Federal Court said Bush Violated Environmental Law

Human Activity is causing Global Warming!

Published on August 22, 2007 By COL Gene In Pure Technology

Federal Court said Bush Violated Environmental Law

U.S. District Court Judge Sandra Armstrong ruled that the Bush Administration violated a 1990 law that REQUIRES an updated plan every three years on Climate Change. The last update was issued in 2003. She ordered Bush to submit the required plan by March 2008.

The results from research on ice cores that were drilled 2,000 feet down in the Antarctica with ice that was 800,000 years old show the rate of global warming is many times faster then at any time during the past 800,000 years. They also dated the start of this rapid global warming to the start of the Industrial Revolution. The research also was able to establish the types of pollution that was captured in the frozen ice cores. In the early part of the industrial revolution the pollutants were burning wood and coal. In the period from about 1910 the other major pollutant was the result of the internal combustion engine.

These results now document that the rate of Global warming is off the scale compared with any increase in the 800,000 years prior to about 1880. It also shows that the types of pollutants are being produced by human activity. The study said even if we reverse our dumping pollution into the atmosphere it will take a long time to see any reversal of the global warming that is taking place. The consequences of this global warming will be catastrophic on both the rise of the world’s oceans and in weather changes that this warming will cause!

Comments (Page 1)

ParaTed2k

on Aug 22, 2007

How much global warming did your nuclear program cause! Remember that paper you signed saying to heck with the environment, nuke 'em til they glow? On the order of who?

COL Gene

on Aug 22, 2007

Reply By: ParaTed2k Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2007
How much global warming did your nuclear program cause! Remember that paper you signed saying to heck with the environment, nuke 'em till they glow? On the order of who?

I signed nothing like "Nuke them till they glow"

Nuclear does not produce ANY pollution just water vapor. This study PROVES two things:

First that the rate of warming is many times faster then at any time in 800,000 years.

It also shows it is being caused by human activity associated with industrial production and the automobile!

sushiK

on Aug 22, 2007

Bush is afucking donkey that has not cared about the lives of American citizens, the international reputation of America nor the environment. Who voted for this guy?

singrdave

on Aug 22, 2007

Nuclear does not produce ANY pollution just water vapor.

So those barrels are empty? Tell that to the environmental activists protesting nuclear waste dumps in Utah!

Federal Court said Bush Violated Environmental Law

Do you understand the word "bureaucracy"? Or do you think that GWB has his every waking moment doing literally everything in society? How many man-hours are spent by the federal government? If there must be blame, maybe you should condemn the faceless bureaucrats who dropped this ball.

These results now document that the rate of Global warming is off the scale compared with any increase in the 800,000 years prior to about 1880.

Wait a minute, you're actually going to adopt the indefensible position that global warming is real? You're hilarious. And (heaven help us all) you'll do it by using words like:

Aunt artic

Priceless. Just keep going, COL. Your infinitesimal credibility is still shrinking faster than I can watch.

Island Dog

on Aug 22, 2007

I knew it was a matter of time before gene started with this global warming nonsense.

Washington DC – An abundance of new peer-reviewed studies, analysis, and data error discoveries in the last several months has prompted scientists to declare that fear of catastrophic man-made global warming “bites the dust” and the scientific underpinnings for alarm may be “falling apart.” The latest study to cast doubt on climate fears finds that even a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide would not have the previously predicted dire impacts on global temperatures. This new study is not unique, as a host of recent peer-reviewed studies have cast a chill on global warming fears.

“Anthropogenic (man-made) global warming bites the dust,” declared astronomer Dr. Ian Wilson after reviewing the new study which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research. Another scientist said the peer-reviewed study overturned “in one fell swoop” the climate fears promoted by the UN and former Vice President Al Gore. The study entitled “Heat Capacity, Time Constant, and Sensitivity of Earth’s Climate System,” was authored by Brookhaven National Lab scientist Stephen Schwartz.

ParaTed2k

on Aug 22, 2007

Nuclear does not produce ANY pollution just water vapor. This study PROVES two things:

First that the rate of warming is many times faster then at any time in 800,000 years.

It also shows it is being caused by human activity associated with industrial production and the automobile!

Ah but Gene, you didn't just sign a statement saying you aren't against the use of nuclear power, you signed a statement swearing that if given the order to "Nuke 'em til they glow", you would see that order carried out.

How's that for your newfound (feigned) concern for the environment?

COL Gene

on Aug 23, 2007

Reply By: singrdave Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Nuclear does not produce ANY pollution just water vapor.

