Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Meet Jonathan Foley, 'Climate Pragmatist' - NYTimes.com

[Foley] I honestly don’t care who “wins” or “loses” the climate debate. I just want to solve the problem. And I know that there are good people, with good ideas, on the other side, who want to solve the problem too. Maybe, if we all can find the humility to care more about finding real solutions than winning the debate, we can get somewhere.

Wind-power companies lose luster with investors | JunkScience.com

“Not a winning formula going forward.”

Bloomberg reports:

The weather’s getting worse for wind-power companies, which are finding it increasingly difficult to attract venture backers.

U.S. investments in turbine farms and wind-energy businesses tumbled 38 percent last year to $9.7 billion, according to data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Venture capitalists have practically left the sector altogether. They invested only $177.6 million in wind startups last year, down 71 percent from the year before…

Episcopalians Confronting Climate Change | The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media

A big challenge in the Episcopal Church involves getting the word out and having more of its clergy talking about climate change as an issue.

“One woman called me and said, ‘I don’t want to hear about politics when I come to church.’

Cartoonists, Politics and Climate Change | The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media

A review of 500 editorial points to subtle but potentially significant differences between cartoonists on opposing ‘sides’ of the climate change debate.

1 comment:

TravelerDiogenes said...

Re Revkins' Jonathan Foley plea, I worte this comment to the NY Times article:

Is this a joke?

This is like one divorcing spouse asking the other, "I don't care who is at fault, as long as you give me everything. That sounds fair, doesn't it?"

SHEESH, Revkin! Are you even remotely sane?

I would also point out that Foley's point is just a re-wording of the Precautionary Principle. I usually get it in the form of "But what if they are right?"