How much global warming today? United States launches climate service - Green House - USATODAY.com

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said that the new Climate Service would help business with long-term plans. For example, a wind power company can better expand if it knows wind patterns.

Commerce Gary Locke announced the creation of a climate service and the launch Monday of a website, www.climate.gov, that gives data on greenhouse gas emissions and other weather factors.

"The bottom line is this -- the better climate information that alternative energy companies have, the more profitable they can be, the more jobs they can create and the more they can actually meet the energy demands of our country and indeed the world," Locke told reporters.

K.K.R. Continues Greening Its Portfolio - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, the private equity giant, has expanded an initiative it started with the Environmental Defense Fund to green up the operations of its portfolio companies.

MSNBC's Ratigan Blames 'Snowpocalypse' on Global Warming | NewsBusters.org

"Here's the problem - these ‘snowpocalypses' that have been going through D.C. and other extreme weather events are precisely what climate scientists have been predicting, fearing and anticipating because of global warming," Ratigan said.

In fact, Ratigan told viewers during the "Busted" segment of his program, that the heavy snowfall totals were evidence of global warming.

EU Referendum: Another day, another "gate"?

One could easily suspect that WWF actually wrote the Synthesis Report and, had they done so, there could hardly be any difference between their version and the published copy.

The Green Police: window swat team edition « Watts Up With That?

Sunday we all got a chuckle (or a scare depending on your world view) from the Superbowl Green Police commercial. Some thought it was fine satire, others thought it hit a little too close to reality.

After watching this report about Cathy Zoi in the Obama administration, perhaps the “too close to reality” worry has merit. In this report from John Stossel, she visualizes and vocalizes the need for “swat teams” in neighborhoods to enforce energy efficiency retrofits for homes and businesses.

May 2009: Eco-Nanny Pelosi: 'Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory' | Climate Depot

In answering a question from a student about how Pelosi was going to get Americans to cut back on their carbon emissions, the leading Democratic lawmaker said it was important to educate children on how to conserve energy and for citizens to build more environmentally friendly homes.

"We have so much room for improvement," she said. "Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory ... of how we are taking responsibility."