Hip Shot: ‘It’s Not Easy Being Green’ - Fringe & Purge - Washington City Paper

They say: “Lock five playwrights in oversized compost bins, and demand plays about the expanding ‘green’ movement. What do you get? Mountains of compost, five smelly playwrights, and a Fringe Festival entry. Come explore the sad truth: It’s Not Easy Being Green.”
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Skip it if: You don’t enjoy surprise sales pitches, no matter if the outdoorsman-turned-eco building materials expert whips out a blow torch and melts metal in his bare, outstretched hand. (Be forewarned: At the end of each show, Journeymen invite an eco ‘expert’ for a 10-minute lecture on how you can do your part to save the planet. Last night, Keith Ware from Eco-Green Living tried to sell us ceramic insulation, and roofing as thin as a dime!)

Nothing less than the stars: [Ban Ki-Moon barely mentions climate fraud]

We must also “seal the deal” on a new climate change regime in Copenhagen in December.

Ice core probed for climate clues | Stuff.co.nz

"It feels like mission accomplished on one level," said New Zealand Ice Core Programme manager Julian Thomson, of GNS Science. "Finally we've got some stable, cold ice from the Southern Alps, something lots of people have wanted."

The 35-metre core, retrieved from the icecap of Mount Hutton on June 27, was minus 3 degrees very cold compared to other cores taken.

Eleanor Clift: Obama's LBJ Moment

White House officials say with some pride that Obama doesn't draw lines in the sand. Maybe he should. If political capital is measured by popularity, Obama still has plenty. What he doesn't seem to have is a willingness to spend it. With health-care reform working its way through Congress and climate-change legislation within reach for the first time ever, it's time for Obama to get in touch with his inner LBJ, but so far the signs don't look good.