Seems a strange quandary for people allegedly fearful of CO2: The Green Ball

I left, hoping that the attendees learned something they did not already know about green living (or, at least green party-throwing) but I wondered how into it some of them really were when, putting on my coat, I overheard two strategizing about smoking in the lobby, rather than braving the cold outside.

I learned the truth at 17: 'Obama Groupie' Wyclef Jean Kicks Off Inaugural Weekend

Wyclef said he's planning on lining up for the inauguration bright and early Tuesday morning. "I'mma be out there at the inauguration. I'm probably going to be there at 7:30 in the morning," he said. "I know it's gonna be dirt cold. ... On camera, it's going to look like I have one coat on, but I'mma have 17 sweaters under that, 'cause there's nobody takin' my seat!"

OneClimate.net - Climate change sacrifices?

# "In eight years I never spoke to a government minister with a real understanding of the implications of climate change or the backbone to do something about it" – Ken Livingstone

# Don't stop importing beans from Kenya: it would make little difference to UK emissions but would have a huge impact on Kenya – Gabriel Walker, commentator specialising in energy and climate change

# "I've no difficulty at all with direct action, but I'm not sanguine that direct action by a minority will make the difference. We need direct action by a majority" – David North

# "Climate change slipped out of the headlines at the end of the year. Several people have said to me, 'Climate change? That was last year's problem." – Gabriel Walker

Twitter / Pranay Manocha: Watching CNN

Watching CNN - hundreds of SUVs rolling by with VIPs. Who cares about climate change huh?