Getting down to business on climate change | Grist

There will come a time when governments are forced to act on global climate change. Its impacts will be increasingly devastating and undeniable. Its costs will swell like a tsunami. We will see many more Katrinas with victims stranded not because governments are incompetent, but because they are overwhelmed.

When that time comes, politicians' careers will depend on taking action. Clearly, that moment hasn't yet arrived.

Obama’s riding the (cellulosic) ethanol pony—here’s why he should buck the trend | Grist

Asking our soil to supply not only our food but the ravenous demands of our 200 million-plus fleet of cars was always an insane idea. Cellulosic ethanol, if it ever takes off, will only make the madness worse.

Winter officially on its way as chilly winds blast Tokyo - The Mainichi Daily News

The Tokyo region was hit with its official first blast of winter wind on the night of Oct. 26, the Meteorological Agency announced Oct. 27 -- seven days earlier than in 2009.