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"Game-changing" leak from the IPCC reports? Please.
The claim by the Watts up with that blog that statements in a leaked draft of the upcoming IPCC assessment report is "game-changing" is not wrong scientifically, it makes no logical sense. The supposedly game-changing evidence - that there may have been a great change in the sun's impact on the climate than previously thought - is just...[read more]
Worse than Coal?
As I noted in last Wednesday's posting, one of the questions that came up in a webinar on shale gas in which I participated concerned the climate consequences of higher recent estimates of methane leakage from US natural gas systems. In reading further comments and blog postings on this subject, I was surprised to see assertions that...[read more]
EPA confirms high Natural Gas leakage rates
The latest EPA study confirms that its original "seminal" study of methane leaks from natural gas use, i.e. "Methane Emissions from the Natural Gas Industry (GRI/EPA 1996) was in error. The GRI/EPA 1996 study was the holy grail. The IPCC used GRI/EPA numbers when it assessed the climate impact of gas. The old figures...[read more]
Reporting on the nuclear energy debate in Vermont
We're reporting in southern Vermont to explore the impact on local communities of the possible shutdown of Vermont Yankee, a nuclear power plant owned by Entergy Corp. in Vernon, V.T. Here is some background information about the debate. The 38-year-old plant's operating license expires March 21, 2010. Like many other aging nuclear...[read more]
Sometimes The Best Defense is a Good Offense - Comparing Tritium Leaks to a Methane Leak
One of my frustrations with the nuclear establishment is the fact that the standard response to criticism to to politely accept it and promise to do better. That response is offered whether or not the criticism is valid or not. It also is accepted in isolation without an understanding of scale or comparison to competitive ways of...[read more]
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