RENEWED ENERGY: California Struggles With Clean-Energy Goals - WSJ.com

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--For all its ambition establishing the nation's most aggressive clean-energy laws, California's love/hate relationship with big wind and solar projects has held back renewable-energy development there.

Al Fin: Another Good North American Ski Season

You can see the year by year snow depth for October 13 over the past several years:

* 2003- 38.2 in
* 2004-322.6 in
* 2005-456.9 in
* 2006-223.2 in
* 2007-458.1 in
* 2008-600.6 in
* 2009-728.8 in

This year may very well be the best ski year for mountain resorts ever!

small dead animals: An Hour With Lord Christopher Monckton

Former science adviser to Margaret Thatcher and critic of global warming theories (on Youtube).

C3: Apple ♥'s Dirty China, Pt.4: Should Apple & Al Gore Pay Reparations For Causing China's 'Cancer Villages'

Western companies that desire to avoid strict environmental standards, desire cheap labor, and desire cheap electric power will often re-locate production facilities to China or outsource production to their Chinese manufacturing partners. Apple has abused the Chinese environment and its citizens by having the majority of its top selling products produced there. By doing so, Apple and other American companies are contributing to an environment that creates these horrendous "cancer villages." If Apple and Al Gore chose to cease all production in China, until its government regulates the environment in a similar fashion to the U.S., it would send a clear signal to the Chinese that the world's worst polluter will no longer be rewarded economically.

Newsnight of the Living Dead — Climate Resistance: Challenging Climate Orthodoxy

It doesn’t quite live up to the promise, but it’s well worth it for the spectacle of Caroline Lucas, Zac Goldsmith, John Sauven, Franny Armstrong et al being lined up Weakest-Link-style for self-inflicted humiliation