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This is a guest post from BillInLaurelMD on the state of ice conditions in the Arctic.

This is the next in an occasional series of diaries on the state of Northern Hemisphere Arctic sea ice (and other topics as warranted), written in memory of Johnny Rook, who passed away in early 2009. He was the author [...]

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This is a guest post from R L Miller looking at messaging against potential climate action in Congress …

The healthcare bill isn’t close to ready for a signature yet, and already concern trolls Senators have started trolling expressing concern for getting a climate bill through the Senate.  Politico has a roundup: moderate Senate Democrats are [...]

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Hidden among the hustle and bustle of Americans’ preparations for Christmas, with snowstorms disrupting travel (and giving climate confusers another opportunity to proclaim “its cold and snowing today, therefore global warming isn’t real), the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) released poll results showing strong public support for clean energy and action on climate change.

Strikingly, 82 percent [...]

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This is an expanded discussion, with some revisiting, of something written a week ago trying to step back and consider the Chinese approach to climate negotiations in Copenhagen and elsewhere. I have, since reading it, been “assured” that Copenhagen failure was China’s fault. That “assurance” and assessing of “blame”, in my opinion, glosses over [...]

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This guest post comes from scientist rb137.

Many of us are disappointed about the results coming from COP15, and we’re concerned that the world isn’t addressing climate change fast enough. We’re afraid that by the time we get enough people on board it will be too late.
One of the problems we face is that climate change [...]

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As Polluter Watch reminds us,
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the largest coal-related slurry spill in American history. Early on the morning of December 22, 2008, a waste containment system at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee failed catastrophically, releasing one billion gallons of toxic coal sludge into the surrounding [...]

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The questions of our individual and societal water footprint and virtual water are of ever increasing importance as we approach peak freshwater in regions around the globe.  With all my attention to energy and environmental issues, including more than a little to water issues (including Energy COOL ways to cut one’s own water consumption), I’d [...]

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The Washington Post / ABC News 13 Dec 09 poll had both some gloomy and some bright news when it comes to Americans’ perspectives about climate change and how/whether we should act in response to them.
The Post/ABC poll and The Post’s 18 Dec 09 reporting of it in On environment, Obama and scientists take hit [...]

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That is, the Chinese climate agenda …
Many are reporting that the Chinese represented the most serious stumbling block inhibiting meaningful progress at COP15.  As per David Robert’s excellent discussion of impressions of COP15
if there’s a party to blame, it’s China. It’s China that was off meeting with India and Brazil, trying to avoid getting ensnared [...]

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It is not hard, when it comes to climate change, to see signs for grave concern and pessimism. Ice is in retreat and decline globally. The oceans are acidifying. Habitats are moving up hill and moving away from the equator. The reality of climate chaos is with us and the end of COP15 [...]

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