Green energy industry asks for £500m cash injection to meet targets | Business | The Guardian

The renewable power industry has warned that it needs £500m from the government over the next two years if it is to help ministers meet energy and climate change targets.

A fund for climate chaos | Kevin Watkins | Comment is free | The Guardian

RBS investment in tar sand exploitation is a highly irresponsible use of public bailout money

How public trust in climate scientists can be restored | Chris Huntingford | Environment | The Guardian

Effort should also be made to avoid statements on climate change that could, inadvertently, be perceived as scare-mongering.

Arctic sea ice: the data behind the climate change fightback visualised | News | guardian.co.uk

[See the amusing statement: "Of three climate model projections, based on business as usual scenarios of economic growth and CO2 output, two predict that the Arctic will be nearly ice-free by 2060]

2007: Arctic Sea Ice Gone in Summer Within Five Years?

"The Arctic is screaming," said Mark Serreze, senior scientist at the government's snow and ice data center in Boulder, Colorado.
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Just last year two top scientists surprised their colleagues by projecting that the Arctic sea ice was melting so rapidly that it could disappear entirely by the summer of 2040.

This week, after reviewing his own new data, NASA climate scientist Jay Zwally said: "At this rate, the Arctic Ocean could be nearly ice-free at the end of summer by 2012, much faster than previous predictions."