“Forest thinning”? Maybe…but better leave big timber outfits out of it-or else. ASW ——————————————– “… tree mortality is likely to rise …” “Forests are in deep trouble,” said Ron Neilson, a Forest Service bioclimatologist and a professor at Oregon State University. “Tom Coleman, the Forest Service entomologist who announced the… Continue reading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Indigenous People from Panama travel to Washington to condemn the carbon market “The Clean Development Mechanism could be used to finance the destruction of our homelands,” say representatives of the Naso and Ngobe people. A group of Naso and Ngobe Indigenous Peoples from Western Panama will arrive… Continue reading

SCIENCE VOL 322 24 OCTOBER 2008 Risk Communication on Climate: Mental Models and Mass Balance Public confusion about the urgency of reductions in greenhouse gas emissions results from a basic misconception. John D. Sterman Excerpts: “Nearly two-thirds of the participants asserted that atmospheric GHGs  can stabilize even though emissions continuously… Continue reading