Al Sharpton Says American People Voted for Socialism When They Elected President Obama | The Foundry

[Sharpton, on video]:

the American public overwhelmingly voted for socialism when they elected President Obama.

Carbon cult will cause Canada to sell oilsands oil to China at Heliogenic Climate Change

[Shock: Reality intrudes on imagined Utopia]: Financial Woes Crimp Celebrated Middle East 'Green City' - NYTimes.com

A money crunch has forced the scaling back of a futuristic, sustainable research park being built in the United Arab Emirates, according to project officials.

Alan Frost, the director of the Masdar City property development unit, told The National newspaper in UAE's capital, Abu Dhabi, that Masdar would cut costs by bringing in an outside developer to assist with construction. Frost's office has laid off 34 employees, about 20 percent of its staff, the newspaper reported yesterday.

A technology originally planned for the whole city -- computer-driven "personal rapid transit" pods -- might now be limited to the site of the research institute, the paper reported. The project is also reconsidering its plan to generate all of its power on-site from renewable sources, and is looking at importing power from elsewhere, Frost told the newspaper.

Wind Farm Plans Stir up Storm Over Military Radar - ABC News

The U.S. military is growing increasingly concerned that proposed wind farms can disrupt or block radar designed to detect threats and protect America's skies, a problem that is stalling the alternative energy projects around the country.

Combating the growing influence of climate sceptics | Left Foot Forward

A fascinating new study commissioned by Oxfam and produced by digital mapping agency Profero has shed new insights into the way climate sceptics’ networks operate. The study’s conclusions, as yet unpublished but seen by Left Foot Forward, were presented to a closed meeting of campaigners on Wednesday night.

Profero’s study analysed online coverage of the “Climategate” debacle that broke last November, tracking its progress from fringe blogs to mainstream media outlets over the ensuing weeks and months.