Greener pastures: How cows could help in the fight against climate change | Environment | guardian.co.uk

since about 1850, twice as much atmospheric CO2 has derived from farming practices as from the burning of fossil fuels (the roles crossed around 1970)

Re: Mayor Bloomberg Donates $50M To Stop Coal-Fired Power Plants - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

New York City gets about 10 percent of its electricity from coal. Since Mayor Bloomberg is so anti-coal, why doesn’t he man up and stop the city from using any coal for its electrical needs? It’s only 10 percent, right?...If Greens like Nanny Bloomberg get their way, too little power will be the new normal.

Maybe because on days like today, NYC needs every drop of juice it can get:

Another Example Of The Misuse Of Climate Science | Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.

In my view, ultimately, such studies will be recognized as misleading policymakers to the actual threats to water resources. The sooner the funders realize this, the less money and time that will be wasted. It would be an informative research project for someone to document how many NSF, NOAA and other agency funds (in the USA and elsewhere) are being spent to provide such multi-decadal climate forecasts.

'There's too much climate change denial on the BBC' • The Register

It's drizzling denialists
That Jones was invited to report on the BBC's traditional policy of impartiality was relevant. The corporation has decided it isn't bound by the requirement, which is part of its charter, for environmental stories - a peace-time first. Jones views on the climate "debate" are unambiguous: there isn't one, he says, despite "a drizzle" of activity from a handful of outside journalists who, he says, "have taken it upon themselves to keep disbelief alive".