Republican Victories Boost Effort to Block EPA's Climate Rules - NYTimes.com

Along with the Democrats, one of the biggest losers on Election Day was U.S. EPA, which is expected to be the target of bruising congressional attacks once the Republicans take control of the House and gain several seats in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

Inhofe says oil, gas industry needs to beware despite GOP gains | Tulsa World

Now oil and gas producers have more friends in power, and wary Democrats who will be coming up for re-election in two years might change their voting behavior to distance themselves from the Obama administration, he said.

"There's the old saying that when the ship sinks, the rats jump off," Inhofe quipped to some laughter. "Well, they're jumping."
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Inhofe noted that he uttered his "greatest hoax" description of global warming about eight years ago.

"Eight years later, we won and they lost," he said.

Population trends, not climate, causing increased flood fatalities in Africa

According to a paper in press in Geophysical Research Letters, climate is not to blame for the increase of flood deaths in Africa.

Harmony by HRH Prince Charles, Tony Juniper and Ian Skelly – review | UK news | The Observer

Prince Charles is right to speak up on climate change, but some of his ideas are completely off the wall

David Cameron letting China off climate change hook, says Labour | Environment | The Observer

But last night Labour claimed that carefully constructed efforts to bind the Chinese into international efforts to invest in low-carbon technology and improve energy security were being undermined by government cuts. Shadow foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said William Hague, the foreign secretary, was giving the wrong message by slashing a £14.4m fund set up in 2008 to provide expertise to China and other countries on low-carbon technology and to help them to move away from coal-based technology.

Funding was cut by £3m in the summer for the Low Carbon High Growth Fund and it is believed to be under further threat after the spending review.