did, too… and Gore may have, in hindsight).

I’m a proud supporter of Kerry for a couple decades now, and I’m not shy of saying that I was volunteering for his Presidential campaign back in the days people laughed at us in the (fall and winter of 2003). It’s mind boggling to think what our nation and our world would be like today if Kerry were elected.

I think he made a good decision to not run this time, like Gore made a good decision in ‘04. He doesn’t deserve the dissing he gets from many people, even in our own party. It’s much like how people ragged on Gore for the first couple years after he “lost” in 2000, and now he is respected more than ever. The same will happen for Sen. Kerry, I’m sure. He will keep working on the issues that are of most concern to him, the environmental crisis being one of them.

cleter @ 51

I’ll behave. I promise. I’m never rude to FDL guests. Although, if a certain Connecticut senator were to come on…

cleter, if a certain low-life flabby-jowled corporate-whore pasty-faced slacker showed up here, there’d be a stampede of people fighting over who’d get to hold him down and who’d get to b*tch-slap some sense into his tiny reptilian brain.

I do believe we’d all have to beat Jane to him, though.

On the other hand, maybe that’s a good fundraising event for FDL. We each bid on ring-side seats to watch Jane give Joe that short ride he espouses.

there’s no way i will be able to read the book by wednesday!

jane – or anyone else… can you point me to some good review, interview or other background material that would give me enough info to participate without yet having read the book?

this is usually my problem (not having read the book in time)… this week i’m thinking i won’t be alone… so suggestions very welcome. thanks!

From the John Kerry website:

a note from the authors

John Kerry:

“When I was about ten years old, living in Washington, D.C., my mother dragged me out of bed before dawn to go out to Virginia and walk a new path—the Nature Walk—she and others had created at school. She wanted me to experience the dawn and particularly see and listen to the birds as they escorted the sunrise with an amazing level of activity. Like any ten year old, I set out with a healthy level of skepticism and certainly none of the appreciation which fifty-two years of hindsight provide.

“My mother’s example was lifelong. She was ahead of the curve, advocating river cleanup, serving on the town’s Board of Health, starting a recycling program and always with her Audubon guide nearby. I squirrel- and woodchuck-hunted as a kid. I dug my toes into the mud and seaweed of Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts, looking for clams and mussels—which were abundant and edible in those days. I spent time on farms, witnessing the cycle of crops, cows and sheep nurtured and marketed. I was introduced to the fragility and power of oceans and mountains and given a great sense of responsibility for the stewardship of these God-given gifts. For the last twenty-two years, as Lt. Governor and United States Senator from Massachusetts, I have been able to fight for that stewardship. Most recently I willingly lead the filibuster to stop drilling in the Arctic and in 2004 I became the first Presidential candidate to advertise about energy independence.

“But as a society we are sliding dangerously backwards in almost every sector of environmental concern. Even caring about the environment has been marginalized in recent years by a calculated assault from special interests. Teresa and I are writing this book because we share a sense of urgency about the need to reinvigorate grassroots action which takes these concerns into the ballot box. All across America amazing people are engaged in creative, exciting personal struggles to do their part. This book shows what a lot of individuals are doing in common sense, practical and yet visionary ways, in the hope that their example can once again galvanize Americans into action.”

Teresa Heinz Kerry:

“What is an environmentalist?

“I don’t much care for labels: I was always “who” I was before any names or issues defined me. The environment was never a campaign for me; it was personal. As a child growing up in Africa, the rhythms and the fabric of the grasslands surrounding our home were an integral part of our family life. They had to be. The daily truth of much of life in Africa is that it is a struggle for survival. As a young girl, a doctor’s daughter, I learned that wellness, happiness and safety were all interrelated—that to survive, one had to know and obey certain common sense rules. If you were careless, did not boil water, then typhoid or dysentery would follow. A trip to the watering hole at dusk or dawn, when the animals gathered there, could end in a dangerous or even fatal encounter with a wild beast. Living happily simply meant understanding the interdependence of man and nature and the most basic need for harmony and respect.

“In Washington, DC, I began to be associated with the “E” word when I formally joined the board of the Environmental Defense Fund. The label finally arrived. And yet, my interests, my work and my essential character have never changed. There are millions of people with fears and hopes who, like me, do not necessarily welcome the idea of a one-word description of what they care about, or want to be part of a one-word “movement”. Indeed, many resent that. But nevertheless I continue to fight for the common sense relationship between ourselves and the world around us—the same relationship that I grew up with in Africa.

“I am joining my husband in writing this book now because I am filled with hope and excitement at the thought of what we can accomplish and frustration and often anger for the road blocks of greed and ignorance that get in the way of our doing so. I have worked for a lifetime to adopt manageable practices for an affordable, sustainable future based on simple, common sense. This book celebrates other Americans, environmentalists all whether or not they care for the label, who have the same deep concern and desire to secure the safety of our children and our planet.”

