Caribbean nations search for oil amid spill fears - SFGate

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The turquoise waters that have long brought treasure seekers to the Caribbean now are drawing a new kind of explorer as countries across the region increasingly open their seas to oil exploration.

From the Bahamas and Cuba down to Aruba and Suriname, international oil companies are lining up to locate potentially rich offshore deposits in the Caribbean. The countries hope drilling could lead to a black-gold bonanza, easing demand for imported oil and diversifying their economies.

IPCC plays hot-spot hidey games in AR5 — denies 28 million weather balloons work properly « JoNova

It was a major PR failure in 2007. The IPCC won’t make the same mistake again. They’ve dumped the hot-spot graphs.

In AR4 they put in two graphs that show how badly their models really do. In the next report they plan to bury the spectacular missing-hot-spot images through “graph-trickery” and selective blindness. Each round of IPCC reports takes the spin-factor up another notch. It’s carefully crafted.

Twitter / alicebell: James Hansen to retire from ...

James Hansen to retire from science to spend more time with his politics http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/science/james-e-hansen-retiring-from-nasa-to-fight-global-warming.html … #scipol

Poll: It doesn’t matter what’s causing it - UK adults believe the government must act on climate change | Carbon Brief

Most people - 68 per cent - said there will be more rainfall as a result of climate change. The second-highest percentage - 46 per cent - said climate change would lead to colder winters. 36 and 34 per cent respectively said there would be hotter and drier summers and more summer heatwaves. 27 per cent said there would be warmer winters and 12 per cent said there would be less rainfall.