So those barrels are empty? Tell that to the environmental activists protesting nuclear waste dumps in Utah!

The Subject is Global warming not nuclear waste.

COL Gene

on Aug 23, 2007

Aunt artic

Priceless. Just keep going, COL. Your infinitesimal credibility is still shrinking faster than I can watch.

Yes I made an error. However the truth of what I reported has not changed!

COL Gene

on Aug 23, 2007

Reply By: Island Dog Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2007
I knew it was a matter of time before gene started with this global warming nonsense.

The finding from the ICE CORE is proof not nonsense!!!!

Island Dog

on Aug 23, 2007

Where is this report anyways gene? Where are you getting these "facts" from?

The global warming nonsense from the left is just about the same as the obsessive hatred of Bush. It's all based on emotion, nothing else.

singrdave

on Aug 23, 2007

The Subject is Global warming not nuclear waste.

I thought the subject was how Bush violated environmental law. Did I misread the headline? Let's check:

Federal Court said Bush Violated Environmental Law

Nope, I sure didn't misread. I don't see any news organization blaming GWB personally -- just you. This takes me back to my former point: GWB didn't drop the ball, some faceless bureaucrats did.

The global warming debate does not want you as its savior. This article which you clearly cut and pasted says that the government failed to submit a report. How is that contributing to global warming? If nothing else, it keeps a couple of trees intact -- thus staving off global warming. Global warming is a red herring, an excuse for climatologists and movie makers to get some much-desired capital.

COL Gene

on Aug 23, 2007

Reply By: singrdave Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2007
The Subject is Global warming not nuclear waste.

I thought the subject was how Bush violated environmental law. Did I misread the headline? Let's check:

Federal Court said Bush Violated Environmental Law

Nope, I sure didn't misread. I don't see any news organization blaming GWB personally -- just you. This takes me back to my former point: GWB didn't drop the ball, some faceless bureaucrats did.

The global warming debate does not want you as its savior. This article which you clearly cut and pasted says that the government failed to submit a report. How is that contributing to global warming? If nothing else, it keeps a couple of trees intact -- thus staving off global warming. Global warming is a red herring, an excuse for climatologists and movie makers to get some much-desired capital.

The study from the 2,000 foot core of Ice is FACT. It was just reported Monday on CNN.

Science Daily — Secrets of the Earth's past climate locked in a three-kilometre long Antarctic ice core are revealed this week in the journal Nature. The core from Dome C, high on East Antarctica's plateau, contains snowfall from the last 740,000 years and is by far the oldest continuous climate record obtained from ice cores so far.

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The ice has been collected in an eight year project by scientists and engineers from 10 European countries. Analysis of ice cores shows how temperature changed in the past, but also how the concentrations of gases and particles in the atmosphere varied.

The first results confirm that over the last 740,000 years the Earth experienced eight ice ages, when Earth's climate was much colder than today, and eight warmer periods (interglacials). In the last 400,000 years the warm periods have had a temperature similar to that of today. Before that time they were less warm, but lasted longer.

By comparing the pattern of this past climate with global environmental conditions today the scientists conclude that, without human influence, we could expect the present warm period to last at least another 15 000 years.

Island Dog

on Aug 23, 2007

By comparing the pattern of this past climate with global environmental conditions today the scientists conclude that, without human influence, we could expect the present warm period to last at least another 15 000 years.

LOL. More junk science. Where is the actual report?

COL Gene

on Aug 23, 2007

Reply By: Island Dog Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2007
By comparing the pattern of this past climate with global environmental conditions today the scientists conclude that, without human influence, we could expect the present warm period to last at least another 15 000 years.

. More junk science. Where is the actual report?

What idiots post on this site!

The data is never ending:

