US to lead, act aggressively on climate

MUNICH -- Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States is prepared to lead by example and act aggressively on climate change.

"We are prepared to once again lead by example. America will act aggressively against climate change and in pursuit of energy security with like-minded nations," Biden said at the Munich Security Conference.

Pure rubbish from George Monbiot: Christopher Booker prize 2009 | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Believe it or not, this stylish trophy is made entirely of recycled materials!

Lovingly fashioned by master craftsmen in mid-Wales, it shows what can be done with items that are often treated as mere rubbish!

And this isn't all. I am suggesting that the winner of the Christopher Booker prize 2009 take the holiday of a lifetime: a one-way solo kayak trip to the North Pole. Following in the footsteps of the great Pen Hadow, the award winner could use the trip to see for him or herself the full extent of the Arctic ice melt.

At what point will Monbiot drop his "clever" kayaking to the North Pole schtick?

Recent events have seen the scare campaign over global warming descend to the level of a Monty Python sketch.

Much publicity was given, for instance, to Lewis Gordon Pugh, who set out to paddle a kayak to the Pole to demonstrate the vanishing of the Arctic ice. At 80.5 degrees north, still 600 miles short of his goal, he met with ice so thick that he and his fossil-fuelled support ship had to turn back.