World leaders' Rio accord is epic failure, says Greenpeace

the US chief negotiator, Todd Stern, said the agreement was a ''good strong step forward''.

Rio+20 summit: Opening day live blog | Environment | guardian.co.uk

3.36pm: Wow. We knew NGOs were unhappy with the Rio+20 text, but they have held no punches in their criticism of it to an audience of world leaders.

Here's the UN major group of NGOs at the opening session:

We stand on the brink of Rio+20 being another failed attempt. With governments only trying to protect their narrow interests instead of trying to inspire the world. If that happens, it will be a big failure.

...You cannot have a document called the Future We Want without any mention of planetary boundaries, tipping points or planetary carrying capacity.

...The text as it stands is completely out of touch with reality. Just to be clear, NGOs at Rio do not endorse this document.

‘Ignorance’ Book Review - Scientists Don’t Care for Facts - NYTimes.com

In his book, Dr. Firestein writes that conducting science is something like searching for a black cat in a dark room — very difficult, especially when, as is often the case, it turns out there is no cat.

Twitter / DeepClimate: "When there’s a huge sol

"When there’s a huge solar energy spill, it’s just called a nice day. [Wait a minute:  Don't nice days give us kidney stones?] Green jobs, not more oil spills." Rejected ‪#Greenpeace‬ Edm billboard!