Chris Huhne wins £1bn funding for carbon capture technology | Environment | The Guardian

The energy secretary, Chris Huhne, has won a battle to secure £1bn from the Treasury to pay for the development of demonstration technology to capture and bury carbon emissions from power plants.
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There is less good news for another plank of the green economy: the Treasury has apparently squeezed proposals for a green investment bank.
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Huhne has taken a serious hit on his programme budget. Warm Front, which provides grants for insulation and heating for the less well off, will get "slashed pretty bad" one observer said. There will be increased social price support - going from nothing presently to £300m - which will help reduce bills for poorer customers but it is unlikely to compensate for the upset caused by bringing an end to the programme and the Lib Dems expect to be attacked by Labour.

Stay sane by fighting climate change! | spiked

Big news from 10:10: four of Britain’s top medical organisations have signed up for its campaign to cut carbon emissions by 10 per cent in 2010. And if you thought that the people at 10:10 had a few emissions loose in the upper atmosphere, then you should hear what these top medical people are saying about climate change.
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Professor Dinesh Bhugra declared: ‘Research shows a low-carbon lifestyle can improve mental health – which is why the RCPsych is proud to be playing its part in the 10:10 campaign.’

Bradley Copies Fritts « Climate Audit

Bradley copied both graphics and language from Fritts’ 1976 textbook, Tree Rings and Climate.