Gus Speth: ‘Ultimate insider’ goes radical | Grist

[Speth] And we’re on the verge of 400 — it hit 400 in the Arctic recently. Most everybody I know would fall on their knees to give thanks if they thought that we were somehow magically going to stop at 420.

Q. In your chapter describing the severity of the climate crisis, you conclude, “The world is firmly on the path to a ruined planet in the lives of today’s children.”
...[Speth] any day now, we could start seeing a lot more methane being pumped out of tundra and oceans.

Getting Consumers to Save More Energy - WSJ.com

The highly successful Cash for Clunkers program in 2009 followed this recipe. Buying a more energy-efficient vehicle is one of the highest-impact ways a household can save energy. The incentive itself—up to $4,500—was large enough to get consumers' attention.

The cold's moving in

Cold weather is really going to start dominating the middle of the country over the next 24 hours and really does not look to relinquish its grip for the rest of the month. Temperatures for the 1-5 and 6-10 day forecast periods will likely be colder than what we see in the 11-15 day period, but even in the 11-15 day time frame you can't rule the pattern as anywhere close to being "warm."

It is a cold enough pattern where we are going to see some frost and freeze threats, which even for far northwestern parts of the Midwest would be unusually early if indeed they were to occur

Clinton Calls Inslee A Leader Adressing Climate Change | Northwest Public Radio

[Bill] Clinton focused on climate change as one of the biggest challenges facing the United States, and criticized Republicans for refusing to face it.

“In the end we have to prove that we can create a modern economy that we fuel ourselves on energy that is not burning up the planet," said Clinton.