BBC News - Cameron declares war on climate change

Avatar director James Cameron has called for a mobilisation to tackle climate change, of a scale similar to that of World War II.

Ian McEwan: Failure at Copenhagen climate talks prompted novel rewrite | Environment | guardian.co.uk

McEwan told the Guardian he watched the outcome of the Copenhagen summit in December "very closely and with some despair" and then went back to his novel, Solar, to rewrite a section a few pages from the end.

Tomato prices soar - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

An unusually cold January in the Sunshine State ruined entire fields of tomatoes and forced farmers to delay their harvest.

The average wholesale price for a 25-pound box of tomatoes a year ago was $6.50. It's now $30.

The Heat Over Bubbling Arctic Methane - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

Despite portentous headlines — including one on the news release from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, saying “ Arctic seabed methane stores destabilizing…” — there is no evidence (yet) that what is happening is fundamentally new or destabilizing, at least according to some of the scientists most closely tracking levels and sources of this gas from the poles to the tropics.

Junk Science Begets Junk Lawsuits - Investors.com

The "science" grows demonstrably more bogus every day. Federal judges have the power right now to get rid of cases based on flimsy evidence. They can ban "junk science" like that involved in the New York, New Orleans and Alaska cases, and fine plaintiffs for bringing frivolous litigation.

Judges should not hesitate to use these tools to get rid of these cases promptly. The defendants, their shareholders and all of us who buy electricity and gasoline will be better off.