Government impose ‘carbon capture levy’ to fund coal-fired power plants - Times Online

Families will pay a new levy on electricity bills for at least the next 20 years to fund technology designed to capture the carbon from coal-fired power stations.

The Government is planning to raise £9.5 billion from the levy to subsidise up to four carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration plants. Details of the first plant will be announced early next year. The Department for Energy and Climate Change said yesterday that uncertainty over the commercial viability of CCS meant that public support might have to continue beyond 2030.

In case you missed it: Al Gore, on "Our Choice" [MP3] - Phlog

-In almost every case, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change find that environmental damages are either at or above their "worst-case projection" scenarios.

Focusing on a wide array of environmental ills, Gore's Our Choice intro originally spanned 17 pages. This, he managed to compress into one page, with a single line devoted to each of his spotlighted impacts. And though he insisted that he's "not a poet," this intro (which he read aloud) coulda fooled us:

One thin September soon, a floating continent disappears in midnight sun. Vapors rise, as fever settles on an acid sea. Neptune's bones dissolve. Snow glides from the mountain. ... A hard rain comes quickly. Then dirt is parched. Kindling is placed in the forest for the lightning celebration. Unknown creatures take their leave, unmourned. Horsemen ready their stirrups. Passion seeks heroes and friends. The bell of the city on the hill is rung. The shepherd cries. The hour of choosing has arrived. Here are your tools.

YouTube - James Hansen Gets a Citation

3rd Sleepout with the Leadership Campaign, James Hansen as special guest. Took train up to Boston from NY because he believes in what we're doing

Ethical travel company drops carbon offsetting - Green Living, Environment - The Independent

One of Britain's leading ethical travel operators has launched a scathing attack on the carbon offset industry and has decided to stop offering offsets to its customers as a way of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Justin Francis, the founder of responsibletravel.com, said he had decided to abandon offsets because he believes they have become a "medieval pardon that allows people to continue polluting".

Psychologists for Social Responsibility: Letter to Congress

We thank you for taking the time to consider the potentially catastrophic psycho-social repercussions of climate change and for working to create a more sane and humane climate and energy policy for the United States.