How Dave can still lead the 'greenest government ever' and save his party, the economy and rural Britain – Telegraph Blogs

Anyway, one thing I'm very much noticing on the campaign trail is the intensity of local feeling on the wind farm horror. When you live in a city – as I did till recently – you simply have no idea how much heartbreak and anxiety and fear the wind farm scam is generating across rural Britain. Country people feel helpless and appalled and betrayed at the way all their valid objections – to noise, to the ecological damage, to the visual blight, to the destruction of the landscape – are simply being overruled by council planning officers.

What's the Best Climate Question to Debate? - NYTimes.com

One question from me would be:

While persistent and deep uncertainty surrounds the most important potential impacts from and responses to greenhouse-driven global warming (see David Roberts, Michael Levi and this list of reviewed research for more), the long-term picture of a profoundly changed Earth is clear. What do you see as the best mix of achievable policies to limit environmental and economic regrets?

- Bishop Hill blog - Three years until the lights go out

Ofgem, the UK's energy regulator, has apparently announced that the UK should expect power outages to begin in the winter of 2015-16.

Twitter / PeterGleick: I've now written off both #Budget ...

I've now written off both #Budget and #Avis at LAX. Horrible. Is there a decent car rental agency there?

Why would Gleick rent a planet-killing private fossil-fueled vehicle when he should be setting an example for us all by walking, biking, using public transportation, or staying home?