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Murderers, Tyrants, Madmen, and Other Advocates of Global Warming: The Iron Lady?

Recall the Heartland Institute's billboard escapade of a few weeks ago? Then read on. 

Through Mark Boslough's FB page and blog I was directed to Rob Honeycutt's post on Skeptical Science. Honeycutt's post contained a video by Peter Sinclair that he posted on the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media website. It is worth eleven minutes of your time.

 

Yes, the Iron Lady (a moniker the Soviets gave her) herself, that famous liberal icon, believed in global warming. Who would have imagined that? I doubt if the folks at Heartland Institute figured Maggie was one of the 'murderers, tyrants and madmen' they are wont to vilify. But she was first a chemist before she was a barrister.

You go, girl!

"The people who still believe in man-made global warming are mostly on the radical fringe of society. This is why the most prominent advocates of global warming aren't scientists. They are murderers, tyrants, and madmen." - Heartland Institute (from Rob Honeycutt)

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 12 - 18 May 2012

Time for your weekly dose of displacement behavior. 

Nothing special to say, except that if you are in the Corvallis area today, please note:

The Oregon State University student water group Hydrophiles has organized a stellar water resources research symposium today, 18 May 2012, at OSU's Memorial Union,Rooms 211,212, and 213. The building is 'MU' on the campus map, at the corner of SW Jefferson Way and SW 26th Street.

Hydrophiles was just named the AWRA Best Student chapter. Congratulations to the entire group! Check out the year's activities:

Download Hydrophiles_Review_2011_2012

Here you go...

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Some items may not have a hot link to a story, which is fine - it may have been just an informational item or a personal message to someone. Or, I may have screwed up and forgotten the link! 

Enjoy!

California
RT @PureWaterSD Missed @sdcwa ‘Water Talks” this month? Can still learn about San Diego’s connection to Colorado R.http://is.gd/uulkLS

Water Budgets Battle Financial Budgets in Californiahttp://is.gd/guToEl #cawater

SacBee editorial: Water contractors need to get real http://is.gd/SeeJzI #cawater #Sacdelta

Floating Robots Use GPS-enabled Smartphones to Track Sacramento River Flow. http://is.gd/FSBtJy

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
RT @nytimesscience Green Blog: The Billboard Wars, Chapter 2http://nyti.ms/JzToU3

RT @KenCaldeira Geoengineering discussion on PRI show 'To The Point'. Stream / download at http://is.gd/dfAsrC  Segment starts after 7m 30s

RT @MIchaelEMann One can only hope that this letter which appeared today in the @WmsptSunGazette is a parody...http://fb.me/zqErDkQJ

Via @tcktcktck @rtccnewswire: UN #climate talks start in Bonn tomorrow - here's what's at stake: http://tinyurl.com/7w8nj76

RT @climatecentre The week's #climate news: the good, the bad and the ugly at Heartland http://bit.ly/KzZzon

RT @FRaserInstitute Global climate models wrong; fail to hindcast actual climate for past 30 or 100 years http://bit.ly/JOhkja

RT @CERC_Columbia @ScienceDaily2 Which plants will survive droughts, climate change? - http://ow.ly/aGhpJ

Via @jfleck @fronterasdesk: Drought, climate change make 'mega fires' inevitable in the West http://bit.ly/JcGytL

The Greenhouse Is Making the Water-Poor Even Poorer.http://is.gd/zR3l3W

Conferences and Call For Abstracts/Papers
Call For Abstracts (due 16 July): Sustainable Stormwater Symposium, Portland, OR, 19-20 September 2012.http://is.gd/ZFlbEU

CoRP Symposium 2012 - UW-Madison, 24-25 July.http://is.gd/OugUx1

AWRA 2012 Annual Conference - abstract deadline extended to 25 May. http://is.gd/d66vjp

 

Dude! @OSUHydrophiles Water Resources Research Symposium - Friday, 18 May 2012 http://bit.ly/KZ7BEx

Nevada Water Reso. Assn: Domestic Well Owners Informational Workshop, 1-3 October 2012. http://is.gd/WeGS1z

