Hertz Puts Electric Cars on the Fast Track, Starting in New York - NYTimes.com

“The buzz has been great,” said Ms. McCaffrey, who conceded that the station hasn’t actually gotten much use without a dedicated fleet based there.
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And E.V. rental is about to get a sprinkle of stardust. According to Mr. Broome, the Hertz Entertainment Services division, which provides vehicles for film location shoots, is planning to provide electric vehicles for cast or crew and mobile truck-based chargers [Wait a minute: Are these chargers hauled around on fossil-fueled trucks?] to keep them rolling. The units will include Level III fast charging, which can recharge a vehicle in half an hour, he said.

Twitter / Kate Sheppard

Todd Stern puts the damper on China "game-changer" talks. "I don't see anything new in it." #COP16

The Ice Man Warneth - NYTimes.com

[Warmist Lonnie Thompson] Why then are climatologists speaking out about the dangers of global warming? The answer is that virtually all of us are now convinced that global warming poses a clear and present danger to civilization (‘‘Climate Change,’’ 2010).

That bold statement may seem like hyperbole, but there is now a very clear pattern in the scientific evidence documenting that the earth is warming, that warming is due largely to human activity, that warming is causing important changes in climate, and that rapid and potentially catastrophic changes in the near future are very possible.

Twitter / Brad Johnson

Ban Ki-Moon: "Climate change has become the top agenda of the international community." #COP16

Spate of Natural Disasters Spurs Record Relief Spending for U.N. - NYTimes.com

Severe winter weather also prompted humanitarian response efforts. OCHA says it raised $3 million to help Mongolia cope with a dzud, a local term for snowfall so heavy that it becomes impossible for livestock to dig through it to graze.