Cardinal Pell: "In the past pagans sacrificed animals and even humans in vain attempts to placate capricious and cruel gods. Today they demand a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions"

Cardinal Pell's warning about Islam | EnerPub - Energy Publisher

Some of the hysteric and extreme claims about global warming are also a symptom of pagan emptiness, of Western fear when confronted by the immense and basically uncontrollable forces of nature. Belief in a benign God who is master of the universe has a steadying psychological effect, although it is no guarantee of Utopia, no guarantee that the continuing climate and geographic changes will be benign. In the past pagans sacrificed animals and even humans in vain attempts to placate capricious and cruel gods. Today they demand a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.

Left-winger compares climate realists to Charlie Sheen and deranged gunmen

Charlie Sheen, our mirror

His outlandish behavior and, at times, incoherent rage are symptomatic of the culture at large.

This is true whether one is a frustrated, despondent soul, such as Sheen apparently is; a furious Tea Partier; a “birther’’; a bitter but hard-working wage-earner who sees no connection between Wall Street and Main Street; one of the tragically high numbers of the misinformed decrying protective regulation and consistently voting against their own best interests; climate reactionaries mistrusting modern science and refusing to acknowledge the reality and dangers of climate change;... or a deranged gunman firing away at the innocent.

Some may accuse me of hyperbole, but I believe that there is a common thread here: an insidious and dangerous paranoia resulting from people having no clue what is responsible for the complex problems before them or who the actual enemy is.

Inside the Beltway

Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) instead thought that Republicans were trying to repeal the first law of thermodynamics and cause children all over the world to get asthma.

Preventing asthma is now the principal reason brought forward by the global warming alarmists in Congress to cripple the U. S. economy with energy-rationing regulations. Here is what I learned from a ninety-second internet search: “The majority of people with asthma notice that cold, dry air causes more symptoms than mild-temperature or hot, humid air.” Of course, some of the world’s most eminent climate scientists have recently found that global warming is causing a lot of cold weather.

Al's Journal : The Economic Benefits of Clean Air

“In 2020, the study projects the Clean Air Act will prevent more than 230,000 cases of premature mortality, 200,000 heart attacks, 17 million lost work days and 2.4 million asthma attacks.”

Lake Placid house collapses under heavy snow - AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com

The roof collapse comes after a Monday winter storm that dumped up to 30 inches of snow on the area.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Wall St. Journal: Venture capital avoiding 'green-tech' or bets on cap & trade

Fewer politically favored companies means that venture capital is affirming its traditional role of funding companies based on breakthrough technology or quality management, rather than betting on politicians to pass cap and trade or taxpayer subsidies.

GetUp's gullible lemmings protest FOR a pointless tax | Australian Climate Madness

The stupidity of the urban Green Left knows no bounds, as 8000 gullible fools protest in favour of an utterly pointless tax...

A tale of two rallies: the numbers lie | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Personally, I’m backing the 400 over the 8000.

For every new 'green' job, nearly four are lost - Telegraph

The collapse of Modec, the electric van manufacturer, shows how David Cameron's green economy is withering, says Christopher Booker.

Twitter / Adrian McCallum

Two busy science days on the sea ice. OK if the wind's down but very difficult to efficiently do science if too cold. ~ -50C w.chill today.

Biologist: Global warming could devastate wildlife | The Salt Lake Tribune

If predictions hold, the world could be hotter in 2040 than at any time since humans have inhabited the Earth, he said. Global warming will force wildlife species to move around the globe to find habitat that suits them.

Under a best-case scenario, temperatures will warm by four degrees between now and 2100. Worst-case studies show temperatures could rise by six or seven degrees.
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Some scientists speculate the world could be starting a “sixth extinction” that would wipe out 75 percent of the Earth’s species. They estimate it could begin anytime between 300 and 2,200 years from now.

Climate hawk Joe Romm: flying high and stooping low « Shub Niggurath Climate

This is quite disturbing, at the venue of someone nestled so close to the seat of power. Is this what being a climate hawk is about – giving suggestible people ideas on how to destroy power plants?

Youth hold talks on climate issues | Sun.Star

ABOUT 100 youth leaders are expected to attend an environment summit that aims to formulate plans to address the effects of climate change in Metro Cebu.

"Climate change is a global problem. We should be solving this problem locally," said Jessie Caber, a first year law student of the University of Cebu.
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Among the programs are the publication of a newsletter that will tackle environment issues, coordinate junk shops in barangays to recycle trash and the Pimp Your Trash project aimed at using recyclable trash to create art pieces.