Economics

Via @EPAsmartgrowth PUMA Active-wear releases its Enviro Profit & Loss Statement http://is.gd/52gsgM

RT @aguanomics Cost recovery versus conservation #incentives http://goo.gl/fb/GrmBY

 Floods and Droughts
Via @MnPCA Tour of drought as it unfolds across USA.http://is.gd/Q7958k

Governor declares drought in New Mexico. http://is.gd/8p2pzI

Via @ClimateProgress Record Drought: Torrential Rain Can’t Bring Much Of England Out Of ‘Exceptional’ Dry Conditions http://bit.ly/LSTLWO

RT @VaWaterCenter Drought Report for Virginia and Elsewhere as of Mid-May, 2012 http://wp.me/p1zFTt-Jo

Groundwater
Webcast: Nitrate in Groundwater, 18 May 2012, 2:30 PM EDT.http://is.gd/hwQt9J

Via @chanceofraincom The Common Purse: Las Posas/Cadizhttp://is.gd/iA3djC

RT @WaterWellJournl @ngwatweets: Africa May Struggle to Extract #Groundwater, Experts Say: http://fb.me/1CTgpUh9T

Via @H2OEthics WA State advises cities of dwindling #groundwatersupplies http://bit.ly/L8FD95

Webcast: Nitrate in Groundwater, 18 May 2012, 2:30 PM EDT.http://is.gd/hwQt9J

Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, Oil Sands, and Energy
Utah DEQ wants to keep public, press away from tar sands hearing.http://is.gd/kTxpuv

NYT: Seeing a Source of Electricity in Water Pipes.http://is.gd/eHeoqs

Four Colorado Counties Among Critics of Plan to Limit Oil-shale Land. http://is.gd/7KYfut

Casper (WY) Star-Tribune editorial: New fed fracking rules protect no one -- except bureaucrats. http://is.gd/ADz1Fb

RT @Alwi_Eisner Natural gas fracking lawsuit dismissed for lack of evidence http://ow.ly/aUoRc

RT @BCWaterNews University of Buffalo report says fracking is getting safer. http://bit.ly/KkdD3f

@nprnews series: The Fracking Boom: Missing Answers.http://is.gd/Q6s07i

Hydrophilanthropy
It's As Easy As...990-EZ! http://bit.ly/JHuU61

All done with my 990EZ form for another year! Sent to my uncle in Ogden, UT. http://www.acjfoundation.org

RT @W4Wethiopia Join us in walking "Three Miles for Life" 19 May, 8:30am, Benton Cty Fairgrounds. #Corvallis http://is.gd/ABOhV0

Journals
Search Continues: Associate Editor, SW Hydrology, Journal of AWRA. http://is.gd/gJXEFg

Water Alternatives Special Issue Call for Papers: Informal Space in the Urban Waterscape http://is.gd/pSolkM

Water Alternatives Special Issue Call for Papers: Trends & Developments in Rural Water Supply Services Delivery http://is.gd/PkoQ8h
 

 Miscellaneous
@AlaskaAir granted permission to fly daily N/S from Portland (PDX) to Reagan National (DCA). Will start this summer.

RT @bill_easterly Praise the @WorldBank! (for data visualization) http://bit.ly/K9gjAg HT @viewfromthecave

Via @levyj413 EPA now has 9 blogs; all tweet @Greenversations or you can subscribe or just read each one: http://is.gd/JKyrSm

Oldie but goodie: "The monstering of tamarisks: how scientists made a plant into a problem. http://is.gd/pecmEq (ynx @chanceofraincom)

Via @LastCallOasis Infographic: America's real water crisis.http://is.gd/AhbcFm

Opportunities
Via @jensownaddy Apply for River Management Young Achievers Award, deadline 13 July @thewaterbros @FlowCanadahttp://is.gd/UX5GSi

Funding Opportunity from Belmont Forum: Freshwater Security http://is.gd/ADdlPf or Coastal Vulnerability http://is.gd/PY1Tky

Opportunities: NSF Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) Postdoctoral Fellowships http://is.gd/vl8Kz2

