Connect science, policy for progress on climate change: Pachauri | Sindh Today - Online News

New York, July 21 (DPA) The chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Monday said there remained a “glaring gap” between the policy and science on climate change.

“We need to connect science and policy,” Rajendra Pachauri said at a news conference organised by the United Nations Environment Programme.

Is the Sun Missing Its Spots? - NYTimes.com

Among some global warming skeptics, there is speculation that the Sun may be on the verge of falling into an extended slumber similar to the so-called Maunder Minimum, several sunspot-scarce decades during the 17th and 18th centuries that coincided with an extended chilly period.

David Horton on the Huffington Post: Progressive Progress

As a biologist I tend to observe the behavior of conservatives in the way that I would observe bird behavior, or the behavior of, say, skunks.
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And this is what drives progressives mad on blogs -- identical comments keep coming, day after day, year after year, as if they have never been said before, never been answered before. Whether the topic is climate change, or gun ownership, or the economy, or terrorism, or evolution, or justice, or Iraq, the same responses keep coming. There is no debate, no changing of mind, because there is, to a conservative, only one answer, and they have been given that answer, by a higher authority. And they are passing it on to you.
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Not so useful in recent times though, as populations grow, CO2 fills the atmosphere, war and terrorism threaten and societies and cultures change and evolve. These days we need people to think for themselves, and evaluate evidence, and be flexible, and adapt, and come up with new ideas and solutions. We need, in fact, progressives.

Poll: Less faith in Obama's economic abilities - USATODAY.com

His overall approval rating was 55%, the lowest of his young presidency. That puts Obama 10th among the 12 post-World War II presidents at this point in their tenures. When he took office, he ranked 7th.