Hurricane!

BP still feeling the impact of Hurricane Dennis on its bottom line.

There was also bad news for BP concerning the reopening of Thunder Horse platform in the Gulf of Mexico, put back from 2007 to the middle of 2008 after it was damaged by Hurricane Dennis last year.

Small investments in climate change mitigation now could have large payoffs according to this report.

Stern’s report is seen as the original major stab to quantify the fiscal cost of climate change — and the primary chief gift to the global warming debate by an economist, rather than a scientist.

More on the Stern report on Global Warming costs.

The Stern Review published today in the UK is a must read for anyone with a future. For mere mortals and all those climate change deniers who have been sooo quiet since Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth came out, the Summary of Conclusions might be more than enough reading on the subject. It is a primer and call to arms for all of humanity to get serious or pay a deadly price - in our lifetimes. It still pays homage to the god of perpetual growth, but recognises that the god of growth is dead unless we do something about it. Now.

Glaciers are going, going, gone with climate change.

The world’s leading science journals report that glaciers are melting ten times faster than previously thought, that atmospheric greenhouse gases have reached levels not seen for millions of years, and that species are vanishing as a result of climate change. They also report of extreme weather events, long-term droughts, and rising sea levels.

From a letter sent by Australian Labor member Kelvin Tomson to business leaders.

For the past five years I have been concerned about the impact of global warming on the planet in general and Australia in particular. 1 have made numerous speeches in the Parliament and in the broader community on the need for urgent action to address this issue. Throughout this period I have been increasingly frustrated by the misinformation spread by “climate change sceptics”, who have sought to undermine the case for action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by peddling pretty much any line they could think of - that global warming was unproven, that it might not be man-made, that it might be good for us etc. None of these things is

Hurricane John and Hurricane Lane have hurt Mexico's tomato crop.

In mid-September, Hurricane Lane slammed the western state of Sinaloa, Mexico’s No. 1 tomato-producing state, damaging thousands of acres. Earlier that month, Hurricane John pummeled Baja California Sur, another prime growing spot. In previous years, drought has been the culprit rather than wind and rain.

In case you wondering if everything was better after Hurricane Katrina ....

On Friday, I took a tour of New Orleans. Specifically, we took the Hurricane Katrina tour offered by Grayline Tours. Before I went to New Orleans, I was told by several people that the devastation is at a level that you cannot even imagine. That pictures and video footage cannot fully convey the damage.They were right.