EPA Launches Competition for College Students to Develop Innovative Approaches to Stormwater Management http://is.gd/WLK9vM

People
Mother's Day Tribute to Ruth Emerson Campana http://bit.ly/Ki1DSz

Excellent! @cynthiabarnett's Unity College (http://www.unity.edu/) commencement address. http://is.gd/US4oiB

Gus Speth Speaketh... http://t.co/hu5wkRZO

 Policy, Planning, and Management
RT @veoliawaterna FREE: Online tool to help #water managers around the world make smart decisions: http://ht.ly/ayJ7A @awwaace

Will YOU Be Ready For Aqua Republica? http://bit.ly/JRXD87

Aqua Republica - a serious game about water resources.http://aquarepublica.com/

Via @WaterMattersAB My favourite archived resource on water rights in Alberta #abwater http://bit.ly/KLvi67 - webinar by Claus Eckert

Dr. Brenda Bateman Updates Oregon's Integrated Water Resources Strategy http://bit.ly/KloLwX

@WaterAlliance Presidential Pipeline by Ben Grumbles: Crooks and Nannies. http://is.gd/6hr5SK

Dr. Robert Lackey's AFS Plenary Address: Science - Beacon of Reality http://bit.ly/L3ZhDA

Report: Water policy needs 'radical' change to protect people and environment. http://is.gd/inItwK

Positions Open
Positions Open: Scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'.http://is.gd/6Oi53e #Jobs

Position Open: Utah DEQ - Environmental Scientist - Database Administrator http://is.gd/RvWzrk

Position Open: USGS - Research Geologist, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center http://is.gd/EEwYK6

Position Open: Brown University: Visiting Asst. Prof/Lecturer, Env. Studies.Full consideration to apps by 30 May. http://is.gd/rL5M80

Position Open: BWSC,Inc. (TN) - Water Resources Engineer (entry level). Open till filled.. http://is.gd/BbQn7V
 

Position Open: CH2M Hill (WA): Water Resources Task Manager. Open till filled. http://is.gd/CcAZVf
 

Positions Open (2): River Design Group - Water Resources Engineers (MT and OR) - open till filled. http://is.gd/cFzx4J

Position Open: Ecotrust (Portland, OR) - Summer Communications Internship http://is.gd/bssXgC

Position Open: Powder Basin Watershed Council (OR) Monitoring Coordinator. http://is.gd/AhvbIT

Position Open: Wasco County (OR) Soil & Water Conservation District Summer Intern. http://is.gd/0euj7t

Position Open: USDA-NRCS - Rangeland Management Specialist (TX) http://is.gd/5cTRXP

Position Open: @EPAjobs - Director, Engineering & Analysis Division (DC) http://is.gd/J8USLI

Positions Open: @EPAjobs - Environmental Protection Assistant, Temporary, F-T. (Boston, MA) http://is.gd/TTi0AF

Position Open: Ecotrust: Grad Student Internship,Whole Watershed Restoration Init. Ad: wwri@ecotrust.org  http://is.gd/rjn7vE

Previous Weekly Water News Summaries (each contains 'Positions Open')

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 12 - 18 May 2012http://bit.ly/L4hAsj

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 5 -11 May 2012 http://bit.ly/J2dkik

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 28 April - 4 May 2012http://bit.ly/IK5W7e

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21 - 27 April 2012http://bit.ly/Jv2MTJ

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 14 -20 April 2012 http://bit.ly/JdmnHZ

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 7 -13 April 2012 (Triskaidekaphobia Day!) http://bit.ly/ILE3JC

TGIF - Weekly Water News Summary, 31 March - 6 April 2012http://bit.ly/HmCNlk

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 24 - 30 March 2012http://bit.ly/H7fEkw

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 17 - 23 March 2012 http://bit.ly/GRLsGe

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 10 - 16 March 2012 http://bit.ly/xeD89Z

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 3 - 9 March 2012 http://bit.ly/xXluYG

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 25 February - 2 March 2012 http://bit.ly/yEY43C

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 18 - 24 February 2012. http://bit.ly/w6elbW

