Are Himalayan Glaciers Headed To Hell In A Handbasket?

In commenting on these and other pertinent findings, Bali et al. say "it is very much evident" that the glaciers of the Indian subcontinent "are receding at a much slower pace in comparison to what they were about a few decades back," and they comment that "the much talked about Gangotri glacier, which has been accused of being on the verge of extinction, still needs around 2,500 years to perish at the current recessional rate," stating that "the glacial fed rivers are thus not going to die an immediate death." Furthermore, they add that "even if a time comes that there are no glaciers around, the rivers will still flow," because the scientists who are involved in glaciological and hydrological studies point out that "at the foot hills, the contribution of glacial melt water is only around 10-15%, the rest being the rain and ground water," so that "even if a time comes that there are no glaciers around, the rivers will still flow."

- Bishop Hill blog - Westminster loses it

I find the idea that it will be forbidden to replace a broken down boiler without spending thousands more quite immoral. Are people supposed to sit in the cold if they can't afford it?

This is going to make ordinary people very, very angry.

1°C – the silent killer | Watts Up With That?

From the Harvard School of Public Health , news that an extra 1°C temperature swing in summer will kill the elderly.

Steven Greenhut: High-Speed Rail Takes Californians for a Ride | JunkScience.com

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has a serious public-relations hurdle: how to sell its proposed Los Angeles-to-San Francisco bullet train without the word “boondoggle” attached.

UK Carbon Capture [Scam] research hub to be built

A new scientific hub set up to tackle climate change has been announced by the government.

The £13 million UK Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Research Centre will be founded by the Universities of Leeds, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Cranfield, Cambridge, Nottingham and Durham, as well as the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, the British Geological Survey and Imperial College London.

It will lead investigations into CCS technologies, bringing together 100 of the country's leading academics in this subject.