Global carbon dioxide in atmosphere passes milestone level | guardian.co.uk

"It is symbolic, a point to pause and think about where we have been and where we are going," said Professor Ralph Keeling, who oversees the measurements on a Hawaian volcano, which were begun by his father in 1958. "It's like turning 50: it's a wake up to what has been building up in front of us all along."

Tesla’s Supercharged Week | Via Meadia

the boutique car company still faces three fundamental problems: its cars are very expensive, they take a good deal of time to recharge, and they have limited range.

Tesla Beats the Odds — And the Haters — But Now Comes the Hard Part | TIME.com

According to Thomson Reuters StarMine, Tesla stock has been more heavily shorted by investors than 98% of the 4,200 companies tracked by the service.
...anyone rich enough to afford a Tesla S isn’t exactly sweating their gas bill.
...driving a Tesla basically says, “I love the planet—and I happen to be extremely wealthy.”

But you’re not going to save the world by selling a few electric cars to the wealthy...Until we can figure out a way to make batteries cheap enough to compete with gasoline, electric cars really will just be for the rich.

Twitter / BarackObama: What's the most embarrassing ...

What's the most embarrassing claim climate deniers in Congress have used to brush off science? Take your pick. pic.twitter.com/8E1UcDa0R9

Twitter / drgrist: Substitute "climate change" ...

Substitute "climate change" for Benghazi and "entire Republican Party" for Susan Rice and you're getting closer to a real scandal.

Mauna Loa hits 400 PPM of CO2, alarmists wail and gnash teeth, Earth survives | Watts Up With That?

T-shirts saying “I survived 400 PPM” will be made available if there’s enough interest in comments.

CO2 Reaches Nightmare Levels | Real Science

The government reports that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has increased by 1:10,000 over the last century. That would be like packing an extra ten people into the Rose Bowl!