Feds target energy efficiency scofflaws | Grist

The federal energy efficiency cops are on the beat -- finally.

Major climate change [hoax] talks set for next week in New York | Grist

WASHINGTON -- Representatives from the 17 nations responsible for 80 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions will meet in New York next week, the Obama administration announced on Tuesday.

U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern said the meeting would take place Sept. 20-21, as part of ongoing global talks on reducing harmful emissions that cause climate change.

[I'm not a lazy hippie; I'm just trying to prevent your grandchildren from roasting in CO2-induced hellfire]: Is it more eco-friendly if half of a couple doesn’t work? | Grist

Is it really better for the planet if one partner in the household stays out of the workforce? That's quite a stretch. It depends on whether you trade the greenhouse gases emitted while commuting to a job for greenhouse gases emitted while commuting to soccer games, piano lessons, and the mall.

Texas and three other states threaten to sue California over AB 32 | Grist

Now attorneys general (AG's are not part of the administration in California -- are they in these other states?) from Texas, Alabama, Nebraska, and North Dakota -- all states with dirty oil and big coal interests -- have vowed to sue California if Proposition 23 fails at the ballot box. They claim that AB 32 constrains free commerce because it establishes limits on California’s greenhouse gas emissions, possibly affecting the interstate purveyance of electricity produced by dirty fossil fuels.

Frosty times for dinosaurs: Major fall in temperature 137 million years ago during Cretaceous greenhouse period, evidence shows

ScienceDaily (Sep. 14, 2010) — A major drop in temperature 137 million years ago briefly interrupted the warm, equable climate of the Cretaceous Period. The water temperature in the Arctic Ocean fell from around 13°C to between 4 and 7°C, possibly causing the poles to freeze over.
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Current findings indicate that the global climate during the Cretaceous Period was warm and equable with high atmospheric CO2 values, although scientists have already speculated that this global warmth may have been punctuated by colder episodes.

The latest research carried out by Price and Nunn shows that there was a brief cold episode approximately 137 million years ago. "Temperatures fell drastically compared with the average water temperatures of 13°C or even 20°C in the Arctic region during the rest of the Cretaceous Period," states Nunn. Dinosaurs inhabited the polar regions during the Cretaceous greenhouse period. While marine reptiles such as pliosaurs and ichthyosaurs may have migrated with the onset of the cold snap, it is not clear how dinosaurs would have handled the colder conditions.