Newsweek Admits 74 Percent of Gore Letters Are Critical, But Fails to Publish Any | NewsBusters.org

Newsweek has done it again: a few weeks after acknowledging half its letters were critical of Joe Biden (but publishing none of them), they proclaimed their Al Gore cover was unpopular. Forty-six percent of their letter writers wrote on the subject of Gore, and 74 percent of them were critical. Still, Newsweek ran only positive letters. The first, most prominent one (in larger red type) read: "Until each nation makes responsibility for this earth a priority, we will continue to devastate it – and ourselves."

Britain urges European neighbours to adopt UK-style climate law | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Speaking at the Berlin event, Mike Childs, head of climate campaigns at Friends of the Earth, said that versions of the successful Big Ask campaign that preceded the UK Climate Change Act were now up and running in 16 EU countries and Japan. He added that the campaigns were being well received and that support for the wider rollout of climate change bills was building.

"It is very difficult for reasonable people to oppose the introduction of a climate bill," he said.

Jim Webb bails on cap-and-trade - Lisa Lerer - POLITICO.com

Virginia Democratic Sen. Jim Webb said on Monday he would not back the cap-and-trade legislation sponsored by Sens. John Kerry, (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer, (D-Calif.), another blow to the troubled Senate climate change bill. [Note that Webb is listed as a 94.79% "Yes" vote here.]

Ancient Bristlecone Pines Enjoying Global Warming - cbs4denver.com

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Can something thousands of years old have a growth spurt?

Apparently bristlecone pines can, and researchers say global warming may be the cause.