Climate Change: New Antarctic Ice Core Data
The information in this web page was researched on Earth Day, 2000.
This page was last updated on May 30, 2000.
In June of 1999 the latest ice core data from the Vostok site in Antarctica were published by Petit et al in the British journal Nature. These new data extended the historical record of temperature variations and atmospheric concentrations of CO2, methane and other greenhouse trace gases (GTG) back to 420,000 years before present (BP). The ice cores were drilled to over 3,600 meters. This is just over 2.2 miles deep. These new data double the length of the historical record.
The main significance of the new data lies in the high correlation between GTG concentrations and temperature variations over 420,000 years and through four glacial cycles. However, because of the difficulty in precisely dating the air and water (ice) samples, it is still unknown whether GTG concentration increases precede and cause temperature increases, or vice versa--or whether they increase synchronously. It's also unknown how much of the historical temperature changes have been due to GTGs, and how much has been due to orbital forcing, ie, increases in solar radiation, or perhaps long-term shifts in ocean circulation.
Whether the ultimate cause of temperature increase is excess CO2, or a different orbit, or some other factor probably doesn't matter much. It could have been one or the other, or different combinations of factors at different times in the past. The effect is still the same. Nevertheless, the scientific consensus is that GTGs account for at least half of temperature increases, and that they strongly amplify the effects of small increases in solar radiation due to orbital forcing.
The graph below includes data from the Nature paper, plus data from other studies referenced below. Notice how CO2 concentration rises vertically at the end of the time series. The increase appears vertical because of the large time scale, but it actually occurs over the past 150 years, which corresponds to the age of fossil fuels (the modern industrial age). Notice too that there hasn't been a corresponding increase in temperature during this time period. This is probably due to the ability of the oceans to function as a heat sink, and thereby delay the increase in atmospheric temperatures. However, there are recent indications that the oceans are now warming, which will reduce their ability to act as a heat sink.

Note on graph presentation: The heavier temperature lines 160,000 BP to present reflect more data points for this time period, not necessarily greater temperature variability.
Other interesting patterns in the data include the extreme increases and decreases in temperature preceding and following the interglacial phases (the five high temperature phases in the graph). Some possible reasons for this pattern are explained in the research papers referenced below. In particular, positive feedback mechanisms are instrumental in rapid temperature increases. In any case, the current interglacial period is the longest on record. The current interglacial is also unique in that maximum temperatures have not increased above +2C relative to the mid-20th century benchmark (0C) for very long. It would appear that the +2C threshhold must be exceeded for some period of time to initiate a new glacial phase. Or perhaps the threshold is +1C, but for a longer period of time. The present mean temperature is about +.

. Recent peak temperatures have been in the +1.4C to +1.6C range. See the Data 4 graph on the next page.
Paleoclimatologists theorize that interglacial periods come to an end when polar ice caps melt rapidly (due to high atmospheric temperatures) and increase the amount of fresh water in the sub-polar oceans, thereby altering the thermohaline circulation patterns which govern global climate. The thermohaline "conveyor belts" essentially shut down and stop moving warm water and air away from the equator toward the poles. The net result is colder water and air temperatures. These colder temperatures deepen and continue despite high GTG concentrations left over from the previous interglacial phases.
Given all the new ice core data, what changes can we anticipate for our climate? If CO2 has increased over the past 150 years as much as it normally increases over thousands of years leading up to an interglacial phase (about 80 ppmv), then we could expect as much as a corresponding 10-12C increase in temperature. But if half the historical temperature increases have been due to orbital forcing and other factors, then we should expect an increase of "only" about 5-6C, or 9-11F.
Most computer models don't predict either of these magnitudes of temperature change for the new century. They typically cite evidence indicating that overall global temperatures have not changed as much as polar temperatures, where the ice cores were taken, and that increases of only 2-3C should be anticipated. Unfortunately, new evidence from high-elevation tropical ice cores indicates that this is not really the case. The latest data show that the amplitude of sub-polar temperature changes has been in the range of 8-12C, which is not all that different from the 10-12C found at the poles.
Thus we seem to be headed for some very large climate changes. Temperatures could increase rapidly, and then decrease just as rapidly--as they have repeatedly over the past 420,000 years. Another possibility is that there will be so much GTGs in the atmosphere that they will actually override historical patterns of thermohaline circulation and climate change. It's noteworthy in this context that the current atmospheric methane level is about 230% of its pre-industrial maximum (contrasted with CO2 being about 130% of its pre-industrial maximum). For closer looks at the ice core data for the 18,000 year, 200 year, and 50 year time frames, go to the next page.
REFEERENCES
Graph Data
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Period of Record: 414,085-2,342 years BP
J.M. Barnola, D. Raynaud, C. Lorius, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et de Géophysique de l'Environnement, CNRS, BP96, 38402 Saint Martin d'Heres Cedex, France
N.I. Barkov, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Beringa Street 38, 199397, St. Petersburg, Russia http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/trends/co2/vostok.htm
2) Historical Isotopic Temperature Record from the Vostok Ice Core: Graphics & Digital Data
Period of Record: 420,000 years BP-present
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Scientists have successfully drilled through an Antarctic ice sheet to extract the longest ice core ever recovered, according to a report published today in the journal Nature. The cylinder of ice dates back nearly three quarters of a million years and will help researchers better understand our planet¿s history of cyclical climate variation. "This has the potential to separate the human-caused impacts from the natural and place it in a much clearer context," explains James White of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder, who was not involved in the research but penned a commentary on the find for this week¿s issue of the journal Science.
An international collaboration known as the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) recovered the nearly three-kilometer-long core from a region of the East Antarctic ice sheet known as Dome C. The bottom of the 10-centimeter-wide cylinder dates to some 740,000 years ago and nearly doubles the reach of the next-longest ice core, which was drilled at Vostok, Antarctica, in the late 1990s and spanned the past 420,000 years. Temperature records for eight ice ages are documented in the new core. Of particular interest to climatologists is the complete record of the interglacial time period known as Marine Isotope Stage 11 (MIS11), which occurred around 400,000 years ago, a time when our planet's positioning was similar to its current orbital configuration. MIS11 lasted 28,000 years--considerably longer than the next three interglacial periods before present--and understanding its progression may help scientists better predict what¿s in store for the earth¿s future climate.