More Jane upstairs

Norske – you asked why Kerry hasn’t secured himself in a larger leadership role in the Senate. Isn’t some of that in deference to the Senior Senator from his state? Generally speaking, doesn’t the junior Senator usually not take a lot of leadership positions? I could be totally wrong, but my impression has always been that the ones with more seniority tend to have more of the leadership roles on issues.

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Citizen Bustedknuckles and the Firepups:

If the Democratic leadership can not get together in conference to keep the time line in the bill, then it’s time to signal them that there will be many new Democrats in the House and Senate and White House in ‘09 and it won’t include ANYone now in leadership. If Mrs. Clinton wanted to dig herself outta the hole she’s in with the people who vote in primaries, she would lead the fight to include the time line…but don’t hold yer breath.

If these bastards don’t come thru on this vote, we gotta commit ourselves to a new Congress in ‘09 and Al Gore in the White House…enough a this shit, I say!!

KEEP THE FAITH AND DON’T BE AFRAID OF ‘EM…NAIL BOTH THEIR FEET TO THE FLOOR!!!

landofthefree @ 60

Eureka Springs @ 46

Gore/ Kerry ‘08 has a nice in their face ring to it..but frankly I want every Decent Senator to stay put for awhile.

You don’t know how much I wanted that ticket in 2000. (I think Kerry did, too… and Gore may have, in hindsight).

I’m a proud supporter of Kerry for a couple decades now, and I’m not shy of saying that I was volunteering for his Presidential campaign back in the days people laughed at us in the (fall and winter of 2003). It’s mind boggling to think what our nation and our world would be like today if Kerry were elected.

I think he made a good decision to not run this time, like Gore made a good decision in ‘04. He doesn’t deserve the dissing he gets from many people, even in our own party. It’s much like how people ragged on Gore for the first couple years after he “lost” in 2000, and now he is respected more than ever. The same will happen for Sen. Kerry, I’m sure. He will keep working on the issues that are of most concern to him, the environmental crisis being one of them.

Beautifully expressed dear ES – as always. Damn, made this ole tough brat tear up and looking for a hanky.

thank you laurie9, you made me cry

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Citizen landofthefree and the firepups:

Senator Kerry has plenty enough seniority in his own right to get a formal spot in leadership on the floor or a big committee chairmanship…there are two reasons he hasn’t achieved anything in this regard: his ambition for the White House and ,as a result, his alienation from his Democratic Party colleagues.

KEEP THE FAITH AND DON’T LET ANY OF ‘EM OFF THE HOOK!!

I was at the Kerrys’ booksigning event in Cambridge, MA this past Saturday, and guess who else showed up?

None other than Ned Lamont, who walked over from the Kennedy School to show support for someone who (in Lamont’s own words) did more for his campaign than most other dems put together. A nice moment.

This is great news! Hope I remember to come here at 10 on Wednesday and that work isn’t too busy.

Eureka Springs @ 46

Gore/ Kerry ‘08 has a nice in their face ring to it..but frankly I want every Decent Senator to stay put for awhile.

Oh, if only it could happen! That would be my absolute dream ticket — it would be Karma to have them run together. I’m just hoping Gore will run — I’ve been working on the draft campaign and I hope we’re not spending our time on a lost cause.

Richardson has been my second choice, but I heard Edwards speak Saturday night at our JeffJack dinner, and he’s moved up in my book. I’d love either a Gore/Richardson or a Gore/Edwards ticket with Richardson as Secretary of State. If Gore really doesn’t run, I’d love to see an Edwards/Richardson (or vice versa) ticket. I just don’t know if Edwards would take VP again. I think with Gore that maybe he would.

Looks like a gorgeous photo on the book cover — anyone know where it was taken?

Science vs. Gore on Methane
Volume 10, Number 16: 18 April 2007

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In his 21 March 2007 testimony before the United States Senate’s Environment & Public Works Committee, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore talked passionately about what he referred to time and again as a “climate crisis,” which he characterized as “a planetary emergency – a crisis that threatens the survival of our civilization and the habitability of the Earth.” Using the word “crisis” an amazing 10 times in his 14-paragraph testimony, Gore mentioned several things designed to supposedly justify his prolific use of the scary word; yet he truly outdid himself when he ominously added that “new evidence shows that it [i.e., the climate crisis] may be even worse [our italics] than we thought.” And that’s saying a lot, particularly when the “thinker” is Al Gore!
So what was the ominous bad news? According to Gore, “a recent study published by the University of Alaska-Fairbanks indicates that methane is leaking from the Siberian permafrost at five times the predicted levels,” and considering the possibility that this revelation might not be scary enough to convince people of his take on the issue, he added that “methane is 23 times as potent a greenhouse gas as carbon dioxide.” And in case that little bit of information was not enough to do the job, he went on to say “there are billions of tons underneath the permafrost.” No wonder Gore claims the situation is even worse than a crisis! But is it really?

