Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: The Pachauri Exception?

The challenge faced by the IPCC is significant. Under the adopted policy it is inconceivable that its current chairman, Rajendra Pachauri, could continue to serve.
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What will the IPCC do? There is no easy choice. But at this point, does anyone really care?

Consumerism trumps the gains of green products - Baltimore Sun

What if "green" cars made pollution worse, not better? What if they increased greenhouse gas emissions instead of decreasing them? Preposterous, you say? Well, consider what's happened in Sweden.

Through generous subsidies, Sweden aggressively pushed its citizens to trade in their old cars for energy-efficient replacements (hybrids, clean diesel vehicles, cars that run on ethanol). Sweden has been so successful in this initiative that it leads the world in per-capita sales of "green" cars. To everyone's surprise, however, greenhouse gas emissions from Sweden's transportation sector are up.

Chevy Dealers Scamming Taxpayers on Volt Sales - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

Question, however. Who are the idiots paying up to $60,000 for a Volt? Any chance the buyers are government agencies?