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The navy is looking for ways to reduce plastic waste that needs to be disposed of on-shore, so they're working to develop plastics that break down in sea water. It sounds like a good idea, but is it?

Daniel Botkin, emeritus professor of ecology at UC Santa Barbara, argues in the Wall Street Journal (Oct 17, page A19) that global warming will not have much impact on life on Earth. RealClimate debunks the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt).

The Nature Conservancy has given a ringing endorsement of the Lieberman-Warner climate change bill.