Rise in Gases Unmatched by a History in Ancient Ice
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Shafts of ancient ice pulled from Antarctica's frozen depths show that for at least 650,000 years three important heat-trapping greenhouse gases never reached recent atmospheric levels caused by human activities, scientists are reporting today.
The measured gases were carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Concentrations have risen over the last several centuries at a pace far beyond that seen before humans began intensively clearing forests and burning coal, oil and other fossil fuels.
The sampling and analysis were done by the European Program for Ice Coring in Antarctica, and the results are being published today in the journal Science.
The evidence was found in air bubbles trapped in successively older ice samples extracted from a nearly two-mile-deep hole drilled in a remote spot in East Antarctica called Dome C.
Experts familiar with the findings who were not involved with the research said the samples provided a vital long-term view of variations in the atmosphere and Antarctic climate. They say the data will help test and improve computer models used to forecast how accumulating greenhouse emissions will affect the climate.
Some climate experts not involved in the research said the findings also confirmed that the buildup of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping smokestack and tailpipe emissions was taking the atmosphere into uncharted territory.
The longest previous record of carbon dioxide fluctuations, compiled from ice cores collected at the Russian research station at Vostok, in East Antarctica, goes back slightly more than 400,000 years.
"They've now pushed back two-thirds of a million years and found that nature did not get as far as humans have," said Richard B. Alley, a geosciences professor at Pennsylvania State University who is an expert on ice cores. "We're changing the world really hugely - way past where it's been for a long time."
James White, a geology professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, not involved with the study, said that although the ice-age evidence showed that levels of carbon dioxide and the other greenhouse gases rose and fell in response to warming and cooling, the gases could clearly take the lead as well.
"CO2 and climate are like two people handcuffed to each other," he said. "Where one goes, the other must follow. Leadership may change, or they may march in step, but they are never far from each other. Our current CO2 levels appear to be far out of balance with climate when viewed through these results, reinforcing the idea that we have significant modern warming to go."
The new data from the ice cores also provides the first detailed portrait of conditions during ice-age cycles that occurred more than 400,000 years ago - a point in Earth's two-million-year history of cold periods and warm intervals after which some unknown influence lengthened ice ages and shortened and amplified the warm periods.
Both before and after that transition, the ice record shows, there was always a tight relationship between amounts of the greenhouse gases and air temperature.
While the overall climate pattern has been set by rhythmic variations in Earth's orientation to the Sun, the records show that carbon dioxide and methane consistently made the interglacial climate warmer than it would otherwise have been, said Thomas Stocker, one of the researchers and a physicist at the University of Bern in Switzerland.
Last year, the same cores provided new evidence that the current warm period, the Holocene, which began about 12,000 years ago, is similar to the longer warm periods that were typical before 400,000 years ago, and could last at least another 16,000 years.
The European team is analyzing deeper, older sections of the Dome C ice cores, and the researchers said they might be able to take the climate record back 800,000 years, possibly providing information about yet another early warm interval similar to the Holocene.
The new long-term record is essentially creating a subset of climate science, letting scientists compare different warm periods. They can then sort out influences, including greenhouse gases, said Gavin A. Schmidt, a climate modeler at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in Manhattan.

Island Dog

on Aug 23, 2007

What idiots post on this site!

LOL. Yeah gene, because you regularly post links to your information and never distort things, right?

Wow, a study from 1999. Have you read the current studies which shows global warming to be nothing but scare tactics?

The data is never ending:

You mean the data you pick to look at.

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