The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 is a landmark piece of Federal legislation to address the growing problem of climate change. It is comprehensive and innovative, however it misses the mark on one small detail. You can read our comments below.

Climos Comments on the L-W Bill.

Categories: Carbon Politics and Legislation, Ocean Fertilization
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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has a roundtable discussion on Geoengineering. Climos is participating along with several other distinguished scientists engaged in research on various large-scale techniques to mitigate climate change, collectively known as geoengineering. There are some very interesting perspectives presented by the panelists. You can read the article posted by Dr. Margaret Leinen and Dan Whaley of Climos, titled “Geoengineering could buy the time needed to develop a sustainable energy economy“.

Categories: Geoengineering
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Climate Wire has published a news article (subscription required) on developing nation’s concerns over the impacts to ocean from climate change, as well as the impacts from potential ‘fixes’ such as ocean fertilization. These statements are part of negotiations happening as part of the Marine Biodiversity Working Group of the UN General Assembly (link to daily summaries).

The stated reasons for concern over OIF are because of potential “severely negative consequences on marine ecosystems”. Interestingly IUCN argued that OIF and any other related activities should undergo strict environmental impact assessments.

Last March, Climos engaged Tetratech to develop the first EIA for ocean iron fertilization.

Categories: Ocean Fertilization
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