Loren Steffy (Houston Chronicle) to Pew Center: "So What?" About China’s Renewable Energy Policy — MasterResource

Loren Steffy is the most read and respected voice at the Houston Chronicle on business and related policy issues, the paper’s editorial board notwithstanding. And on energy, he smells a rat with the ‘clean energy’ mantra that comes on high.

Plan to chop down forests in England - Telegraph

Forests will be chopped down across England to make way for traditional heathland under Government plans to boost rare wildlife.

Chico’s new sustainable firefighting idea « Watts Up With That?

That’s right, the City of Chico is going to replace all of the standard fire hydrants with “low flow” fire hydrants in an effort to save water and money while at the same time being “sustainable”.

C3: Besides A Deep Little Ice Age Period, Venezuela Had 2 Medieval Warming Periods Research Shows

Many of the peer-reviewed research studies on historical climate conditions reveal an extended Medieval Warming Period that had two distinct high warmth peaks. The second peak around the 1400-1550 AD period was not as warm as the first peak (1000-1300 AD) but still produced climate temperatures similar to modern day temperatures.

[Catlin warmists: Using satellite imagery, are they deliberately traveling on smoother areas where new ice has formed, then pretending to be surprised at finding new ice?]

The Catlin Arctic Survey Operations Team has access to high-resolution satellite imagery of the Arctic Ocean, produced by the RADARSAT-2 satellite. Through the use of the RADARSAT-2 data, the Operations Team can identify surface-features of the Arctic Ocean, such as open stretches of water, ice rubble fields, pressure ridges, smoother areas where new ice has formed, as well as potential landing sites for the re-supply flights. The UK based operational support team uses this information on a regular basis to support their daily situation reports with the Explorer Team.