After the drought another “global warming could” story | ScottishSceptic

Thanks to WUWT, for his Story on “Now its global warming killing Pikas“, obviously the Pikas (some kind of South Amercan rat/rabbit) isn’t the story, so much as the almost complete absence lately of these “global warming could … kill the … because of ”.

The carbon tax that ate Australia - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Even if man-made global warming [AGW] were real we know that an Australian carbon tax will have no effect on rising temperature; the sums have been done, the questions have been asked and the only answers given have been odd.

With this Government's reputation for bungled schemes - the BER, the home insulation scheme, the mining tax, clean coal to name a few - even progressives should think twice about whether this government has the capacity to introduce such a complex reform as a carbon tax and trading scheme.

The risk is not that Australia will be left behind in putting in place new, better, cleaner, greener technology, but that Australia will be left with no steel industry, no aluminium industry, no refineries or smelters.

Five ways to green your marijuana habit | Grist

Weed miles matter just like food miles.

Boeing to build recyclable 787’s with 100% renewable energy | Grist

The 10 acre roof of the new Boeing 787 airplane factory in North Charleston, South Carolina will be covered with enough thin-film solar panels to provide a fifth of the plant's power. The rest will come from a nearby biomass facility, which will be powered by shrub and tree waste.