Climate science center at University of Oklahoma names director | NewsOK.com

In the months and years ahead, she said, the center will provide information to resource managers and the public about what changes they can expect to see and how to plan for them.

The idea, Winton said, is to project the impact on the region as a result of climate change and give resource managers information they can use to make educated decisions based on what they're likely to see.

Trading in carbon uncertainty | The Australian

A KEY part of the rationale for Julia Gillard's carbon tax plan was to provide certainty for industries, particularly those in the business of generating electricity or investing in power capacity. On the day the scheme was announced, Climate Change Minister Greg Combet spoke about "the importance of ensuring a smooth transition and certainty for business". More than a year on, and with the tax already being levied, the only thing that seems certain about the tax is the uncertainty it has created.

[Are we all OK with special interests sort of paying the President to say things?]:  Obama Being Pressed to Respond on Climate - NationalJournal.com

A large group of Democratic donors is threatening to withhold money from President Obama’s reelection campaign unless he breaks his silence on climate change and responds directly to GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s denigration of the issue at the Republican National Convention last week.
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“We’ve been working on behalf of a network of about 100 political donors who maxed out to the Obama campaign in 2008, and only about 25 percent have maxed out this election cycle,” Taylor said. “The whole focus has been on elevating the climate issue. We do feel that it’s imperative that the president respond to Mitt Romney’s mocking and that he do so forcefully with a clear statement.”