Schwarzenegger: War against climate change must become ‘sexier,’ ‘hipper’ | JunkScience.com

Communication should be like a “four-legged stool” and not the current one-legged version based solely on climate change, said Schwarzenegger.

The second leg should be about jobs, as “the green economy is a growing economy”, and the third and fourth must focus on national security and health.

“Clean economies can save millions of lives,” he pointed out.

For a Shell Executive, Much Head-Scratching - NYTimes.com

“Alaska is only part of it,” Mr. Voser said. “I am still puzzled that with Canada in the north, with oil sands and Keystone, plus the gas revolution in the United States, plus the Gulf of Mexico successes in exploration, with Alaska coming, the United States is sitting on so many energy resources.”

“I can’t see why there is not more drive,” he said. “It’s puzzling, frustrating. Any other country in the world would jump on this.”

17 Days Later, Peter Gleick is Back in the Saddle « NoFrakkingConsensus

In the past few weeks the California Water Policy Conference had to make a decision about whether or not to go ahead with its originally-planned keynote speaker. Its decision tells us a great deal about whether those talking about water issues in California can themselves be trusted.

Did they champion honesty and integrity? Or did they hand over their podium to a self-confessed liar and thief?

Philippines police to plant 10 million trees in one year | Grist

Police officers in the Philippines are trading their guns and billy clubs for weapons of mass construction: shovels, watering cans, and gardening gloves. That’s because they’re partnering with the country’s Department of Environmental and Natural Resources to combat climate change and deforestation.

"The Relationship Between Climate Warming And Tree Growth Is Not As Simple As Initially Thought"

Climate models predict that the warming trend will continue and that it will be greater in the Arctic. If the forest keeps in step with the changing climate, trees should be advancing northwards at a rate of around 2km a year.

He said: “To generalise our results, the tree line is definitely moving north on average but we do not see any evidence for rates as big as 2km per year anywhere along the Arctic rim.

“Where we have the most detailed information, our results suggest that a rate of around 100 metres per year is more realistic. In some places, the tree line is actually moving south. The prediction of a loss of 40% of the tundra by the end of the century is probably far too alarming.”