Certainly, some climate observers and commentators, such as Andy Revkin of Dotearth, Joe Romm of Climate Progress, and David Roberts of Grist.org, attract large followings, and the quasi-”Greek Chorus” that attends their posts stands as a form of crowdsourcing. Document dumps such as the hacked e-mails from the University of East Anglia can most quickly be picked-through by crowds, though that obviously has problematic aspects.
It'll be a cold time in the old town this morning | Stockton, California
STOCKTON - Near-record low temperatures in the upper 20s were expected this morning for the third straight day.
Globe Slowly Warming, Insists 'Hansen's Bulldog'
Torturing the time series until they confess?
BBC News - Durban: Climate summit looks back and forward
One is, frankly, that governments of some richer developing countries appear to be in this process for what they can get.
If Western countries have to reduce emissions and fork out extensive sums of money and they do not, they stand to gain a competitive advantage - and dragging up the past as often as possible helps this agenda.
Twitter / @LFFriedman: Zuma, Pachauri, Lord Stern ...
Zuma, Pachauri, Lord Stern and other bigshots at @seiclimate event yfrog.com/kl7wlgpj [I see at least four bottles of planet-kiling bottled water on display]
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