Lost in Space - Henry Payne - Planet Gore on National Review Online

It’s hard to top Tom Friedman and Al Gore lecturing us on the planet’s demise from their 10,000 square foot homes, but Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk did just that from the International Space Station on Monday

[Ok, so what measurable improvement would we see in the weather?]: | CCAN Blog

Translated from wonk-speak into English this means that ideally a bill would auction 100% of the pollution permits and rebate most of the revenue to American families - you would actually get a check in the mail, just like Alaskans do from the money generated from oil royalties. Every American would get the same dividend, so how you fare depends on what you do. If you conserve, you gain; if you guzzle, you lose.

‘Burning Ice’ for Global Warming - ANIMAL

Artist Chin Chih Yang will unveil an icy new installation on global warming in Union Square this weekend. On Saturday, the public will be invited to gather around “Burning Ice,” his construction from 21,000 pounds of frozen water. Warmed by the crowd and summer sun, the sculpture’s melting will trigger increasingly alarming lights, sirens and video projections from within the ice–”a forceful visual representation of how human activity is hastening the melting of the world’s great ice deposits.” The public is invited to cool out with the work from 11 to 7 PM, or until it all disappears.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV - Experts: Coal industry facing dismal future

...Ebell said: “No this bill cannot be fixed. It can only be defeated. If you want to survive, you have to say no.” He said the purpose of this bill “is to kill coal,” and added that people should take action. “You’re going to have to stand up and say no,” he said. “You’re going to have to scare the hell out of them.”