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Even before Alaska's oil-tax cut, jobs and pay in the industry soar | Alaska Dispatch

Alaska's oil and gas industry continued to power the state's economy in 2012, according to new wage data released by the state Friday.  [I'm confused again:  If I care about the well-being of Alaskans, should I buy their oil or not?]

American Architect Designs Giant Umbrellas That Restore Arctic Ice | Alaska Dispatch

An American architect has won first place in a design journal’s competition for a building plan that’s intended to reverse the melting of Arctic ice caps. His design of giant, floating umbrellas that could potentially restore ice by harvesting and freezing the water underneath comes at a time when transportation and energy giants, as well as the governments of the world’s economic leaders, aim to take advantage of a potentially navigable Arctic region.

The Breakthrough Institute - No Solar Way Around It

In reality, there's little evidence that renewables have supplanted — rather than supplemented — fossil fuel production anywhere in the world. Whatever their merits as innovation policy, Germany’s enormous solar investments have had little discernible impact on carbon emissions. Germany’s move away from baseload zero-carbon nuclear has resulted in higher coal consumption since 2009. In 2012, Germany's carbon emissions rose 2 percent.

Twitter / carbonbrief: Michael Fallon is coy about ...

Michael Fallon is coy about his views on climate change: "Instinctively I’m… well, anyway… I’ve not gone into it.” http://buff.ly/11wqIle

Michael Fallon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

On 28 March 2013 he replaced John Hayes as Minister of State for Energy at the Department for Energy and Climate Change in addition to his BIS Brief.