NASDAQ Delisting Threat Jeopardizes Chinese Rescue of A123 Systems | National Legal and Policy Center

Two weeks ago the mainstream and clean tech advocacy media proclaimed that taxpayer-subsidized, failing electric vehicle battery maker A123 Systems would be saved by a deal with a Chinese company.

Since then the Massachusetts-based manufacturer’s stock price sank below what had been its previous low of 44 cents. This morning it is down to 38 cents, and yesterday the company received a delisting notice from the NASDAQ. So what happened?

John McLean – ENSO drives sea surface temperatures on the Great Barrier Reef « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg wants us to consider putting sun shades over the Great Barrier Reef, but it begs the question — how much is the reef heating up, and how sure are we that it’s man-made and not natural?

John McLean digs into the data and finds that temperature variations on the reef appear to be closely tied to the ENSO cycle, and that there is little reason to think our SUVs and coal fired plants have anything to do with the rises and falls.

We wonder, as usual, why those paid by taxpayers can’t do the same basic calculations and graphs that the volunteers do online.

Cancelling My Labor Day Tee Time | Real Science

The massive July meltdown wrecked the Greenland Country Club. I simply can’t play on fairways with such low albedo.