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 11 - 17 February 2012 http://bit.ly/wHGMzb

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 4 - 10 February 2012http://bit.ly/wxqQsX

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 28 January - 3 February 2012http://bit.ly/zdQXyW

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21-27 January 2012 (Florida Edition)http://bit.ly/yw836U

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 14-20 January 2012 (AWRA Day!)http://bit.ly/wOAXFy

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 7-13 January 2012 (Triskaidekaphobia Day!)http://bit.ly/z8j8s2

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 31 December 2011 - 6 January 2012 http://bit.ly/xvMj3P

Streams, Lakes, Dams, and Ecosystems
RT @VaWaterCenter On Virginia Water Radio This Week: A Walk Across Virginia to Explore Water Resources http://wp.me/p1zFTt-J2

RT @jfleck @alexbreitler Beautiful images of river deltas around the world -"the stunning blood vessels of our planet" http://bit.ly/IMDCCL

Via @HuffingtonPost and @markgrossi Yosemite Falls now live via webcam http://huff.to/KX5b9x

Great article by @chanceofraincom in HCN: LA activists try to stop woodlands from becoming sediment dumps. http://is.gd/AxqJLO ($$)

Via @WaterAlliance @americanrivers reports on America's most endangered rivers: #1-Potomac. Others here: http://bit.ly/J9863u

Via @highcountrynews NYT: Hatched and wild salmon: a bad mix? http://nyti.ms/KPJ5IS

Water glut stalls BC Hydro power production. http://is.gd/LufPEB

Late summer streamflows in MT, WY, and ID decreasing, says U. of Montana study http://is.gd/JAhimm

RT @LakeScientist Canada funding cuts drop 58-lake research program: http://fb.me/1owK3DRFR

Twitter, E-Newspapers, and E-Newsletters
RT @daviddavis The Poverty & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/htVHfn▸ Top stories today via @usaid @fmsc_org @charitynews

RT @daviddavis Poverty & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/htVHfn ▸ Top stories today via @water1st @worldconcern @compassion@watermissions

H2OSU Newsletter - 14 May 2012. http://is.gd/6Oi53e

RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸ Top stories today via @hgoldstone @petemyers@jeffgoodell

RT @daviddavis The Poverty & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/htVHfn▸ Top stories today via @usaid @fmsc_org

RT @waterca Kokish River is the canary in our coal minehttp://news360.com/article/53158901

RT @UN_ClimateTalks First issue of the Daily Programme for the Bonn Climate Change Talks 2012 npw out: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2012/sbi36/bonn2012-od-20120514-en.pdf

The @WaterTreatment_ Daily is out! http://bit.ly/rhsrB1 ▸ Top stories today via @jlnmetals @melbournewater @awwaace @goldmining@waterwired

RT @WorldHygienePrg Daily WASH is out! http://bit.ly/l3bFmq ▸Top stories today via @h2odva @welldone @rowanbarber @charmermark @rosegeorge3

RT @POWER_GEN_Intl Daily is out! http://bit.ly/poarf7 ▸ Top stories today via @waterwired @enercominc @macewan @barbaragoode

OSU CEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 18 May 2012.http://is.gd/1AyZRe

WaSH and Development
RT @bryancallahan Tanzania: Shortage of Toilets Costs Liveshttp://bit.ly/JwwJEk #tanzania #sanitation #talkshit via @allafrica

RT @bryancallahan Times of India Says India's First Zero-Waste Toilet System Launched: http://bit.ly/JwxcpS

RT @womenwater @indiawater: How soil & water conservation transformed lives in Gulliyada, Erode, Tamil Naduhttp://bit.ly/IVoRP3...

