£10m ‘green school’ opens : Shropshire Star:

To help teach the children about the school’s eco-facilities, such as its biomass boiler which heats the school using wood pellets, each piece of environmentally friendly machinery will be linked to a webcam.

Downhill rush to power Whistler lifts

I'm just a simple mountain man, but I stand on glaciers," says Arthur DeJong, mountain and environmental planning manager for Whistler Blackcomb.

Pushing for the project since 2001, DeJong doesn't have much time for the debate about human-caused climate change. Whether the current scientific consensus is proven or not, he says it makes sense to "decarbon" the economy and get away from non-renewable fossil fuels.
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The NDP opposes the B.C. Liberal government's decision to move to electricity self-sufficiency while restricting new power developments to private investors. The company behind one of B.C.'s first wind farms under construction near Chetwynd filed for creditor protection last week, and NDP environment critic Shane Simpson said this shows that BC Hydro should have a larger role in developing and owning new power sources.

Environment Minister Barry Penner noted that the construction cost overruns for the Dokie wind project fell on a private company, EarthFirst Canada Inc.

"It appears the NDP would prefer that taxpayers [and BC Hydro] ratepayers soak up cost overruns, rather than individual investors," Penner said.

Stoat: Paradox of flying to meetings to protect the environment

The bottom line, I think, is that even those who are supposedly most aware of global warming and its effects aren't about to stop flying around the planet if their careers "require" it. So why should the ignorant unwashed masses do any better?

Climate Skeptic: This is Getting Absurd

The October global temperature data highlights for me that it is time for scientists to quit wasting time screwing around with questions of whether global warming will cause more kidney stones, and address an absolutely fundamental question: Just what is the freaking temperature?...

Setting up a little strawman - Letters - Gavin Schmidt

Realclimate is not "alarmist". Posts frequently debunk overheated claims in the media as well as criticising disinformation efforts. Acknowledging that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and that its concentration is rising rapidly due to human activities may be alarming, but it is not alarmist.