California's choice: Build the future, or burn the planet - How the World Works - Salon.com

Voters in November will have an opportunity to ratify the decision to bet on a clean energy future, or shoot themselves in the foot and slip back into carbon-dioxide-stained past.

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Schellnhuber in Der Spiegel

Remarkably, he ends the interview where so many arguments from climate scientists end up -- in a need to reform democracy to be less democratic:

Ultimately only democratic societies will be able to master this challenge, notwithstanding their torturous decision-marking processes. But to get there perhaps we'll need innovative refinement of our democratic institutions. I could imagine assigning 10 percent of all seats in parliament to ombudsmen who represent only the interests of future generations.

Who, I wonder will these forward-thinking ombudsmen actually be? I suspect Schellnhuber has some ideas.

Global Warming Side-Effect: More Truffles - Oregon - Northwest News Story - KTVZ Bend

Despite all the concerns about global warming, it makes sense that there have to be a few effects that aren’t all bad, and scientists at Oregon State University have identified one of them – nature’s aromatic miracle, the truffle.

Media Use Crazy Weather to Hype Global Warming, Despite Admissions Weather Isn't Climate

From Associated Press to national newspapers, coverage of floods, fires, droughts, sinkholes make 'case' for global warming alarmism.