Most people would probably conclude that if methane was escaping from such a vast and long-inert reservoir as the Siberian permafrost, and at such an unexpectedly high rate, its atmospheric concentration would also likely be rising at an unexpectedly high rate; and that’s probably what Gore was counting on their thinking. However, that’s not what’s been happening. After rising rapidly until the early 1990s, the atmosphere’s methane concentration continued to rise, but at an ever-slowing rate; and the decline in its rate-of-rise continued to the point that since the turn of the century the methane concentration of the atmosphere has essentially stabilized – ceasing to rise any further – as demonstrated by the updates of atmospheric methane concentration data provided by Dlugokencky et al. (2003) and Khalil et al. (2007). What is more, the nature of the rate-of-rise decline in methane concentration suggests that atmospheric methane concentrations could well begin to decline in the not-too-distant future, as we discuss in more detail in our editorial of 8 Jan 2003.

Why are these facts so incredibly important? The answer resides in the degree of radiative forcing induced by the increase in atmospheric methane concentration since preindustrial times. Shine and Sturges (2007) indicate that since 1800 the increase in the air’s methane content has produced an enhanced radiative forcing of approximately 0.5 W m-2; and they note that because “rising methane concentrations can cause increases in ozone and stratospheric water vapor concentrations … methane’s true contribution was nearer 0.9 W m-2, equivalent to more than half the radiative forcing caused by CO2,” which is estimated to have been 1.66 W m-2.

This being the case, the cessation of the historical increase in the atmosphere’s methane concentration – which appears to have actually been accomplished, and without any overt help from mankind – will likely do more to slow the increase in total greenhouse-gas radiative forcing than any program humanity will ever be able to implement. And if the atmosphere’s methane concentration actually starts to decline (which looks to be a real possibility in the very near future), the increase in radiative forcing due to continued increases in the air’s CO2 content will be significantly countered by the decline in methane-induced radiative forcing, once again accomplishing more than anything man will ever be able to do in this regard. In fact, it allows for the important and wonderful possibility that the ongoing rise in the air’s CO2 concentration will be able to continue and thereby provide the boost in agricultural productivity we are going to need by the mid-point of this century to adequately feed the planet’s rapidly-rising human population without having to usurp – or steal from nature – so much of the world’s remaining cultivatable land and freshwater resources (see our editorials of 13 Jun 2001 and 4 Sep 2002), and without having to worry about the increase in atmospheric CO2 creating a dangerous degree of global warming.

Sherwood, Keith and Craig Idso

References
Dlugokencky, E.J., Houweling, S., Bruhwiler, L., Masarie, K.A., Lang, P.M., Miller, J.B. and Tans, P.P. 2003. Geophysical Research Letters 30: 10.1029/2003GL018126.

Khalil, M.A.K., Butenhoff, C.L. and Rasmussen, R.A. 2007. Atmospheric methane: Trends and cycles of sources and sinks. Environmental Science & Technology 10.1021/es061791t.

Shine, K.P. and Sturges, W.T. 2007. CO2 is not the only gas. Science 315: 1804-1805.

Turn to CO2 Science for all your greenhouse gas reporting needs.

Is carbon dioxide a harmful air pollutant, or is it an amazingly effective aerial fertilizer?

Explore the positive side of the issue in two half-hour documentaries — The Greening of Planet Earth and The Greening of Planet Earth Continues.

Click here for details.

In response to the duplicative posts left by “tkb” and “tek”:

Sherwood Idso, father (Wikipedia)

Craig Idso, son/brother (Wikipedia)

Keith Idso, son/brother (Wikipedia)

Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change — funding: reported 90K from Exxon since 1998 (see Wikipedia)

Greening Earth Society — non-profit front organization spawned by Western Fuels Association

and

Robert C. Balling, Jr.
Sourcewatch: Balling has acknowledged that he had received $408,000 in research funding from the fossil fuel industry over the last decade (of which his University takes 50% for overhead). Contributors include ExxonMobil, the British Coal Corporation, Cyprus Minerals and OPEC.

Richard Lindzen
Sourcewatch: Gelbspan reports Lindzen charged “oil and coal interests $2,500 a day for his consulting services; [and] his 1991 trip to testify before a Senate committee was paid for by Western Fuels and a speech he wrote, entitled ‘Global Warming: the Origin and Nature of Alleged Scientific Consensus,’ was underwritten by OPEC.

Sallie Baliunas
Willie Soon
Sourcewatch: Soon’s co-authors were Sallie Baliunas, also from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center; Sherwood Idso and his son, Craig Idso of Tempe, Ariz., who are the former president and the current president of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change; and David Legates, a climate researcher at the University of Delaware. The Idsos, who have been linked to Western coal interests, do not reveal financial sources. But IRS records filed by ExxonMobil Foundation show that it provided a grant of $15,000 to the center in 2000.

Other parties cited in the previous two posts can be easily vetted across the internet, and share the same kinds of relationships with fossil fuel producers.

I suspect that “tkb” and “tek” could be paid for their efforts here today.

Well done Rayne. I could smell the petroleum from another thread.