Arrrggh! Let’s help Time with Pachy’s “voodoo science” | Watts Up With That?

It is amazing that this false date of 2035 is still in circulation at a major media outlet, isn’t it?

Anderson Cooper on Penn State Secrecy « Climate Audit

Anderson Cooper had a segment on Penn State secrecy last night, with his contributor Drew Griffin expressing extreme frustration at Penn State’s stonewalling of information that would be routine at other institutions. Several years ago, Penn State lobbied for (and got) an exemption from Pennsylvania FOI legislation. (Given the exemptions in the state FOI legislation, I’m not sure that simply removing Penn State’s exemption would accomplish everything that people think it would, but that’s another story.)

In a panel segment that was on air last night (not in the online clip), one of the contributors described Penn State as “arrogant”, “imperious”.

Princeton : Earth Has More Sunny And Cloudy Days Than It Used To | Real Science

There used to be 365 sunny or cloudy days a year, but over 35% of the planet that figure must have increased.

Freakonomics » Agnostic Carnivores and Global Warming: Why Enviros Go After Coal and Not Cows

A global vegan diet (of conventional crops) would reduce dietary emissions by 87 percent, compared to a token 8 percent for “sustainable meat and dairy.”

A campaigning road trip in Africa for climate justice | Ally Carnwath | Global development | guardian.co.uk

"I used to harvest about seven 100kg sacks of beans," she says. "But now with the changes, the yield is very small – maybe two or three sacks. I am very worried about the future for my children. Lots of women in our community don't have any other way of making money than farming. When the harvest is bad, poverty follows."

The weather changes Verene describes are consistent with what climate scientists predict will happen in these regions in the future.