Polar bear spin reaches epic proportions at Bangkok CITES meeting | polarbearscience

If the presentations made to CITES delegates last week in support of accepting the US-proposal to transfer polar bears from Appendix II to Appendix I status were as full of spin and devoid of facts as these press releases issued by the Humane Society and the US Fish & Wildlife Service, then it is no wonder delegates became confused.

The Reference Frame: Greening the world's deserts with lots of cows

I think it's common sense that if this treatment of flocks of animals makes the land locally fertile, they should do so. At the end, the host asks Savory what do the large flocks of animals eat if everything is dry to start with. I didn't understand Savory's answer. His talk was nice but I would still prefer a version of the talk that is stripped of tendentious claims about fossil fuels, the need to reduce the CO2 in the atmosphere, and concerns about the population bomb.

Warming Means Wetter Weather – and Drier Weather | Climate Central

dry seasons became drier with just over half a millimeter less in rainfall per day per century.

Fury as Ofgem lets energy giants keep £500million | Mail Online

Energy watchdog Ofgem is preparing to allow electricity grid operators to keep nearly half a billion pounds raised from household bills – even though they failed to hit targets on stopping power being wasted.