Kiribati on the move – but not sinking | Watts Up With That?

there, in fact, is no ongoing sea level rise that threatens the habitation of the islands. This is the hard observational fact, which we should all face before starting to talk about future flooding and the need for evacuation.

If the president of Kiribati, Anote Tong, claims that the islands will soon be flooded and that there is an urgent need to buy new land for possible future refugees, it is the president’s own tactical idea in order to raise money from abroad.

Game Changer? EU carbon price hits “Junk Status”. (Australian Govt hits $10b Black Hole) « JoNova

Last year the Australia Treasury predicted by 2015 the carbon price would be $29 a tonne.

Senior House Dem blasts Energy and Commerce chief on climate change - The Hill's E2-Wire

Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) made a Wednesday pit stop at a Washington, D.C., conference to rip House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) on climate change.

Lawmakers increase travel as rest of country deals with budget cuts | Washington Guardian

While the rest of Congress was struggling to avoid the dreaded fiscal cliff late last year, then-Sen. John Kerry whisked off to London with a top aide. It was a classic farewell trip for a veteran Democrat about to become America’s next secretary of state.

What wasn’t classic was the cost to taxpayers: $17,500 for two airline tickets to London that normally cost just $3,000.