Slow Start on Environment in Obama’s 2nd Term - NYTimes.com

Washington is consumed with debates on gun control, immigration and federal spending, not to mention challenges like terrorism and North Korea. In addition, all three cabinet-level agencies that address climate change and energy — the Interior and Energy Departments and the Environmental Protection Agency — will have new leaders for the second term.

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Saskatchewan Has Coldest Spring In a Century

What Can You Do about Climate Change? Become a Climate Leader - Climate Reality

Jill: What is clear is that the crisis is getting worse by the day

Margaret Wente: Can enviro-optimists save the movement from itself? - The Globe and Mail

Bill McKibben, the firebrand leader of the crusade to kill the Keystone XL oil pipeline, is losing the battle for hearts and minds. Perhaps that’s why he sounds so depressed.

The Human-Hating Roots of the Green Movement — The Patriot Post

Behind the environmentalist facade lies a totalitarian agenda that is already being enacted.

GM Says Plug-In Electric Spark Has 82-Mile Range on Full Charge - Bloomberg

General Motors Co. (GM), which introduced the Volt in 2010, said its 2014 Chevrolet Spark plug- in can travel 82 miles (132 kilometers) when fully charged, in its latest attempt to attract new customers for green cars.
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The Spark can be fully refueled in about seven hours using a 240-volt charger and soon will be capable of receiving direct- current fast charges that in 20 minutes can refill as much as 80 percent of the vehicle’s battery capacity, according to the statement.