Michael Mann says hockey stick should not have become 'climate change icon' - Telegraph

The scientist behind the controversial 'hockey stick' graph has said it was 'somewhat misplaced' to make his work an 'icon of the climate change debate'.

Congress.org - News : Byrd's death may shift climate debate

The self-described "son of the Appalachian coalfields" had recently allied himself with environmentalists, much to the dismay of his Democratic colleagues from coal and oil mining states.

As a 57-year veteran of Congress, Byrd could get away with a stance like that without worrying about his reelection prospects. His successor may not enjoy the same liberty to go against the coal-dependent state.

The Great Beyond: Carbon storage – what will the great-great-(...)-great-great grandchildren think?

In The Register, Lewis Page (who covers this paper, as does the press agency AFP) points out that Shaffer has also suggested saving up the planet’s fossil fuels to as to be able to burn them thousands of years later to avert a possible ice age. Now that's future-gazing on a geological timescale.

Al Gore Says Mass Movement Key to Solving Climate Crisis | Earth Times News

NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 650 volunteers with The Climate Project from branches worldwide assembled in Nashville last weekend for a training session with former Vice President Al Gore. Those trained were current Presenters and new trainees with The Climate Project.
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The International Presenter Training for the first time provided a unique opportunity for young people to become involved with The Climate Project. The Alliance's Inconvenient Youth, a new teen initiative launched on Earth Day, and Youth Surge programs held a special session on how to deliver climate science presentations to high school and college-aged youth and engage them in the movement for solutions.