India: Cold wave kills two in MP

The current cold wave in Madhya Pradesh has claimed two lives till now in the state.

Official reports reaching here said that one Tejbhan Singh died due to extreme cold in Satna district yesterday.

An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Global Warming Impacts: How We Know Inaction Is the Gravest Threat Humanity Faces | ThinkProgress

The single biggest failure of messaging by climate scientists (until very recently) has been the failure to explain to the public, opinion makers, and the media that business-as-usual warming results in simultaneous, ever-worsening impacts that,  individually, are each beyond catastrophic, but combined are unimaginablly horrific.

Told You So: German Solar Industry Faces Bankruptcy

Solon SE (SOO1) slumped the most in eight years in Frankfurt trading after becoming the first publicly traded solar company from Germany to file for insolvency.

Patricia Adams: Durban’s Empty Promises

Because China wants to rescue this industry on which it has placed its prestige, it lobbied hard at Durban for a healthy Green Climate Fund, promising in return to consider subjecting itself to Kyoto II after 2020. In exchange for this promise, China received the promise of a Green Climate Fund.

These future promises, like the past promise of Kyoto, will likely collapse long before the parties will be called upon to deliver on them. In the meantime, backs can be patted all around.

Don't cry for Kyoto

The treaty was never going to do anything to stop global warming, writes Terry Glavin. And environmentalists should take their share of the blame