Winner of climate change denial's premier award revealed | George Monbiot | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The intention is to help persuade the lucky recipient to take a one-way solo kayak trip to the north pole, to see for him or herself the full extent of the Arctic ice melt.

[Flashback to Sept 2008: At the peak of summer ice melt, kayaker attempts to paddle to the North Pole; gives up after hitting ice around 10% of the way there]

Lewis Pugh gave up: he won't get to the North Pole with his Kayak.
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In fact, he only got to 10% of his kayaking goal or so and when I look at these things again, I am unimpressed by his achievement even from the athletic viewpoint.

Is progressive messaging a “massive botch”? « Climate Progress

Clinton, of course, was reelected, but wasn’t transformational, and ultimately failed to address our energy or climate problems. Is that Obama’s fate?

Tonight: A Face-Off in Coal Country - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

In an unusual, moderated discussion on this and other energy topics, Robert Kennedy, Jr., the swashbuckling environmental lawyer and chairman of the Waterkeeper Alliance, will face-off with Don L. Blankenship, a global warming skeptic and the blunt-talking chief executive of Massey Energy, one of the nation’s largest coal companies.

Technology Review: Climate Change Authority Admits Mistake

The use of news reports as sources calls a key finding into question.