Is Solar Power Expensive or Competitive? - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

“Solar is cheaper than coal today,” asserts Jigar Shah, the founder of Sun Edison who now heads the Carbon War Room, a new non-profit group.

The Daily Bayonet » Green’s Mercury Conundrum

On one hand we have greens lobbying effectively for automakers to pay for mercury switch disposal, and on the other we have greens lobbying effectively to force people to use mercury-containing CFL’s.

Climate Resistance » Why Environmentalism is ‘Unethical’, Anti-Human, and Elitist

The green movement isn’t really a movement at all. At best, it is a phenomenon of individuals whose only thing in common is their sense of disconnect and disorientation. At worst, it is a self-serving elitist club. Yet their shrill demands for ‘action’ count for more than the disinterest of the vast majority, and virtually the entire political establishment has been remarkably sympathetic to the green cause. Hence, the very existence of the Climate Change Committee, whose report Monbiot didn’t feel was sufficient.

Al Fin: United States Has More Fossil Fuels

According to this Congressional Research Service PDF report (via Robert Rapier), the US has more total fossil fuels resources proved reserves than any other nation. Russia is a close second, China is a distant third, and Saudi Arabia and Iran are an even more distant fourth and fifth, respectively.

Obama Will Blame the Senate for Copenhagen’s Failure? - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Does Secretary Chu think the Senate will pre-ratify an international treaty?

Global Warming [Allegedly Makes Reindeer Eat Lichen With Ice in It] - Science News - redOrbit

Jonathan Colman, an authority on "reindeer ecology" at the University of Oslo, stated that occasionally "there's wet ice in the lichen. It gets into their stomachs and they can't digest the food."