Senate to Vote on Ending Ethanol Tax Incentives

Even if he gets the necessary votes in the Senate, it seems unlikely that both the House passes similar legislation that President Obama then signs. However, if this gets a significant number of votes, it could spell doom for the future of the industry.

- Bishop Hill blog - Jones: post 1995 warming "significant"

Phil Jones has announced that post-1995 warming is now "significant", with new data changing the picture he had previously reported to Roger Harrabin.

Collide-a-scape » Blog Archive » Collide-a-scape >> Is Friedman No Longer in Love with His Lexus?

Is Thomas Friedman, the influential, globe-trotting NYT columnist, undergoing a metamorphosis? Because I think the guy who was a champion of economic globalization a decade ago is not the same guy who wrote this column earlier in the week, which is mostly a platform for Paul Gilding, author of a new book called, “The Great Disruption: Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring On the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World.”

[Does CO2 prevent murder?] » Murders In America’s 33 Largest Cities

Most cities saw their murders drop.