What do climate policies mean for social justice? | Carbon Brief

A new report claims the government has significantly overestimated the benefits lower-income households will reap from its blend of climate policies. It says the price impact of placing the additional costs of energy efficiency schemes and other policies on consumer bills is disproportionate for the poorest 10 per cent in society. So does the government need to pay more attention to social justice when making climate policy?

Car manufacturers manipulating fuel efficiency tests, says report | Environment | guardian.co.uk

A new report reveals that carmakers routinely manipulate official UN-backed miles/gallons tests, with a series of tricks including stripping the car down to weigh as little as possible, overinflating the tyres and testing in the thin air at high-altitude tracks.

The tricks of the trade are listed in a report by the Transport & Environment campaign group (T&E), which suggests the official fuel consumption cited by car manufacturers is on average almost 25% lower than that achieved in reality, and in some cases 50% lower.

Climategate 3.0: In 2009, Schneider touts spike in warming by 2014 | JunkScience.com

As we enter an El Nino year and as soon, as the sunspots get over their temporary–presumed–vacation worth a few tenths of a Watt per meter squared reduced forcing, there will likely be another dramatic upward spike like 1992-2000. I heard someone–Mike Schlesinger maybe??–was willing to bet alot of money on it happening in next 5 years??

The above email had been previously released, but I think that "dramatic upward spike" phrase never got much attention.