[After some Australian idiots banned bottled water, was the result "real and measurable change" to the Earth's climate?]  | guardian.co.uk

The Australian town has become the first in the world to ban bottled water; choosing instead to stock its shelves with refillable bottles and unveiling a host of new public drinking fountains.

John Dee, spokesman for the town's campaign said: "While our politicians grapple with the enormity of dealing with climate change, what Bundanoon shows is that at a very local level we can sometimes do things that can surprise ourselves, in terms of our ability to bring about real and measurable change that has a benefit for the environment."

A British look at global warming denial | GreenTech Pastures | ZDNet.com

...to many folks the climate science experts can be interchanged with financial wizards who brought us the Wall Street debacle, or the brilliant interntional affairs and military experts who have given us the Iraq and Afghanistan morasses, or the thousands of investment wizards who poured billions into Bernie Madoff’s leaky boat.

EPW Dems to report bill Thursday without GOP support

Facing a third consecutive day of Republican boycotts, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Democrats are preparing to report out global warming legislation Thursday morning under an expedited fashion without considering any amendments, E&E has learned.

Twitter / [Did Andy Revkin just take a fossil-fueled trip to Istanbul?]

At Urban Age conference in Istanbul, listening to the mayor describe challenges of managing 12 million people http://j.mp/IstanUrb

Al Gore pushes Global Warming for personal profit

When skeptics provide research that invalidates the global warming theory, alarmists are quick to point out that their funding comes from the energy industry. Shouldn't the same standard be applied to Al Gore? Isn't it reasonable for us to question Gore's enthusiasm about global warming in light of the financial windfall coming his way?