Selling junk science is hard! | Gristmill

What part of Americans' confusion regarding anthropogenic climate change is hard to understand? Even the concept of the scientific method is understood by only a fraction of our society. This all is why Joe Romm is running a pool on the nature of the near-term catastrophes required to turn Americans' climate change doubts into certainty.

And, tellingly, the partisan split is huge, with 59% of Democrats saying climate change is caused by humans, while only 21% of Republican agree. And why should they? Climate skepticism has been a cornerstone of Bush Republicanism for eight years -- and so far it looks like many in the GOP will continue to use it as a rallying cry.

Are 41% of Democrats skeptical only because of their strong tendency to blindly believe whatever the Bush administration said?

How Obama's Global Warming Plan Allegedly Falls Short - thedailygreen.com

The U.N. climate chief criticized Obama's targets for carbon reduction as too weak, given the magnitude of the problem.

South Africa: Eskom willing to re-engage miners on rationing in interests of growth

The utility also hinted to a willingness to re-engage with those companies currently being rationed to 95% of their traditional offtake, particularly in those instances where a relaxation could boost economic output and support national growth objectives.
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But given the degree of “catch-up” still required, the new demand outlook was not severe enough to force a review of the current project suite.

Therefore, the two coal-fired stations, Medupi and Kusile, which would together add nearly 9 600 MW to the Eskom system by 2017; the remaining return-to-service projects (3 645 MW); the three peaking projects (the Ingula pumped-storage scheme, the doubling-up of the open-cycle gas-turbines in the Western Cape, and the Sere wind project) that would add 5 032 MW; and the new capacity associated with the Arnot upgrade (300 MW), would continue as initially planned.