Virginia Supreme Court to Hear Cuccinelli's Climate Fraud Case - NYTimes.com

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/hearing-is-set-in-climate-fraud-case/?partner=rss&emc=rss

But even if the e-mails and data are handed over, the attorney general will face another major hurdle: finding proof of a chargeable offense within them. Failing to uncover any evidence of financial misdealing could substantially validate critics' claims that Mr. Cuccinelli has been engaged in an ideologically motivated fishing expedition designed to harass Dr. Mann for his scientific views.

On Earthquakes, Warming and Risk (Mis)Perception

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/on-earthquakes-warming-and-risk-misperception/

Please note that I'm heading to Belize for a week 

The Five Hottest Days In Boulder All Came Before 1960

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/the-five-hottest-days-in-boulder-all-came-before-1960/

Boulder is home to NCAR, NSIDC, NOAA, etc. According To USHCN, the five hottest days in Boulder all came prior to 1960. Apparently low quantities of greenhouse gas make Boulder hot. 

American Thinker Blog: Idiot global warming fanatics blame earthquake on climate change

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/03/idiot_global_warming_fanatics.html

And we're supposed to give trillions of dollars to these people and put them in charge of energy on the planet? I think I'd rather take my chances with Gaia getting mad at us.

Companies Cannot Sweep Climate Change Under the Rug | Climate | GreenBiz.com

In Australia, epic floods and drought have caused billions of dollars in economic losses and helped send food, coal and other global commodity prices through the roof. In China, melting glaciers have contributed to a drop in water supplies comparable to the entire flow of the Mississippi River... China, of course, is already dominating the wind and solar industries and its largest industries have low-carbon strategies in place.

As Waters Rise, Conservatives and Liberals Remain In Denial

The negative impacts of climate change are coming on more quickly than anyone expected.

Japan mourns. UPDATE: Warmists preach | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

In fact, wealth and industrialisation makes us safer from natural disasters, not more exposed to them, as our own climate catastrophist Ross Garnaut tried to argue this week.

The Migrant Mind: Global warming linked to earthquake

Yep, Mother Nature is telling us via earthquakes to stop emitting CO2. The lunatics clearly run the political machinery here on planet earth.

1890 : New York Times Worried About Global Warming | Real Science

Scotland braced for heavy snowfall

Matt Dobson, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "It is not unusual to have snow in March but we are expecting some really high accumulations on higher ground. It is possible it could cause disruption on the roads and transport network where it lies on the ground."

Twitter / CatlinArcticSurvey

Ice base building crew have just called in. Conditions up there are calm, clear, -37°C and “jolly good”

UBD students join HSBC Climate [Scam] Camp programme

To raise awareness and inspire action against climate changes, HSBC recently invited 14 students from Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) onto its Climate Camp programme.

“Today’s tsunami: This is what climate change looks like” | CEJournal

using the threat of earthquakes and tsunamis as a way to bludgeon people into believing that they’d better do something about climate change strikes me as terribly wrong-headed.

WWF 2004 : Polar Bears To Be Infertile By 2014 | Real Science

Reading Between The Lines Of A Crawldown | Real Science

What they mean : “The professor acknowledges that his funding will get cut off by NASA if he doesn’t make some gratuitous, unsupported statement blaming it on global warming.”

Alfred S: Australian schoolboy; climate hero – Telegraph Blogs

Alfred S, mate, we salute you!

American Thinker: The Green Dream Is an Economic Nightmare

Honest to God, you couldn't make this stuff up.

The soi-disant environmentalists oppose all the economically feasible sources known to work, such as oil, gas, nuclear power, hydroelectric power, and coal. In truth, the green dream is an economic nightmare for this country.

Serreze 1992 : “no evidence that Earth is suffering from the greenhouse effect” | Real Science

The PJ Tatler » Here We Go — Global Warming and the Big Quake

Centuries from now, assuming the human race survives that kind of thinking, historians may record here and there the tales of the quaint cult that tried to propitiate the forces of tectonic plates and the Pacific Ocean by turning off lightbulbs and trading indulgences in the form of “carbon credits.”

Go green now: RK Pachauri - The Times of India

COIMBATORE: Nobel laureate Rajendra K Pachauri on Wednesday said that the cotton city needs to be "greened more than any other parts of the world". If greenery initiatives are not taken up, the Coimbatore region could become a desert soon, he cautioned.

The Nobel laureate was in the city on Friday to address a gathering of green activists at the CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex. He also planted a sapling which was called a Nobel tree'.

Carbon Tax Row

Professor Ross Garnaut pointed out an interesting inverse relationship this week. Over the past three years the science of global warming has become more clear and more alarming, but in that same period, fewer Australians believed it was true.

