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Climate Progress: Semi-exclusive: Science Adviser Holdren stands by his long-standing critique of geoengineering
The Energy Collective: Semi-exclusive: Science Adviser Holdren stands by his long-standing critique of geoengineering
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Will Obama’s Administration Be Stampeded into Geoengineering?
Semi-exclusive: Science Adviser Holdren stands by his long-standing critique of geoengineering
Climate Progress —
... .” Too bad the story isn’t quite accurate, as Holdren confirmed in an e-mail to me today and a separate email to others (that the NYT’s Revkin published here). ...
Semi-exclusive: Science Adviser Holdren stands by his long-standing critique of geoengineering
The Energy Collective —
... .” Too bad the story isn’t quite accurate, as Holdren confirmed in an e-mail to me today and a separate email to others (that the NYT’s Revkin published here). ...
Will Obama’s Administration Be Stampeded into Geoengineering?
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science —
... Holdren later denied the comment via an e-mail sent to fellow scientists and media outlets, adding that geoengineering, while not currently on the administration’s agenda, might (in his opinion) be considered. Since Holdren is a part of said administration, and might be expected to advise, the nuance is so subtle as to be indistinguishable.<!--break--> ...
Obama EPA explores using Clean Water Act to restrict CO2 emissions, ocean acidification — a fatal blow to geoengineering?
Climate Progress —
... “Hard” Geo-engineering — those large-scale planetary engineering schemes that don’t involve sucking CO2 out of the air aka “emergency interventions to cool the atmosphere should less drastic measures fail” as NYT’s Revkin puts it — remains a hypothetical techno-fix that can’t replace strong greenhouse gas reduction efforts. At worst, it is a purely false hope that might do more harm than good deployed at a large scale, and at best it might be a small, temporary bandaid that could accompany efforts to stabilize below 450 ppm, ...
Pressing the Case for Geoengineering
Green Inc. —
... in April. “We don’t have the luxury of taking anything off the table.” Mr. Holdren later clarified that the White House was not strongly considering pursuing geoengineering as a policy. At the California meeting, Mr. Victor’s pitch was greeted with polite skepticism, as he reviewed ideas like spraying tiny reflective particles into the upper atmosphere to help block the sun’s rays and cool the planet. Francelino Grando, a senior government official from Brazil, worried that geoengineering might be seen as a solution instead of a stop-gap. “It may give people the impression ...
