The WWF, REDD and Tanzania « Shub Niggurath Climate

With the latest saga, it can be said that a watershed event in conservation and the climate change debate has occurred. For the first time an organisation as the WWF finds itself at the wrong end of all things – locals and government officials, scientists, and aid agencies. The vision it tries to impose seem alien to all comers, the problems it faces as earthly as everyone else’s.

More importantly the episode defines the lack of a scientific temper at the WWF. The utter bewilderment that environmental scientists might be against some of its activities and speak about it openly is evident in the unprofessional response – bullying journal editors and scientists, demanding censorship of scientific papers, and a charactertistic denial of responsibility toward its contribution to the larger evolving mess.

Al Gore-backed (and US government-backed) Fisker Automotive delivers $100,000 plug-in hybrid lemon to Consumer Reports; inexplicably broke down after 180 miles of testing | GORE LIED

By the looks of things, Fisker Automotive seems headed for the same fate as Solyndra.

The New Nostradamus of the North: "Scottish pioneers of climate justice"

Scotland´s First Minister Alex Salmond has suggested that 2012 should be the "year of climate justice". Consequently, the Scottish parliament has had the "first ever parliamentary debate" on "climate justice".

The World Development Movement blog enthusiastically summarizes the debate