Senate Democrats push back deadline on bill linked to Barack Obama's climate change agenda | Environment | guardian.co.uk

• EPA head likens environment issue to space race
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Lisa Jackson, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, likened the decades ahead to the space race of the mid-20th century, saying America risked being left behind if it did not jump to develop clean energy technologies.

NOAA Head Jane Lubchenco Speaks Her "Mind" on Climate Change, Stopping Overfishing, More : TreeHugger

[Lubchenco] I think that what most members of the public are interested in is…will it affect me? Will it affect the things I care about? Can I do something about it? And I think the report that we released last week is very helpful in beginning to address the first parts of that — the information about, for example, different parts of the country experiencing increasingly heavy downpours, but recognizing that that plays out much differently from one region to another, ranging from an increase of 9 percent in extreme heavy downpour events in the Southwest to a whopping increase of 67 percent in the Northeast.
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Lubchenco went out to talk about what she describes as global warming's "equally evil twin", ocean acidification.

Dec '08: See Jane [Lubchenco]’s Big Carbon Footprint by David Freddoso on National Review Online

Before they boss us around, shouldn’t Obama’s science team act like they believe in global warming?

Retailers and the Indoor Summer Chill - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Last summer, New York’s city council unanimously passed a provision that would fine businesses that pump air-conditioning into the street via open shop doors. A warning is issued for the first offense. But businesses caught a second time will be fined $200; the third time costs $400.
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A fashion blog nominated the Armani Exchange in the Prudential Centre as Boston’s chilliest retail space. (My own vote goes to Toronto’s meat locker-like Starbucks, where I often take my laptop to work.)

2005: Starbucks Buys Wind Power to Reduce Climate Impact - Case Study (Energy Priorities)

Starbucks has a strong ethic of environmental and social responsibility. With its dependence on agricultural production, Starbucks is especially concerned about the effects of global warming.