The Reference Frame: Pachauri: glaciology is arrogant

Holy cow. They should feed him with one because the lack of proteins is clearly starting to affect the basic functions of his freaky brain.
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They have - and Pachauri in particular has - replaced "consensus" non-science with even more unscientific unconsensual screams from one weird herbivore. You know, Mr Pachauri, the purpose of science is not to isolate non-arrogant propositions from the arrogant ones. The goal is to find the correct statements and eliminate the wrong ones and whether you or another whacko finds the scientific results arrogant is irrelevant.

Shell Gets Into the Other South American Offshore Oil Race - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Meanwhile, for Shell, the Tullow deal makes perfect sense. Like all the majors, it’s struggled to add reserves and increase production as it’s shut out from the more traditional oil-producing areas.

French Guiana might be a leap in the dark– but one that could yield rich returns for a company eager to beef up its exploration portfolio.

Barcelona diary: The USual suspects, paper trail on forests, and dirty Canada | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Good to see Shell, one of the world's dirtiest companies, preparing for Copenhagen. On arrival at the Danish capital's airport, the first sign the 17000 delagates will see is a Shell ad saying "what the world needs is a low carbon future".

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Poor nations vow low-carbon path

"The key message to rich countries is that what seems like them to be a domestic political difficulty is for the vulnerable nations an existential problem," said Saleemul Huq, senior fellow in climate change at the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), which gave technical support to the Maldives meeting.

"They're saying 'getting a good deal for us means survival, but you seem to be coming to the table only with what's feasible domestically' - and there is another reality that trumps domestic political realities," he told BBC News.