[geo] Geoengineering the Earth's climate sends policy debate down a curious rabbit hole

2014-08-04 Thread Andrew Lockley
Geoengineering the Earth's climate sends policy debate down a curious rabbit hole http://gu.com/p/4vey4 Geoengineering the Earth's climate sends policy debate down a curious rabbit hole Many of the world’s major scientific establishments are discussing the concept of modifying the Earth’s

Re: [geo] Failure to deal with ethics will make climate engineering 'unviable'

2014-08-04 Thread Falk Jim
Hi gang, I am grateful for being copied into your interesting correspondence. The report was of both a public meeting with Stephen Gardiner (a philosopher) as keynote and myself and Lauren Riccards as respondents, and then a full day symposium the next day with Nigel Clark and myself as

Re: [geo] Re: Geoengineering and Climate Change Polarization: Testing a Two-channel Model of Science Communication, Ann. Am. Acad. Pol. Soc. Sci.

2014-08-04 Thread Andrew Lockley
The full paper is now available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1981907 Abstract: We conducted a two-nation study (United States, n = 1500; England, n = 1500) to test a novel theory of science communication. The cultural cognition thesis posits that individuals make

Re: [geo] Enough of govern-nonsense

2014-08-04 Thread Holly J
I basically agree with Ken's observations. I also share concerns about the proliferation of non-novel writing, but I don't think these consume effort or postpone action. At least two factors are driving the production / overproduction of literature. One is the crisis in academia-- by that I

[geo] Fwd: Climate Engineering News Review for week 32 of 2014

2014-08-04 Thread Andrew Lockley
-- Forwarded message -- From: i...@climate-engineering.eu i...@climate-engineering.eu Date: 4 Aug 2014 15:36 Subject: Climate Engineering News Review for week 32 of 2014 To: andrew.lock...@gmail.com Cc: [image: tl_files/newsletter/NewsletterBalken.jpg] Dear Climate Engineering

Re: [geo] Enough of govern-nonsense

2014-08-04 Thread Ronal W. Larson
List and ccs: Four points in this response to Ms. Buck (whose comments below I like and are unrelated to this message): 1. Ms. Buck has provided by far the most cogent social science (not including ethics, but she would be good at that too) information, that I have seen - on

Re: [geo] This week's EPA hearings

2014-08-04 Thread Jim Titus
Would it be easier if a state's plan did so and EPA simply had to decide whether to approve it? On Jul 30, 2014, at 5:03 PM, Hawkins, Dave dhawk...@nrdc.org wrote: While there is considerable room for innovation and flexibility in implementing federal environmental statutes, Congress has

Re: [geo] Failure to deal with ethics will make climate engineering 'unviable'

2014-08-04 Thread Ronal W. Larson
Prof Falk and ccs: I have seen a sizable number of CDR and SRM classes of technical innovations, but not 46. Can you identify a source for the 46? I think it is not in your Worlds in Transition: Evolving governance.. , but if so, I am closing in on finding a library copy.