David Hathaway: Latest NASA Solar Cycle 24 Forecast issued 1st February 2013

The current predicted and observed size makes this the smallest sunspot cycle since Cycle 14 which had a maximum of 64.2 in February of 1906

Climate Change Series: Mitigating The Damage | Cognoscenti

With no additional mitigation policy, we estimate there’s about a 50/50 chance that global temperatures will rise by as much as 5 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. There’s almost a one in four chance global temperatures will rise by 6 C or more.
...Henry (“Jake”) Jacoby is William F. Pounds professor emeritus in the MIT Sloan School of Management, and former co-director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.

Twitter / [Planet-healer Peter Gleick to take still more unnecessary long-haul fossil-fueled flights]

I'll be giving a public lecture on The Future of #Water: Implications for Security, in Safra Theatre, Kings College London, March 4.

Twitter / DanielYergin: Most surprising no. in my House ...

Most surprising no. in my House testimony Tuesday-US oil output up 39 percent since 2008.Gain almost equal Nigeria's output #SubEnergyPower

Not Ready For Prime Time: Did Shoddy “Green Technology” Cause Super Bowl blackout? « Tom Sullivan Radio Show

“Bob”, who claimed to have intended last night’s game, called in to the show and said staffers and insiders blamed the arena’s ‘green’ electrical system when they tried to explain to the crowd what was going on.