BBC News - Rio+20 deal weakens on energy and water pledges

Other ingredients of the new text include:

• guarantees of gender equality in employment and health care
• no requirement for corporations to measure and report on the sustainability of their operations, as has been included in earlier versions
• a commitment to tackle youth unemployment
• a limited upgrade for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), without the major elevation in status that many observers have been advocating

Twitter / BBCRBlack: Greenpeace response to #Ri

Greenpeace response to ‪#Rioplus20‬ text: 'would condemn the world to a future of pollution, plunder and destruction'

CO2 : Drool CO2 : Drool | Real Science

Had Hansen never injected his lunacy into Capitol Hill in 1988, few people would even think about CO2 or the climate. Raymond thinks the whole world revolves around CO2, because he has been conditioned – like one of Pavlov’s dogs.

Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactors | Planet3.0

Saturday’s decision comes as the government scrambles to shore up its energy supply, to avert power shortages during the summer months, when usage is at its peak.