Does Cameron dare ditch poor-bashing green energy? • The Register

Let them eat windmills
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Analysis No 10 has a dilemma: it is committed to an unpopular renewable energy policy that punishes the poor, British industry, and will keep inflation high. But is it edging nervously away from the policy, or merely pretending to?

Solar lays hands on Holy Grail • The Register

Industry claims Australian PV electricity now at ‘grid parity’

Is Al Gore to Blame for Snohomish Stench? - Seattle News - The Daily Weekly

​The mystery has been solved! That overpowering stench that has hung over Snohomish, Wash. for the last few days, offending residents and beguiling investigators as to its origins, has been identified as, of all things, chicken manure.

I blame Al Gore.

That's because chicken

Weather disasters keep costing U.S. billions this year: Scientific American

Judith Curry, a climate scientist at Georgia Tech, noted in a blog post this week that active hurricane seasons, heavy snowfalls, and floods and severe drought in Texas are reminiscent of the 1950s.

"Natural variability is a plausible explanation for variations in extreme frequency and also clustering of events," Curry said.
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Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech University​, said policy is not black and white, and there has to be debate over policies to address climate change.

But policy opinions are one thing and scientific facts another, she said, adding that she is troubled to see more of the general public doubting climate change even as more scientific evidence piles up to support it.

"The evidence is what the planet is telling us," Hayhoe said. "These are not political opinions."