Via @H2OEthics Residential Water Treatment Shows Major Growth In Developing World http://is.gd/SY3eIn

More on the @gatesfoundation's 'Reinvent the Toilet' challenge.http://is.gd/KboHrS

Can New Chemistry Make a Malaria Drug Plentiful and Cheap?http://is.gd/Ja2ibW

Water Quality and Wastewater
Colorado wastewater project at risk from Suncor refinery toxic plume. http://is.gd/zvmWTd

 Company will try again for permit to build drilling waste treatment plant in Mills, WY. http://is.gd/xlGR2w

RT @Aquafornia Sac Regional Cty Sanitation District petitions State Water Board to vacate permit requirements #cawaterhttp://goo.gl/L3TI2

@Ecocentered Nitrate Pollution from Coast to Coast.http://is.gd/CaEc2V

 

Water Supply and Water Use
Lake Powell Pipeline: Albatross or golden goose? http://is.gd/40jq0P

The fight for water: Can the mighty Mississippi save the West http://is.gd/O3rcnI

Deseret News: The fight for water: Here's why the West's oldest battle could hit you at the tap. http://is.gd/t3ifYR

Solar energy: Government of India planning to set up 10,000 water systems. http://is.gd/hKtdY8

RT @WEForg Op Ed: The world is running out of #water -- now what? http://grn.bz/JtWKlX #GrnBz via @GreenBiz @LastCallOasis

Deseret News: The fight for water: Nevada taps Lake Mead and hunts for 'Utah' water. http://is.gd/VSvtQq

To increase water supply and save Western rivers,cut down 3-5 billion trees? http://is.gd/dCARiG @DroughtDoctor

RT @WaterCurrents Water in Canada in long-term decline:http://bit.ly/Lai9QW via @TorontoStar

NW Colorado snowpack worst in a decade. http://is.gd/xIVFem

RT @LPAWater San Diego Co. #Water goes "all in" with 9.6% rate hike proposal. Blames MWD & infrastructure. http://goo.gl/Z2RMs#cawater

After 157 years, Montana tribes want their water. http://is.gd/c2Uad1

FERC again rejects Aaron Million's Wyoming-Colorado water pipeline http://is.gd/u7JdM8

WTF?
Video: Swiss Alps landslide! http://is.gd/OU8kDN

"We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming." - Werner von Braun

Dr. Robert Lackey's AFS Plenary Address: Science - Beacon of Reality

Friend and colleague Dr. Robert Lackey presents his American Fisheries Society 141st Annual Meeting (2011) plenary address, Science: Beacon of Reality.

As was his OSU lecture last week, it's quite provocative and perceptive. In many ways it covers the same territory: science and policy.

Give it a view - it's a about 33 minutes.

Enjoy!  

"I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy." - Richard Feynman

Dr. Brenda Bateman Updates Oregon's Integrated Water Resources Strategy

Dr. Brenda O. Bateman of the Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) traveled down to OSU yesterday to update us on Oregon's Integrated Water Resources Strategy (IWRS) and its implementation:

Download 2012_05_15_OSU_IWRS_Bateman

Here's the draft IWRS Framework (16 April 2012 version):

Download IWRS_Framework_Revised_v3

She made an excellent presentation and noted that the IWRS is slated to be voted upon by the Oregon Water Resources Commission this summer. If the Commission approves it, then it's adopted; the Legislature does not have to approve it. That's a great approach - and provides the Legislature with cover.

To see the entire the suite of IWRS documents, visit the IWRS home.

I am reminded of the Oregon Statewide Water Roundtables, which I helped plan and condict in Fall 2008.

Development of the IWRS is in excellent hands with Brenda in charge. She is a friend who is one of the sharpest knives in the drawer. I know her best for her tireless efforts as chair (since 2005) of AWRA's Policy Technical Committee,, by far the most active among AWRA's committees. 

Enjoy!

 “Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes, but no plans.” - Peter F. Drucker

Dude! OSU Hydrophiles' Water Resources Research Symposium - Friday, 18 May 2012

The Oregon State University student water group Hydrophiles has organized a stellar water resources research symposium this Friday, 18 May 2012, at OSU's Memorial Union, Rooms 211,212, and 213. The building is 'MU' on the campus map, at the corner of SW Jefferson Way and SW 26th Street.

It is free and open to the public. If you are in town, drop by. Or drive down from Portland.

Be there or be square!

 Download Wrs_web_program

"Be there! Aloha" - Steve McGarrett