BBC News - Climate sensitivity to CO2 probed

Lead author Andreas Schmittner from Oregon State University, US, explained that by looking at surface temperatures during the last Ice Age - 21,000 years ago - when humans were having no impact on global temperatures, he, and his colleagues, show that this period was not as cold as previous estimates suggest.

"This implies that the effect of CO2 on climate is less than previously thought," he explained

Goldman Sachs predicts that U.S. will be world’s largest producer of oil in 2017 — Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin

[Sept 2011] Goldman Sachs made a prediction on Sunday, September 11, that the United States will become the world's largest oil producing country by 2017. This significant production boost will occur as a result of utilizing a new definition of oil and generous estimates for the amount of liquids-rich shale production that can occur, The Oil Drum reports.

Climate change: vulnerable countries consider 'occupying' Durban talks | Environment | The Guardian

Former president of Costa Rica calls on countries most affected by climate change to refuse to leave talks until progress is made
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Sheik Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, said: "Climate change caused over 300,000 additional deaths last year. We the vulnerable countries suffer the most for our limited coping capacities. Bangladesh and other vulnerable countries cannot wait for international response to climate causes ... we are implementing 134 climate change adaptation and mitigation action plans."

Richard Branson turns capitalism upside down - Business - NZ Herald News

I was having lunch at  [James Lovelock's] home one day with my friend and colleague Will Whitehorn and he was saying that rather than thinking about how we can continue to live on our 'host', the earth, we are rapidly killing it, which will eventually lead to our own demise. James's view is: 'A billion could live off the earth; six billion living as we do is far too many, and you run out of planet in no time.'

0435: Briffa: Pathetic GRL Hockey Stick Paper A Step Backwards In Time And Understanding « The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE

[...] The basic point is that I (and I think [Tim Osborn]) agree that Mike and Phil’s latest contribution is a step backwards ( in time and understanding ) – well in reality I do not believe it is a step forward.