The following is a daily update summarizing news of interest to EPA staff. Singer first criticizes the economists that agreed with the White House plan for international trading of rights to emit greenhouse gases. There is a problem with the plan, according to Singer. The problem the market-based solution is supposed to solve may not even exist. The question lies with climate scientists not economists.
Singer states that satellite data indicate a decreasing temperature trend.
Singer writes that according to some scientific estimates, warming would cause sea levels to drop, not rise, because increased evaporation from the ocean would place more ice on the polar caps. He also states that agriculturalists might find the warming beneficial for crops. Singer criticizes recommendations made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to stabilize atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. The second letter is by Dr. W.G. Egan, a professor of Physics at York College, City University of New York. Egan notes that the observations of an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide are based on careful scientific work.