Fire, Drought and the Climate Wars: A Talk with Michael Mann | StateImpact Texas

So while the changes are actually unfolding even faster, in many respects, than we had predicted, and the science has become that much more solid [Hey Mike:  How, specifically, has climate junk science become "that much more solid" over the last two years?], the gulf continues between what the science says and what one might might gather from the public discourse on this issue.

- Bishop Hill blog - Broken Filter seminar

[90-minute video] The Frontline Club recently held a discussion about whether the media is up to the job of covering the energy and climate change debate. Chaired by Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, the evening featured many familiar names to those in the blogosphere and twittersphere.

...Ben Webster's comments at 37min are interesting

there is a problem with environment correspondents going native
some environmental correspondents sleep with environmentalists.

Climate change makes metabolism test invalid, scientists find

Scientists from the Department for Health have shown for the first time how climate change is having a major impact on tests to measure metabolism.

The researchers found that changes in the atmosphere mean the metabolic assessment could be inaccurate by up to seven per cent.

Costa Rica’s youth eye a carbon neutral future | RTCC - Responding to Climate Change

Costa Rica is one of the world’s smaller countries, but in the world of climate change it stands tall.

Former President Jose Maria Figueres is chairman of the Carbon War Room, while his sister Christiana Figueres is Executive Secretary of the UN climate convention, leading negotiations towards a legally binding emissions treaty.

Most impressively of all, Costa Rica aims to be the world’s first carbon neutral country.