[LINK] OT: Ocean warming virtually certain man-made

[Jan Whitaker]

[In case you know Tony Abbott or Joe Hockey or any number of members 
of the LNP...]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/11/human-induced-ocean-warming-study-climate-change_n_1586532.html


According to a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory press release, 
<https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2012/Jun/NR-12-06-04.html>the 
study shows that over the past 50 years, observed ocean warming is 
explained only when greenhouse gas increases are included in the models.

Lead author and LLNL climate scientist Peter Gleckler said in the 
press release, "The bottom line is that this study substantially 
strengthens the conclusion that most of the observed global ocean 
warming over the past 50 years is attributable to human activities."

[and despite the bleating about China's impact, guess who is leading 
the effort in clean energy. Again, please pass along to our 
conservative brethren]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/11/wwf-clean-technology-report_n_1587741.html?ref=topbar


A new report from the World Wildlife Fund shows that China continues 
to lead the world in clean energy technology manufacturing 
(cleantech). Denmark takes the top spot for sales as a proportion of 
total economy. The third edition of 
<http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/Publications/WWFBinaryitem28087.pdf>Clean 
Economy, Living Planet, released last week, ranks countries' 2011 
cleantech sales, both in absolute terms and as a proportion of their 
economies.

The United States was ranked second behind China for total sales, but 
stands at number 15 in terms of sales relative to its entire economy. 
Marty Spitzer, Director of US Climate Policy for WWF, 
<http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem28089.html>said 
in a press release, "Other countries are moving on clean technology 
opportunities and making big investments in the industry, while U.S. 
policymakers in Washington seem to be content to let all the recent 
growth in the U.S. wither on the vine by not providing policy 
certainty and not going after growth opportunities."



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