American Solar Industry: Under a Cloud « Tallbloke's Talkshop

A lot of taxpayers money is going down the drain (and into the pockets of rats) in the US at the moment. Government intervention in the energy market seems to be a bad idea. The propping up of the carbon price on the European Carbon Market has cost the taxpayer an estimated 280 billion Euros. This much money could have replaced aging coal fired stations and reduced co2 emissions across the E.U. by 42% (estimate by UBS). The Chicago Carbon Exchange (Al Gore’s baby) shut it’s doors a while ago.

Putting A Human Face On Climate: How Do We Inspire Action? | ThinkProgress

There are some other tricky issues with conveying this issue visually. The pace of climate disruption, while geologically speedy, makes it generally hard to see. And while extreme weather events are quite visible, trying to tie a single storm, no matter how extreme, to global weirding can bring about more heat than light

28 days of 19 million sq km Antarctic Sea Ice Extent | sunshine hours

Only 9 years in the satellite have seen Antarctic Sea Ice Extent hit 19 million sq km. 2006 had 30 days. In the last 2 days 2012 has trend up again over 19 million and put it within 2 days of tying the all time record. Aside from 1980, all of those years have been since 1998 which some people claim have been the hottest years in the history of human beings. Antarctic Sea Ice Extent disagrees.

Al Gore’s palm oil train wreck gets worse | Watts Up With That?

From Stanford University , more bad news coming from Al Gore’s failed Goldman Sachs palm oil fantasy.

Nate Silver's Climate Chapter And What We Can Learn From It | ThinkProgress

The chapter ends on a bit of a discouraging note, with Silver suggesting that climate scientists should not try to directly influence climate policy.

“It is precisely because the debate may continue for decades that climate scientists might do better to withdraw from the street fight and avoid crossing the Rubicon from science into politics.”