Public Concern About The Effects Of Climate Change Drops 7% From 2009 : Ireland

The results of a climate change survey commissioned by the Department of the Environment, published today show that of those persons in Northern Ireland who believe in climate change, 50% are concerned about the effects of climate change.

Wind power not coming through for California – power alert issued by the CAISO | Watts Up With That?

wind power has tumbled when it is most needed...

Of course, renewables are a drop in the bucket compared to the total demand...

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds little evidence of changes in extreme weather or link to AGW

A paper published today in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society presents a review of the current state of knowledge regarding extreme weather. The authors, most of whom are from NOAA, find no significant trends in severe thunderstorms, overall ice storms, or change in the percentage of the contiguous US impacted by extreme snowfall. According to the authors, trends in tropical cyclones are controversial and indeterminate, although other authors find global cyclone activity is at a historical low. The authors state, "attribution of trends to anthropogenic forcing [man-made global warming] remains controversial."

Debating Locavores: Food to Energy to Smart Action (response to critics) — MasterResource

What the world really needs, we argue, is to get rid of trade barriers, agricultural subsidies and uneconomical and environmentally unsound policies such as the ethanol mandate so that more food can be produced more cheaply in the world’s best locations by ever more efficient farmers.