Van Jones: "Language Intelligence Is The Progressives' Field Guide In The War Of Ideas" | ThinkProgress

Even when equipped with better and more popular ideas, progressives are losing the fight on ideas because of how we communicate those ideas — or fail to communicate them.
...As one of the most impactful climate bloggers on Earth, Joe Romm knows the ins-and-outs persuasive communication.

Errors in IPCC climate science » Blog Archive » Scotland aims for 100% renewable energy

I thought readers would be interested in Scottish plans to go 100% renewable by 2020 – shutting down their nuclear electricity generators. Making Scotland the Green Energy Capital of Europe – I thought other countries might have made that claim in the past – I wonder what readers think.

Twitter / aDissentient: Litmus test for cuts in military ...

Litmus test for cuts in military top brass will be if the MoD's climate change adviser gets his marching orders http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19312384 …

Orissa forest officer gets rap for advising Andhra firm - Indian Express

A 1983-batch Indian Forest Service officer, who till last year served as additional resident commissioner of Orissa in Delhi, has been reprimanded by the state forest department over providing advice to an Andhra Pradesh-based carbon trading company.