Al Gore Pivots to the Bottom Line

...But there is another issue: earthquakes. The area where the drilling was taking place – called the Geysers – is particularly prone to earthquakes, some 360 in 2009 alone and growing, according to Elizabeth Larson in the local Lake County News. Some geothermal energy is already produced at the Geysers, concerning nearby residents, some who remember days before geothermal...and almost daily tremors.

One local resident, who has monitored seismic activity in the area, told Larson (before the AltaRock project was shut down) that, “the community isn’t against geothermal, but they feel AltaRock’s project was rushed through a less-than-transparent process, that the company wasn’t upfront about the problems inherent in EGS [enhanced geothermal systems] technology and that they ignored critical seismic data in their environmental assessment. ‘It doesn’t feel like a real honest process,’ he said.”

HSBC sees challenges in global climatic changes

HCP is a five-year US$100mil partnership between HSBC and the climate group, Earthwatch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and World Wide Fund for Nature to combat the urgent threat of climate change by inspiring action by individuals, businesses and governments worldwide.

World Dendro 2010 Withdraws Invitation « Climate Audit

I don’t entirely understand why dendros would feel so threatened by discussing things like the connection of linear mixed effects models to the construction of tree ring chronologies that they would refuse to participate in such a session, but hey – it’s climate science. they’d rather avoid criticism than confront it.

Don Young: Global warming is a "Scam" - video - KTVA

This week Matt Felling interviews Congressman Young about health care, global warming, and the state of Congress.

Heather Taylor-Miesle: Why Climate Change Deniers Should Still Support Green Energy

Fact: Climate Action Will Create Jobs