Fun with Chicago Winter Temperatures « Reasonable Doubt on Climate Change

Of course we can’t say from this what’s going to happen over the next 30 years, but with a stunning drop at a rate of nearly 11 degrees F per decade, you might reconsider banning white oak trees! If those who believe solar cycles and ocean cycles have more of an impact on climate than carbon dioxide are right, Chicago can expect to see more significant drops over the coming decades, making everyone in the city planning department look pretty foolish.

Hoodwinked by Berkeley Earth « Calder's Updates

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Chris Huhne condemns us all to fuel poverty - Telegraph

Another monumentally expensive project to 'fight climate change' has bitten the dust - but the Energy Secretary still doesn't see the light.

Is there room for the environment at the Occupation? | Grist

"I saw a story in the New York Times that mentioned [Occupy Wall Street] was running on gas generators," Hurowitz says. "It didn't seem right that a movement that's supposed to change the world should be propping up big oil."
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The trouble is, the tech crew is missing an adapter necessary for connecting the panels to the battery. So they're charging the battery with their gas-powered generator instead. "Right now, we're not using the output in the smartest way," Mears says.

Nick Bryner, a 27-year-old, fourth-year law student at George Washington University who assisted with the solar panel installation, says that even when the solar array is connected, "It's not going to be enough to cover all the energy needs."
...Occupy Boston has devised a solar-charging USB box to keep cell phones juiced up. The Rolling Sunlight did make it to Wall Street, where it powered the media center there. But three days in, it had to be driven back to D.C. for repairs, according to Greenpeace media officer Molly Dorozenski. There was apparently some sort of charging problem with the batteries.