Toronto News: Earth Hour: environmentalists say there’s renewed activism - thestar.com

Critics note that Toronto’s power usage dropped by only 5 per cent during Earth Hour 2011, one-half of the reduction during Earth Hour in 2010 and a third of 2009. Was it a sign of declining interest? Supporters contend that it was colder last year, about -5 as the lights went out, compared to amilder 10 in 2009.

General Motors pulls funding from climate sceptic thinktank Heartland | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The funding cut – just $15,000 a year – is small beer for the institute

Winds of change brewing

The Planet Under Pressure conference - which drew some 3000 specialists and inspired more than 2 million ''tweets'' - was convened as something of a war-conference before the Rio+20 UN sustainability conference in June.

Its tone - as encapsulated by comments from Sir John Beddington, science adviser to the British government - reflected a shift away from ''solving the climate crisis'', Revkin observed in his blog, Dotearth.

Instead, it focused on strategies to manage climate risk by enhancing the capacity of populations to withstand extreme conditions, while not giving up on efforts to stem emissions.

Tom Harris: Energy Hour | Heartland Institute

International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) executive director Tom Harris explains how ICSC is turning Earth Hour into Energy Hour.

George Bush’s hometown is running out of water, thanks to climate change | Grist