[You had me at "axed"]

A £250,000 fund to fight climate change has been axed - to help clear out Lancashire’s drains.

Next Tuesday, the decision to scrap the annual cash pot, which was given out to local projects reduce their carbon emissions, will be agreed by Lancashire County Council.

New Tory council leader Geoff Driver said existing commitments would be met, but after the funds would be used to clear out gullies in flood-risk areas more often.

Africa wants $67 billion a year [from climate swindle] | Green Business | Reuters

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African leaders will ask rich nations for $67 billion per year to mitigate the impact of global warming on the world's poorest continent, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters on Monday.

"When it comes to climate change [fraud] talks, women are an endangered species" - Ruth Bond | Comment is free | The Guardian

From Britain's environment ministers, past and present, to prominent campaigners such as Jonathan Porritt or George Monbiot, global converts such as Al Gore, and the panoply of climate change negotiators from Kyoto to Copenhagen, men are dominating this debate.

What is it about the issue of climate change that means women do not get involved?

Editorial - A Real Fish Story - NYTimes.com

This was also the first time the United States shut down a fishery because of climate change rather than overfishing.

[But we're near the peak of the annual ice melt, and you're far from the North Pole.  Why all the talk about ice?]

Gjoa Haven, Nunavut (August 23): Today's Crew Log comes from onboard educator Zeta Strickland, who's discovered more about ice than she ever thought she would as Ocean Watch continues its way through the Northwest Passage