GOP Expects Dems to Back Bill Killing ‘Backdoor Cap and Trade’

REPUBLICANS EXPECT conservative Democrats to back legislation introduced into the House and the Senate that will permanently bar the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating so-called greenhouse gases.

Yes, Climate Change May Cause More Tsunamis. No, That's Not Alarmism : TreeHugger

I know headlines like that might just make most folks roll their eyes at this point -- I mean, what doesn't climate change cause these days, am I right? And I realize that people are skeptical of news-cycle tie-ins, like this very story appears to be. But just because it's sort of depressing to keep tabs on all of the myriad impacts of ol' climate change occurring the world over, doesn't mean we should be glossing over facts like this: Geologists believe that global warming may already be causing more earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. After all, screwing with the world's ornery climate system to the extent which we have is bound to have far-reaching effects -- effects like huge amounts of melting ice causing the earth's crust to "bounce" up, potentially triggering earthquakes.

Which makes sense.

Twitter Blames Japan Earthquake on Global Warming | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Hours after a massive earthquake rattled Japan, environmental advocates connected the natural disaster to global warming. The president of the European Economic and Social Committee, Staffan Nilsson, issued a statement calling for solidarity in tackling the global warming problem.

“Some islands affected by climate change have been hit,” said Nilsson. “Has not the time come to demonstrate on solidarity – not least solidarity in combating and adapting to climate change and global warming?”

“Mother Nature has again given us a sign that that is what we need to do,” he added.

Oil-fattened Congress well on way to preventing EPA from regulating greenhouse gases | Grist

On Friday, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce -- whose leaders are backed by ag, chemical, and fossil fuel industries -- voted to strip the EPA of its existing powers to regulate carbon dioxide, methane, and other agents of global warming. That sucks. What sucks worse: Their efforts might just survive a presidential veto and become law.

"I think the votes are there to uphold a presidential veto, if it comes to that," [Sen. Jeff]  Bingaman [D-NM] said. "But I'm not certain."

Bill Clinton: Drilling delays 'ridiculous' - Darren Goode - POLITICO.com

Former President Bill Clinton said Friday that delays in offshore oil and gas drilling permits are “ridiculous” at a time when the economy is still rebuilding, according to attendees at the IHS CERAWeek conference.

Snow slows life in Turkish cities, halts it in capital - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

A cold front that hit Turkey on Wednesday brought heavy snowfall that paralyzed traffic and shut down schools in the capital while disrupting road and air travel in other cities.

Joe Bastardi joins renowned forecaster Joseph D'Aleo

During his tenure at AccuWeather, Bastardi was also a frequent guest on Fox News where he discussed not only weather but his skeptical position on global warming. Barak said Bastardi as well as D'Aleo would be free to do television appearances and speak their mind but emphasized WeatherBell is "not a media company."

Barak is well aware of Bastardi's controversial position on global warming not to mention D'Aleo's, who independently runs the skeptic website Icecap.us. Barak said his company does not have a position on the issue and will not interfere with either Bastardi's or D'Aleo's opinions.

Former NOAA Administrator suggests that trace amounts of CO2 may result in an "inhospitable planet Earth" by the end of the century

CapitalClimate: Former NOAA Administrator: "Bleak Assessment"

History shows that changes in energy-capital infrastructure take decades; barring a technical miracle, the concentration of greenhouse gases will likely double or triple by the end of the century, bringing a new and  rife with extreme weather and other climate disruptions.

Global Warming Did Not Cause The Japanese Earthquake - Minnesotans For Global Warming

The BBC is already at it - in a discussion about a whirlpool caused by the tsunami, BBC reporter Humphrey Hawksley hastily piggy backs a dubious argument about the tiny South Pacific nation of Tuvalu disappearing under the threat of global warming on the back of dramatic pictures out of Japan. By making this completely disjointed connection, Hawksley implicitly suggests that man-made climate change also contributed to the Japanese earthquake.

In reality, alarmists' lies surrounding Tuvalu are well documented.

Dead fish in Lake St. Clair area blamed on cold - petoskeynews.com

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan officials say thousands of dead fish found in the Lake St. Clair area likely died because of the cold weather.

The state Department of Natural Resources and Environment says Friday that large numbers of gizzard shad probably died because of the lengthy, cold winter. State officials say they've collected samples and had them analyzed, and they don't suspect a fish virus or bacterial disease is to blame.

Thousands of dead gizzard shad were found earlier this year in Lakes Erie and St. Clair, the St. Clair River and the Detroit River. Shad deaths are typical in the winter.

