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I checked the stats at 10pm this morning and the wind turbines were producing 10 MW’s -1.13%

Bright idea?: Government departments could trade carbon - Low Carbon Economy

Government departments could be given a carbon budget and will be expected to trade amongst each other in order to meet their targets, energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband has said.

IPCC follies: Why 2007 I.P.C.C. Report Lacked ‘Embers’ - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

In an email, Rajendra K. Pachauri, the chairman of the intergovernmental panel, said he was glad the diagram has been resurrected. “Some of the scientists (including some senior functionaries) involved” in the report “were dubious about the scientific validity of the burning embers diagram, and I just could not push it through,” he said. “I am glad that there is a revival of this characterization, which I hope will lead to some discussion and debate.”

Next week, many lead authors of past reports for the climate panel will meet to explore “new science directions” for the next big set of climate reports, which will be produced over the next four years or so.