Alison Gannett: Extreme skier turned climate "hawk" | Grist

(She built her own plug-in electric SUV in 2005, but when she ran the numbers, realized the vehicle and its solar charger massively increased her carbon footprint.) And she’s convinced that most people will only change their habits when there’s a financial incentive.

“I want to write a book called I Don’t Give a Shit About Climate Change,” Gannett says. “Companies can be more profitable by reducing waste and reducing energy use. Period.”

In truth, Gannett really, really gives a shit about climate change.

‘Balanced’ News Reports May Only Inflame - NYTimes.com

IT is well known that when like-minded people get together, they tend to end up thinking a more extreme version of what they thought before they started to talk. The same kind of echo-chamber effect can happen as people get news from various media. Liberals viewing MSNBC or reading left-of-center blogs may well end up embracing liberal talking points even more firmly; conservative fans of Fox News may well react in similar fashion on the right.

Twitter / AGW_Prof: .@NewsHour Does Anthony Watts ...

.@NewsHour Does Anthony Watts think the Arctic is melting due to all those megacities up there causing urban heat island effect?

Good news: 123 of the last 133 years have been cooler than 2012 | Grist

Earlier today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its monthly assessment of our rapidly degrading climate.

We’ll start with the good news: 2012 is on pace to be only the ninth-warmest year in recorded history!

Environmentalists link whale beachings to offshore windfarm sonar - Telegraph

Survey ships using high-tech sonar to scan the seabed as part of plans to build offshore windfarms off Scotland's east coast could be responsible for the recent spate of whale beachings, conservationists warned today.