Health insurers eye climate change as a major concern for the future « Live Insurance News

Climate change is often a controversial issue, especially when the federal government is concerned. The insurance industry, however, is beginning to take the matter more seriously, as a new report shows that purely environmental factors may be causing the high costs seen in the health care system.

Walmart's Appeasement of Left Continues to Flounder | National Legal and Policy Center

The way Walmart conducted business under Sam Walton, and largely the way it operated before 2005, kept the company, its vendors and providers, and its customers going just fine. Contorting the company’s policies and practices to try to satisfy a diverse number of anti-capitalists (what environmental groups really are), whose definitions of “sustainable” are equally diverse, is without question bad business.

Fueling Activism: An Interview with Bill McKibben | Politics | Religion Dispatches

There's absolutely nothing we can do in terms of supporting "development" that makes up for the damage we're doing with carbon.

Tol vs Curry : Stoat

KK reports on the Tol vs Curry fight. Tol is complaining that Curry is doing her usual: posting about septic junk and then saying "oh but I'm just asking". Tol may have long hair but, unlike Curry, he isn't a bozo, or irresponsible (he did call me rude things in an email once, but I forgive him).

Chris Mooney | Rush Limbaugh: Meat Eater, Science Denier

Actually, Rush has now shown that he is the one trying to “codify” his beliefs as science. In contrast to the Stapel case, repeated inquiries into “ClimateGate” have not shown fraud or wrongdoing.