Your iPad is costing you (a tiny bit) more than you think | Grist

The EPRI analysis shows that the Apple iPhone 3G consumes 2.2 kWh of electricity each year, which results in a power cost of $.25 annually.

Rio+20, the unhappy environmental summit - Salon.com

In the end, this conference was a conference to decide to have more conferences.

Vermonters Realizing They’ve Erred…Citizens Ramp Up Protests Against Big Wind

In the 5-minute video below, there are lots of statements made that are worth quoting.

Many are from environmentalists who now seem to realize something went horribly wrong. “Green yes, but not like this!”

- Bishop Hill blog - Delingpole on the Daily Politics

James Delingpole put in a very good performance on the Daily Politics yesterday (video from 30 mins). He was up against some green chappie, who I didn't recognise. Admirable support was provided by journalist Peter Hitchens, while another hack Mary Ann Seighart seemed slightly out of her depth.

Subjects covered included the contribution of environmentalism to the wellbeing of the planet, "green jobs", and temperature trends in the twenty-first century.