Exploding children featured in 10:10 video | MNN - Mother Nature Network

The producers of the 10:10 video, in an attempt to get some attention, tried to combine two idioms.. very unsuccessfully. In fact, their little gory video may do damage for months (maybe years) to come to the ailing U.S. climate movement.

In an apology letter, the filmmakers said the video was intended for a British audience, as if they forgot that in the digital world you can't just "take down" a piece of media. No doubt it will be played over and over ad nauseum by Fox newers like Glenn Beck, who will use it as living proof for the most popular talking point of the conservative, anti-climate spin machine -- "progressives hate people."

Maybe 10:10 UK has proved them right.

Cancún failure would make climate talks 'irrelevant', EU negotiator warns | Environment | guardian.co.uk

"If Cancún does not produce a solid outcome that takes the fight against climate change forward, then I think it risks becoming irrelevant in the eyes of the world," Runge-Metzger told reporters. "We meet in these wonderful places, travel miles to come here. If this process is not effective, then people will say, 'If you can't come to agreement, then why should we bother supporting you?' "

His comments were echoed by other senior negotiators in the Chinese coastal city of Tianjin, where 3,100 negotiators, administrators, journalists and non-governmental climate activists are trying to restore credibility, trust and momentum lost after the disappointment of the Copenhagen climate change summit last year.

Repeal #1 | Real Science

Taxing poor people trying to pay for gas to get to work is indeed a noble objective, but we need to attack the energy issue as well. A simple approach to solving both problems is to simply repeal the First Law Of Thermodynamics. That pesky old German law has been holding us back for centuries. It is antiquated and unwanted. technology has advanced since the middle of the 19th century.

Call your Congressperson and demand action on this critical issue.

U.S. Department of Energy - The Paris Motor Show | DOE Blog

Fortunately, President Obama and Secretary Chu have helped put the United States on the road to global leadership in this rapidly growing industry. With Recovery Act funding, we have made an historic $2.85 billion investment in electric vehicles. We’re investing $2.0 billion in United States-based manufacturers to produce advanced vehicle batteries and drive train components, $400 million to purchase, test, and deploy different types of electric vehicles to test their viability in the marketplace, and $300 million in cost-share projects under the “Clean Cities” program. These investments are reducing our dependence on oil [Specifically how much reduction has been achieved to date?], cutting pollution and creating thousands of jobs, while building a foundation for even more job growth in the years ahead.