ESRP 285: Text, Links & Downloads

The Discovery of Global Warming by Spencer Weart, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003

Links

website to accompany Spencer Weart's book

Spencer Weart's article in Physics Today (Jan 6, 2008) on the Discovery of Rapid Climate Change

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC)

Pew Center on Climate Change

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

MIT Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

PCAP: Presidential Climate Action Project

CIG: Climate Impacts Group -- impact of climate change in the Pacific Northwest

WSU and other universities commit to action on climate change

Climate Change and the State of Washington

Links for 21st meeting (students' day): Nuclear: MIT study on the future of nuclear power: http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/ Carbon Capture and Storage: MIT study on the future of coal: http://web.mit.edu/coal What do the candidates' websites have to say about a carbon market? Senator McCain: http://www.johnmccain.com Senator Clinton: http://www.hillaryclinton.com Senator Obama: http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

Downloads

power point for 1st meeting (the computer cable did not work in class)

3rd meeting: The geologic record (from Technology Review, The Messenger, July/August 2006)

Spencer Weart's article on the Discovery of Rapid Climate Change

11th meeting: The Stern Review

13th meeting: Diagrams for CO2 use and Energy Use

14th meeting: Climate Change and the Electric Power Industry (Andrew Ford, forthcoming)

15th meeting: EIA Study of S139: The Climate Stewardship Act of 2003

16th meeting: Energy Policy article on the Impact of S139 in the Western USA

19th meeting: Energy Policy article on Tradeable Green Certificates and wind generation

20th meeting slides on RPS and a Classroom Market for Tradable Green Certificates

Part 3. Adaptation: Survey of Climate Change Adaptation Planning

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