“Wind Farms Canceled, Layoffs Starting” (government dependence is risky business) — MasterResource

The major federal tax and grant subsidies for windpower and other qualifying renewables are scheduled to expire at year-end. And claims of robust economics, competitiveness, and growth have given way to fear of a freer, less preferential market in 2013 and beyond. Wind’s artificial boom/upcoming bust is the risky business of political capitalism.

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A foot of snow possible for Mt Baker WA

Twitter / omnologos: (Oh) Dear @NatureClimate w

(Oh) Dear @NatureClimate was it idiocy or fascism that inspired the writing and publication of this rubbish? http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journ …

Promoting pro-environmental action in climate change deniers : Nature Climate Change : Nature Publishing Group

A sizeable (and growing) proportion of the public in Western democracies deny the existence of anthropogenic climate change^{1, 2}. It is commonly assumed that convincing deniers that climate change is real is necessary for them to act pro-environmentally^{3, 4}. However, the likelihood of ‘conversion’ using scientific evidence is limited because these attitudes increasingly reflect ideological positions^{5, 6}. An alternative approach is to identify outcomes of mitigation efforts that deniers find important...

Twitter / RyanMaue: Old narrative of catastrop

Old narrative of catastrophic climate change out, new narrative extreme obesity and biomass inequality. RIO+20 http://www.livescience.com/21003-human-po …