Coalition drops further green pledges on timber and renewables | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The coalition is being accused of reneging on two of its key environment pledges in a further blow to the credibility of David Cameron's promise to lead the "greenest government ever".
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In a second policy turnaround, both the Lib Dems and Tories promised before the election to extend the green subsidy for energy from small-scale solar panel installations to around 6,000 people who had put up panels before the launch of the government subsidy scheme. Last week Chris Huhne, the climate and energy secretary, made clear that the coalition would not extend the scheme and such early adopters would have to be content with the "warm glow of being pioneers".

Warming in Deep Southern Ocean Linked to Sea-Level Rise | LiveScience

The researchers divided the ocean into 28 sections, or basins, for which they computed warming rates. The three southernmost basins showed a strong statistically significant abyssal warming trend, with that warming signal weakening to the north in the central Pacific, western Atlantic, and eastern Indian Oceans, the researchers say. Eastern Atlantic and western Indian Ocean basins showed slight cooling trends, though the results weren't statistically significant.

The Climate [Hoax] Group to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell (Nasdaq:NDAQ)

In honor of Climate Week NYC, Boudewijn Poelmann, Chairman and Co-founder of the Dutch Postcode Lottery—a generous supporter of The Climate Group—will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square to ring the NASDAQ Opening Bell with Steve Howard, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of The Climate Group.

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: A Breakthrough in US Climate Policy?

Hundt has this very interesting comment to make about the focus of the next energy bill:

The bill will focus on jobs and also on “lowering the cost of clean.” Instead of raising the price of carbon initially, we’re going to lower the cost of clean energy, and then in the not-too-distant future, there will be a more welcoming attitude for clean energy, and then we can put a price on carbon. It’s a two-step process: one — jobs and lowering the cost of clean energy, and two — putting a price on carbon.