Library
With Additions [Oct. 2011]:
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Arizona Department of Water Resources, 2009. Land Subsidence in Arizona. Available at http://www.azwater.gov/AzDWR/Hydrology/Geophysics/LandSubsidenceInArizona.htm.
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Bell L, 2011. Climate of Corruption, politics and power behind the global warming hoax. Greenleaf Book Group Press, Austin, Texas. [This book is highly recommended for its detailed information on the politics and financial interconnection of the 'warming industry'].
Bertoldi P, Atanasiu B, 2007. Electricity consumption and efficiency trends in the enlarged European Union, Status report 2006. Available at http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/energyefficiency/pdf/EnEff%20Report%202006.pdf .
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Brown RE, Koomey JG, 2003. Electricity Use in California: Past Trends and Present Usage Patterns. Energy Policy, 31: 849-864. Available at http://enduse.lbl.gov/info/LBNL-47992.pdf.
Caldicott H, 2006. Nuclear Power Is Not The Answer. The New Press, NY. [This book wrongly believes that renewable energy sources can provide for our entire energy needs].
Canadian Chemical News (ACCN). Chemical Institute of Canada. Accessible at http://www.cheminst.ca.
Centre for Research on Globalization. Available at http://www.globalresearch.ca .
Coleman, J, 2007. Global Warming, the greatest scam in history. Presentation at Symposium on Climate Change, sponsored by the Minnesota Free Markets Institute, Minneapolis. Accessible at http://www.kusi.com/weather/colemanscorner/59484447.html?video=pop&t=a .
D'Aleo J, Watts A, 2010. Surface Temperature Records: Policy-Driven Desception? Available at http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/surface_temp.pdf .
Department for Business Innovation & Skills, Britain; http://www.berr.gov.uk ; and http://www.devondare.org/downloads/Factsheet9%20front-wave.pdf .
Diaz SC, Touchan R, Swetnam TW, 2001. A tree-ring reconstruction of past precipitation for Baja California Sur, Mexico. Int. J. Climatol., 21: 1007-1019.
Doering RL, 2009. The uses and abuses of the precautionary principle. Canadian Chemical News, 61: 7.
Dore JE, Lukas R, Sadler DW, Church MJ, Karl DM, 2009. Physical and biogeochemical modulation of ocean acidification in the central North Pacific. Proced. Natl. Acad. Sci., 106: 12235-12240. Found at www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/0906044106 .
Environment Canada, 2005. 2004 Canadian acid deposition science assessment. Available at http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/saib/acid/assessment2004/assessment_2004_e.pdf.
Environment Canada, 2009. National Inventory Report 1990-2007: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada. Available at http://www.ec.gc.ca/ghg .
Fearnside PM, 2001. Environmental impacts of Brazil's Tucuruí Dam: unlearned lessons for hydroelectric development in Amazonia. Environmental Management, 27: 377-96. Available at http://philip.inpa.gov.br/publ_livres/Preprints/2001/TUC-ENV-em.htm .
Felix RW, 2005. Not by Fire but by Ice: discover what killed the dinosaurs - and why it could soon kill us. Sugarhouse Publishing, Bellevue, Washington, 2nd ed. [This book is highly recommended for connecting well known geological facts and events with one consistent theory; a captivating read].
Francis D, 1997. BRE-X, the inside story. Seal Books, McClelland-Bantam, Inc. ISBN: 0-770-42787-1.
Gerlach TM, McGee KA, Ekiast T, Sutton AJ, Doukas MP, 2002. Carbon dioxide emission rate of Kilauea Volcano: Implications for primary magma and the summit reservoir. J. Geophys. Res., 107: ECV3.1-ECV 3.15.
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Gore A, 1992. Earth in the Balance. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, NY, ISBN 0-395-57823-3.
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International Monetary Fund. Available at http://www.imf.org .
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Earth Observation Research Center, 2009. Arctic ocean sea ice extent . Available at http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/seaice_extent.htm .[Arctic sea ice charts updated daily].
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Le Monde diplomatique, 2008. Atlas der Globalisierung, Klima. ISBN 978-3-937683-16-4. [This issue offers a variety of novel perspectives and data, but - unfortunately - also suffers from a variety of preconceived assumptions and false statements].
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National Geographic, 2008. Iran Sinking as Groundwater Resources Disappear. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080922-iran-groundwater.html .
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