UN climate [hoax] chief cites progress at Bonn talks; others less sure

"I guess everyone understands that it's hard to cook a meal without a pot," said Figueres, according to prepared comments. "Governments are much closer now to actually making the pot." [Has she been smoking it?] ...Dessima Williams, a delegate from Granada, representing island states threatened by sea level rise, confirmed that they were likely to seek an increase in the $100 billion fund, according to press accounts.

Gov. Ritter seeks disaster aid for 2 Colorado counties hit by severe weather - KDVR

Officials in Otero County in southeastern Colorado say nearly 50 percent of the melon crop has been damaged or destroyed by freezing temperatures and hail.

Cold weather wiped out nearly all of Montrose County's sweet cherry crop in western Colorado.

Bill Gates: The Hurdles for Energy & Backing 5 Battery Startups

Or carbon sequestration, because it’s a trillion times larger in volume than nuclear waste, the government will have to agree to take the liability. There are things that hold [energy innovation] back. Innovation hasn’t done as much as it should have done. We need to pursue a lot of paths. If we new solar PV would be 50 times cheaper for sure or this nuclear thing would work, then we would be done. But, boy are there a lot of problems that have to be solved.

Cheap Clean Energy for the Poor: The importance is cheap energy for the poor. Even if you ignore climate change, the value of cheap energy for the poor is literally about life itself. If you can reduce the price of energy you can save lives, if you save lives you can reduce population growth, and you can create this virtuous cycle that two-thirds of the world has experienced, but about one-third of the world is trapped in at this point.

Betsy Taylor: An open letter to all people and organizations working to combat global warming

...we are holding a retreat in mid-November with key allies, organizers, 1Sky staff and board, but also with leaders from other sectors to help us see in fresh ways, and to explore what role 1Sky can best play as we move into the next chapter....We need to redouble our investment in grassroots movement building. Climate and energy advocates were better funded and coordinated than ever before, and yet we were unable to convince reluctant policymakers to take action to prevent global warming and jumpstart a clean energy economy.

Has a Warming Russia Outpaced the World? - Green Blog - NYTimes.com

Better known for long, bitterly cold winters, Russia is well on the way to becoming the poster child for the perils of global warming this summer.
...Drawing on the work of leading climate researchers, a 2008 report compiled by Russia’s state environmental agency, concluded that Russia was warming twice as fast as the rest of the world