“There are several bodies of people who could do this sort of work. These are national intelligence agencies and it seems to me that it was the work of such a group of people.”

David King, the UK government’s former chief scientist, says that the climate-gate emails were probably stolen by hackers working for a foreign intelligence agency (Independent).

“Most of the energy equipment will carry a brass plate, ‘Made in China’.”

K. K. Chan, chief executive of private equity fund Nature Elements Capital, tells the NY Times how China is roaring ahead of the rest of the world in manufacturing renewable energy kit such as wind turbines.

“This is the very first time a cultural resource not located on Earth has been listed on an historical registry.”

Lisa Westwood, of Chico State University, comments on her successful attempt to get California’s Historical Resources Commission to registered objects left on the Moon by Apollo 11 as a historical resource (Reuters).