[This isn't really about CO2, is it?]: It's Too Late Baby, Time's Up A Book Review

Farnish is adamant that Western civilization is in the process of collapsing, as is the ecosystem. However, each of us can help the process along and thereby minimize the damage by initiating collapse within an economy.

Cold snuffs blaze of color | Washington state

Autumn trees’ muted look is a result of this month’s hard freeze, experts say

[Sounds political to me]: European Commission Welcomes The Decision Of The IPCC To Grant The EC Full Participation | Promoting Better Governance

The European Commission today welcomed the decision by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC) to let the European Community participate fully in IPCC meetings, a prerogative normally reserved for governments. The IPCC is a United Nations organisation which acts as an objective source of information on climate change. The decision, taken at the IPCC meeting this week, recognises the special status of the European Community and gives Commission representatives the right to speak and to introduce proposals like any IPCC Member, but not to vote. This is in line with what the Commission requested.

[But of course: Climate scam rally "attended by helicopters"]: Australians Voice Climate Fears at 350.org Rally

An estimated 1200 people gathered under blazing sunshine and were attended by helicopters, a choir, a rock band, and a sailing ship.

Gas Pains: China, Qatar, and the Competition for Natural Gas - Environmental Capital - WSJ

China’s doing it again—snapping up energy resources, this time natural-gas shipments earmarked for the U.S. But is this really cause for alarm?

Reuters reported earlier today that Qatar will divert about 10% of its liquified natural gas shipments from the U.S. to China. Simple reason: China is paying more.

Kerry-Boxer puts EPA in charge of building codes

The House-passed Waxman-Markey energy-rationing bill, H.R. 2454, sets specific federal housing standards that would increase the cost of a home from $4,000 to $10,000 and price more than 1,000,000 people out of the market, according to Bill Killmer, a vice president of the National Association of Home Builders. In 2014 for new residential buildings and 2015 for new commercial buildings, a 50 percent increase in energy efficiency is required (relative to the baseline code), increasing each year thereafter. Waxman-Markey also adopts California’s portable lighting fixture standard as the national standard. And it mandates efficiency improvements for many new appliances, including spas, water dispensers, and dishwashers.

But the Senate’s Kerry-Boxer energy-rationing bill, S. 1733, goes much further; it gives an unelected federal official a regulatory blank check