- Bishop Hill blog - Appalling disinformation in Irish Times

Almost two-thirds of 2011's exceptionally high costs are attributable to two disasters unrelated to climate and weather: the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March, and February's comparatively small but unusually destructive magnitude-6.3 quake in New Zealand.

Greedy Lying Bastards: US filmmaker attacks oil industry | Leo Hickman | Environment | guardian.co.uk

here's Jacqueline McGlade, director of the European Environmental Agency, on how she responds to climate sceptics.