Why the Climate Challenge Has Been So Intractable - IEEE Spectrum

My son, who is a college sophomore at a rather liberal-minded state university, tells me that a fatalistic attitude toward climate change has settled in among his fellow students: Since we can't actually stop global warming, why spend lots of money trying to merely slow it? Why not spend that money instead of things that can get fixed, and just get ready to adjust to climate change, however bad it turns out to be? This seems to me the nub of the political problem. Climate policy analysts need to better make the case for reducing the risks of climate change at costs that are not too onerous.

Global warming to kill elderly people with chronic disease? | JunkScience.com

why anyone would attempt this con is beyond us.

Eighth polar bear warning on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula

While polar bears are far from rare in Newfoundland and Labrador, there has been an uncommon frequency in sightings this spring.

Heavy ice forces ferry to abandon Strait crossing

The ferry serving the Strait of Belle Isle left St. Barbe on Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula on Sunday but heavy ice near the Quebec side of the crossing forced it to turn around.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Value of top 12 solar manufacturers has dropped 91% over past 4 years

In June 2008, solar-panel manufacturers looked poised to conquer the world. The 12 largest had a combined market value of about $70 billion, according to Sanford C. Bernstein. Today, they are worth about $6.4 billion.

InvestigateDaily – 90 year old climate scientist rips into UN IPCC over conflicts of interest