Professor Judith Curry: IPCC “WG2 And WG3 Reports Pretty Much Belong In The Dustbin”

Donna appears to have set something into motion. The books are well-priced and I suggest readers buy extra copies and give them away as birthday or Christmas presents – or give them to your political representatives. Ask your pol if they can do better with our money.
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PS: Donna Laframboise is the midwife of NoTricksZone. I was one of her “citizen auditors” which she mentions in her book and she invited me to WordPress. The rest of the story you know.

Oh the irony! Pine Beetle outbreaks help cool the planet | Watts Up With That?

From Oregon State University College of Forestry some news that some people who want to blame pine beetle outbreaks on global warming won’t like. It seems there is a benefit.

The 99% Movement and Environmentalists | Planet3.0

As someone who has always believed that writers and artists and even philosophers are the canaries in the coalmine, I have been wondering if the current resurgence of progressive activism provides any reason for hope that the environmental movement might catch on with a group wider than the aging population that has been sustaining it. Demographic information about most environmental organizations makes it pretty clear that us baby boomers haven’t exactly passed along the torch.

Cities' role in global warming said to be minor

A neat and unsurprising demolition of a straw man.
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Urban expansion means that urban heat is captured much more in actual temperature measurements than it would be in a ideal world...the tiny increment (measured in tenths of a degree) in global temperature over the last century or so could be entirely due to the steady encroachment of urban areas into what were once rural locations

Energy Department Altered Loan-Related Releases - US Business News - CNBC

Both were changed to remove the name of a company that has received negative press attention in recent days, SunPower, and replace it with the name of another company, NRG Energy
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Update: On Wednesday evening, a Department of Energy spokesman said that the press releases had been returned to their original content as a result of CNBC's inquiry about the changes.