Confessions of a Climate Change Convert | FrumForum

[D. R. Tucker] I began reading the [IPCC] report with a skeptical eye, but by the time I concluded I could not find anything to justify my skepticism.

D.R. Tucker | FrumForum

D. R. Tucker is the operator of the Massachusetts-based political blogs Notes from D.R. and The Urban Right. He is also a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in the Boston Herald, Human Events Online and BookerRising.com. Mr. Tucker was the host/producer of The Notes on Blog Talk Radio from August 2009 to June 2010.

We should look to Bolivia for inspiration | Jonathan Glennie | Global development | guardian.co.uk

Bolivia under President Evo Morales is seeking a radical development model based on equality and environmental sustainability – and there are lessons we can all learn

Hypocrisy of champagne environmentalists is deceitful and distracting | Ed Gillespie | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The green scene is littered with compromised, hypocritical celebrities. Poor Prince Charles preaches and pontificates about harmony and simplicity, then ties himself in masochistic bondage knots of inconsistency by spending £100k on a biofuelled train tour to promote cycling. Famous frequent fliers abound, from Coldplay's Chris Martin – who opined about global warming in song then racked up a personal carbon footprint massively bigger than the average Brit – to Sting's wife, Trudie Styler, who flew her entourage (including hairdresser) by private jet from New York to Washington so she could go to a party. Most brilliantly, John Travolta encourages us all to "do our bit for climate change" while owning five private jets. As with the pejorative "champagne socialists", the message is very much "do as we say, not as we do'.