Weather, Water, Energy 11-27-06

The EPA punted backwards on regulating CO2 emissions from autos so now it's in the Supreme Court's court (repetition and mixed metaphors!!). Are we holding our (polluted) breath? . . . New England as an energy giant? Well, if brains and innovation are going to play a part in dealing with our energy future, maybe so. . . . Here's a nice review of the problems and future of the burning, drought-plagued Amazon. Our problems, our future. . . . While we were gorging this weekend, Grist saved for us this capitulation of the oil morons on global warming. Sen. Inhofe (OK-REPUB) is slowing floating away on one of the far more common ice chunks. . . . East Asian nations are also getting serious, pledging themselves to energy conservation and alternatives. . . . Climate Progress has a couple of good posts up, one on the increasing indicators of global warming, even in cities, and another on the solid case for glacier melting. . . . And here we see a way of life (and major economic contributor) in AZ buckling under drought that the climate models predicted (but who's giving them credibility anyway?). The last line is heart-wrenching . . . and stupid.