“15 percent of all Washington lobbyists spent at least some of their time on global warming in 2008.”

The Center for Public Integrity, an investigative journalism organization based in Washington DC, reports that the number of lobbyists working to influence US federal climate policy has ballooned 300% in five years.

“We want to switch the current perception of Bangladesh from the iconic vulnerable country — where all these journalists fly to to see vulnerability — to make it the iconic adaptive country, so everyone flies there to see how they are coping.”

Saleemul Huq’s pitch for the new International Centre for Climate Change and Development that he plans to start in Bangladesh.

“The CDC considers climate change a serious public health concern.”

This opinion goes on the record as US Congressional testimony for the first time, after being censored by the Bush administration in 2007. Howard Frumkin of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the testimony Wednesday.

Ag smarts versus cow farts

The Australian agriculture ministry will invest $27 million to fight methane emissions from livestock.