[Wait a minute: These things *won't* prevent bad weather?!]: Roof-mounted wind turbines ‘no help in reducing carbon’ - Times Online

Roof-mounted wind turbines and solar panels are “eco-bling” that allow their owners to flaunt their green credentials but contribute very little towards meeting Britain’s carbon reduction targets, according to the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Developers will waste millions of pounds installing such micro-generation devices unless the Government revises its building regulations on carbon-neutral homes and offices.

Obama Follows in Bush's Footsteps on Climate Change - Ronald Bailey - Reason Magazine

The era of massive global climate [hoax] meetings may finally be ending. Thank goodness.
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The Copenhagen collapse gives President Obama the opportunity to jettison the Kyoto-style carbon rationing scheme passed by the House of Representatives in June and work out smarter and less economically damaging ways to address man-made global warming. Let's hope he makes use of it.

EU Referendum: An outbreak of reticence

If looks very like the Hasnain was, therefore, simply repeating an assertion he had made very much earlier. But now the heat is on him personally – rather than the glaciers – this scientist is rather reluctant to stand by his previous claims.

Dr. Chris Landsea Leaves the IPCC | The SPPI Blog

We are often asked for references to the open letter Dr. Chris Landsea released outlining his reasons for withdrawing from the IPCC process. It is posted below.

Who Needs Energy Independence? - Opinion - PatriotPost.US

Our biggest foreign oil suppliers are Canada and Mexico. Do they threaten us?
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But if we can save billions by using wind and natural gas, why do he, Vice President Gore and today's Congress need our tax dollars? If there is a good alternative to oil, it won't need subsidies. The free market will simply make it appear. Let the entrepreneurs compete.

Sen.-Elect Brown's Win Adds More Question Marks to Senate Climate Debate - NYTimes.com

"The political atmosphere doesn't reduce the urgency of dealing with climate and energy, and the surest way to increase the anger at Washington is to duck the issues that matter in peoples' lives," said Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) in an e-mailed statement to E&E.

"There's overwhelming public support and this can be a bipartisan issue," Kerry added. "It doesn't have to be polarized. Just listen to a conservative like Sen. [Lindsey] Graham or business leaders from across the ideological spectrum. This is the single best opportunity we have for energizing the economy, creating jobs and getting cleaner air, and if you sell those arguments you've got a winning issue."

Amazon.com: slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations (9780596522346): Nancy Duarte: Books

Written by Nancy Duarte, President and CEO of Duarte Design, the firm that created the presentation for Al Gore's Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth, this book is full of practical approaches to visual story development that can be applied by anyone.