Did everyone miss it? Combet brags that Labor Party doesn’t care what Australian voters want « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax

The spiffy idea, apparently, is that voters won’t have an option of voting to decide a major part of our economic system. The Australian Labor Party’s proud contribution to the national debate is to tell us they have deliberately crafted the legislation that way. We the voters are supposed to be impressed that it will be harder for any newly elected representatives to remove it without major penalties. If the Australian people decide to toss the current government off an electoral cliff, the current government is going to fall, but make the nation pay. Yes, score ten points for Machiavellian behaviour, but I’m not so sure the voters will be impressed when they have to foot the bill.

Probably no summer in Svalbard this year

Each year, ice and snow form a snowfield on the west side of Mount Opera in the shape of a great champagne glass with fine stems. And each year the champagne glass collapses due to warm weather, a sign for residents that summer has arrived.

Normally the champagne glass collapses around the end of July, but so far nothing has happened.

Now locals wonder if summer will come to Svalbard at all.

Last year’s collapse took place on the 29th of July. But as of today, the last day of August, the stem is still in one piece.

This has not happened in at least 40 years

Mental blocks contribute to our inaction on climate change - The Irish Times - Mon, Sep 03, 2012

we know deep down that our flat-screen TVs, foreign holidays and affluent lifestyles are part of the problem...the deliberate politicisation of the science of climate change has allowed many otherwise intelligent, educated people (most notably, conservative white males) to reject objective scientific facts from credible sources in favour of shabby but reassuring conspiracy theories.

Transparency needed in climate funds | The Jakarta Post

In the end, it will depend on whether the government is transparent enough to show how the money is used