Climate Camp Uses Glue in Bank Protest - NYTimes.com

A year earlier, a climate protester even briefly stuck himself to the sleeve of the prime minister at the time, Gordon Brown.

“After 20 seconds, he tore my hand off; it really hurt,” Dan Glass, a member of the climate protest group Plane Stupid, told Sky News. “He had to give it a couple of tugs before before it came away.”

Opinion | Seattle will become an even 'hotter' destination | Seattle Times Newspaper

Due to climate change, Seattle's future average temperature will look a lot more like Los Angeles' today. King County's average July temperature over the years 1968 to 2002 was 65 degrees. One climate-change model (with the catchy name CCSM) predicts that Seattle's average July temperature will be 71 degrees in the year 2070. Winter average temperatures will remain roughly what they are now.

Obama’s electric car champion drives the drive | The Salt Lake Tribune

Plenty of obstacles remain. The lithium-ion batteries expected to power electric vehicles are extremely expensive, even when the costs are reduced by a $7,500-per-vehicle federal tax credit. The government recently estimated that a battery with a 100-mile range costs about $33,000, although federal stimulus funds could bring the costs down to $10,000 by the end of 2015. Other concerns remain about the durability and longevity of the batteries.