Totnes in Devon might be the most forward-thinking eco settlement in the world. As fossil-fuel reserves dwindle and the economy contracts, will resident-led Transition Towns become the way that we all live?

An increase in heavy precipitation that has afflicted many countries is at least partly a consequence of human influence on the atmosphere, climate scientists reported in a new study.

Brisbane's flood looks remarkably like artist's renderings of climate changed future

Tracking climate change

On Thursday, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, abandoned the fight for meaningful energy and climate legislation. The Republicans — surprise — had been fiercely obstructionist. But the Democratic leaders let them get away with it, as did the White House. It has been weeks since President Obama spoke out about the need for a serious climate bill to address the very real danger of global warming and to lessen this country’s dependence on imported oil.

Al Gore

Can I Offset All My Cheating? - very funny, very clever #carbonoffsets #satire

Secret Copenhagen recording reveals resistance from China and India

RT @rob_fitzpatrick: RT @edcartwright: Fascinating piece about what really happened at Copenhagen: China's stitch up http://bit.ly/8iFgJi

As recriminations fly post-Copenhagen, one writer offers a fly-on-the-wall account of how talks failed

Freakonomics Sequel Gets Climate Change Wrong - http://bit.ly/xY7e1 getting things this wrong is not v. helpful, particularly now

How SuperFreakonomics Gets Climate Engineering Wrong: The new book Superfreakonomics... http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/energy/24274/

According to the latest estimate of the carbon cuts offered by rich nations, the pledges fall well short of the reductions that climate scientists say are needed to avoid dangerous climate change.

Being a real hero: New Scientist with a blueprint for a better world http://bit.ly/15EF0m