What constitutes “dangerous” climate change? | Climate Etc.

In my opinion, the primary reason that the UNFCCC has been unable to define “dangerous” anthropogenic climate change is because they have framed the problem and its solution to be irreducibly global.

Matthew Yglesias » The Way Forward on Climate

Pretty much everyone would prefer an economy-wide carbon pricing scheme to an effort that puts EPA regulation in the lead. But the business community seems to be betting that they can get the White House to blink, and basically let corporate executives keep on poisoning the atmosphere secure in the knowledge that they’re pretty old already and probably won’t live to see the worst of it.

Noisy Wind Turbines Attract Complaints - NYTimes.com

An appeals court in Rennes, France, recently ordered an eight-turbine wind farm to shut down between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. so residents could get some sleep.

[January 2010]: Canada’s growing polar bear population ’becoming a problem,’ locals say

Both Nirlungayuk and Flaherty ridicule media claims that the polar bear is threatened or on the verge of extinction.

“Polar bears are very intelligent . . . they have adapted through many climate changes for thousands of years. They are not going to wait around for the ice to freeze to start hunting. They live on more than just seals,” says Nirlungayuk.

Adds Flaherty: “At the end of the day, the King of the North will always be here. When we hear that polar bears are headed towards extinction, we just kind of smile at ourselves.”

Study seeks silver lining in climate change’s clouds - The Globe and Mail

In fact, the study urges Canadians to start talking about what it calls “climate prosperity” along with climate change.