From the Arctic: Not incredibly warm; polar bears not all dead

The USGS crew had already been capturing polar bears for several weeks. The next morning the temperature was -20 degrees (Fahrenheit) with light wind, and I went out with them. We had 4 people – a pilot and 3 researchers – in the helicopter. We departed Kaktovik and flew north over the ocean. We saw a lot of tracks but no polar bears until the afternoon.

Prometheus » Blog Archive » Chu is Right, But Not About Cap and Trade

The key point is that under a cap and trade regime increases in the costs of energy come before (and indeed are the reason behind) advances in efficiency and technology. So if Chu really believes that it would be unwise to raise the price of gasoline, then he is not a fan of cap and trade.

Chu is correct that a successful strategy will be based on making energy cheaper. But this approach is not cap and trade.

Wind Watch: Billionaire Murdock forsakes Hawaii tourists with wind farm

The aesthetics of the $750 million power project trouble some visitors and residents. It would put 400-foot-tall (122- meter-tall) wind turbines next to Polihua Beach, the longest white-sand stretch on the island.

“I am not going to live on an island that’s the biggest wind farm in the Pacific,” said John Mumford, 65, founding partner of Crosspoint Venture Partners, a Woodside, California, venture-capital firm, who owns a vacation home on Lanai.