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The end of deforestation in the Brazilian rainforest — for only $7 to $18 Billion?

In October, Brazil’s President announced, “I foresee that by 2020 we will be able to reduce deforestation by 80 percent; in other words, we will emit some 4.8 billion fewer […]

British PM attacks “anti-science, flat-earth climate sceptics”

“With only days to go before Copenhagen we mustn’t be distracted by the behind-the-times, anti-science, flat-earth climate sceptics,” Brown told the Guardian. “We know the science. We know what we […]

Pre-Copenhagen Climate Progress updates plus top ten players in green energy

First, the number of daily posts is going to jump 50% to 100% for the next two weeks.  I want to give full coverage to Copenhagen with lots of interviews, […]

Obama’s double Copenhagen stunner

Again, anyone who thinks there’s not going to be a bipartisan climate bill in the spring or an international deal coming out of Copenhagen isn’t paying attention: Citing progress on […]

“Climate Science: Setting the Record Straight”

Memo to Climate Science community:  When illegal email hackers give you lemons, make some lemonade. In a Physics World article, “Publicize or perish,” I pointed out “The scientific community is […]

Climate Denial Crock of the Week/Climate Crock Smacks Hack Attack

Climate deniers have been making a lot of noise about a set of stolen emails from one of the world’s leading climate centers, The Universtiy of East Anglia. The spin […]

Friday music blogging: fun.

Nate Ruess was in the briefly-almost-famous indie band The Format until they broke up in early 2008. At that point he reached out to multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost from the obscure […]

It’s the economy, stupid!

With the employment news today about 100,000 jobs better than expected — “the nation’s employers had all but stopped shedding jobs in November” — I thought I’d run this graph […]

Bismarck Tribune editorial: Alternative energy jobs pay green

It’s no dig to say North Dakota has a long and profitable relationship with lignite coal. And it will likely continue. But make no mistake, the development of alternative energy […]

Senator Byrd stunner:

Change has been a constant throughout the history of our coal industry. West Virginians can choose to anticipate change and adapt to it, or resist and be overrun by it. […]