C3: Study: Best Scientific Estimate of Sea Level Rise By 2100 - Only 9 Inches; Not Enough To Fill Gore's Hot Tub To Knee Level

Apocalypse sea level rise due to global warming is alarmists' and MSM's favorite scare-hype. Actual science estimates (not virtual climate model estimates) predict very little sea level rise of 9 inches with a 95% confidence interval of +/- 2 inches.

Cooler Heads Digest 9 October 2009 | GlobalWarming.org

Cities Ignore Kyoto Commitments

Scott Smith, Mayor of Mesa, Arizona, last week became the 1,000th mayor to agree to meet the goals of the Kyoto Protocol by reducing greenhouse gas emissions 7% below 1990 levels by 2012. However, evidence suggests that these are empty promises. A 2007 study by the Institute for Local Self Reliance reported that the 355 cities committed to the Kyoto target (at the time), “will miss their goals.”

How Many Socialists Work in the White House? | GlobalWarming.org

White House communications director Anita Dunn is in the news cycle for having said that Mao Zedong, the megalomaniacal Communist dictator of post-war China, is one of her “favorite political philosophers.” Zedong’s ideas led to the death of scores of millions of human beings, so many people find it news worthy that he’s an inspiration for an important White House official.

Shell Wins Offshore Drilling Rights in Alaska - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

To deal with these concerns, Shell agreed to interrupt its operations halfway through the drilling season to allow for the whaling activity by villagers from Kaktovik and Nuiqsut, according to the federal agency.

Climate Diplomats Get Catty; Copenhagen Breakthrough in Doubt  | GlobalWarming.org

The December deadline for a climate treaty has long been in doubt. This week’s undiplomatic cattiness suggests that a breakthrough is all but unthinkable.

Times Says It Will Cut 100 Newsroom Jobs - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com

The New York Times plans to eliminate 100 newsroom jobs — about 8 percent of the total — by year’s end, offering buyouts to union and non-union employees, and resorting to layoffs if it cannot get enough people to leave voluntarily, the paper announced on Monday.

A New Leaf: Nissan’s Recycling Plan for Cheaper Electric Cars - Environmental Capital - WSJ

One big question still looms, though: Will used, auto-sized batteries, even when bundled together, be big enough to handle the storage needs of wind farms and solar plantations which are getting bigger all the time?