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Week 9
 Video of Class 9 - 2nd Hour Lecture
Important Class Related Event

 
 
1st Hour
HOUR EXAM

Update on developments since we last met....

Slides for 2nd Hour
There have been critiques of the AAAS offered from a conference in Oxford, England.
  Caution urged on climate 'risks'," BBC News Online, (17 March 2007)
  "Climate Scientists Caution about Global Warming," Newshour BBC, (17 March 2007)
In addition , there have been further chapters in the ongoing saga: "Boys Behaving Badly -- On Capitol Hill...."
  "Boxer Admonishes Inhofe," CBS News Online, (21 March 2007).
  "Inhofe vs. Gore," CNN News Online, (28 March 2007).
Moreover, the President of the AAAS has responded:
  "John Holdren on Climate Change," Kennedy School Insight, (22 March 2007).


In the meantime, the entire definition of "pollution" has changed....
While you were away on "break" the definition of "pollution" has changed, and the question arises, should EPA be allowed to regulate these kinds of ads?
  Remember the Competitive Enterprise Institute's "We Call it Life" Campaign
  Ad without music - Ad with music
  What constitutes "pollution" now? .... that is since Monday's Supreme Court ruling...
    Supreme Court Ruling on CO2 emissions.
  How will California act now?
    California and Supreme Court Ruling
    How will Detroit react?
  What else is beginning to happen world-wide.... as of this morning?
    What is happening in the mountains of Peru?
    What, according to tomorrow's IPCC 4th Assessment Report is happeing globally?
    What is the world community beginning to do about it?
  What is expected for this year's North American hurricane season?
    "A Look At The Hurricane Season," CBS News Online, (3 April 2007).
  So, what are local communities beginning to do about it?
    News from "...our fair city..."
    "Cambridge Energy Coalition is Launched, NECN News, (29 March 2007)
Key IPCC Report
  IPCC - Working Group II - Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
 
 6 April 2007
 Summary for Policymakers: Fourth Assessment Report - Climate Change 2007: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability [IPCC WGII Fourth Assessment Report], (Brussels, Belgium, IPCC, 6 April 2007).

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