Bill McKibben: Koch Brothers + US Chamber = Why Congress Doesn't Care About Climate Change

Those of us who work on climate change have spent years trying to figure out why Congress pays no attention to what's clearly the most dangerous issues the earth faces. For years we thought we simply needed to explain the crisis more skillfully. But in the last year the truth is becoming clearer: Hidden in the shadows are the guys with money who pull the strings. We need to illuminate those shadows, with the Kochs and even more with the U.S. Chamber.

GOP Lawmakers Target [Crappy, Dangerous] Light Bulb Mandate

Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, was not in the Senate when the energy mandate was approved and signed by President George W. Bush. Risch called the law "absolutely ludicrous," adding, "People in Idaho are just astonished that the federal government is telling them what kind of light bulbs to put in their homes."

Top 3 Myths in Obama's Lecture on Gas Prices | Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less | American Solutions

...Those shale resources alone are actually three times larger than the proven reserves of Saudi Arabia, so the claim that the U.S. only has 2% of the world's oil is clearly false.

Looking for "fun" this weekend? Why not blockade the world's biggest coal port?

People's Blockade of the World's Biggest Coal Port - Events - Newcastle Herald

Join hundreds of people in a fun, peaceful, and effective action against Australia's single biggest contribution to climate change.
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Hundreds of people, young and old, will peacefully occupy Newcastle Harbour, and prevent the passage of coal ships. This will be the sixth action of its kind in Newcastle.

Ski Season Continues to Break Records - North Haven, CT Patch

Record snowfall tends to show up at the cash register, and as a direct result of this year's phenomenal accumulation, ski and snowboard sales broke records in December and January, according to Snowsports Industries of America (SIA), the non-profit, member-owned, North American Trade Association.

Cold winter means fewer skiers, more gym-goers | KXLH.com | Helena, Montana

The culprit, he says, is weather: "Christmas week was cold, half of it. President's weekend was cold. So, I mean those are usually big weeks for us."

Extreme wind has caused other ski hills to close throughout the season as well.

House Dems ready amendments for climate bill markup - The Hill's E2-Wire

Asked Friday if a Democratic amendment to put members on the record about climate science is in the offing next week, Waxman replied, “That would be an interesting vote,” and said such a plan “could be” offered.

Carbon tax wonder tonic proves tough sell | The Australian

The development of the global warming debate will be analysed primarily in terms of what the sociology of knowledge calls plausibility structures.

What part did the Blair government and its friends at the Royal Society play in turning suspect computer modelling into the state religion throughout so much of the Anglosphere? How did Rajendra Pachauri and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change get away with so many flawed and incoherent reports? Who were the first reputable scientists to express reservations, who were the late-comers and who can best be described as " still in denial"?

From about 2004 most of the Australian public were prepared to believe in dangerous, man-made global warming and willing for governments to legislate accordingly. Although there were several turning points in the debate, Climategate revealed in detail how small, powerful and manipulative a clique the anthropogenic global warming theory's advocates were.

March Temperatures Continue Their Record Plummet | Real Science

Last year Hansen pulled a huge March spike out of his hat. Can he do it again in 2011?

A Fine Spring Day In Unfrozen Greenland And Antarctica | Real Science

Mid-day temperatures range from -57F in the center of the ice sheet, all the way up to 20F on the tropical southern coast.
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The other ice sheet is also melting down faster than expected, at -70F

Chevy Bets on High Gas Prices - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

Stupid. Nobody who worries about gas prices is going to plunk down this much money on a Volt when cars with similar m.p.g. numbers can be had for half the cost. I don’t see how they ever sell 120,000 per year, unless we see some sort of mandate by the Feds to buy electric cars for their own fleets, which is entirely possible — and a waste of taxpayer money.

Dr Nadelhoffer, I’m Not Impressed « NoFrakkingConsensus

Actually, sir, the scientific method is not partisan. But human beings frequently are. And those who dress-up their personal worldview as non-partisan science deserve to be scorned.

You know what may cause World War III? Trace amounts of invisible, harmless, natural atmospheric gas

Nicholas Stern: Climate inaction risks a “global war” « Climate Progress

Nicholas Stern, one of the world’s most prominent climate economists, believes that failure to address global warming could eventually lead to World War III.

Question: If the Antarctic ice is melting so fast, why is the Old Pole station "entombed under about 30 feet or more of snow"

South Pole: Demolition of 'Old Pole' Station Under the Ice | OnOrbit

Martinez led the effort to finish a job that Mother Nature had begun not long after members of the Seabee construction battalion departed in January 1957, as drifting snow and ice quickly buried the buildings.
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Today, the entire facility is entombed under about 30 feet or more of snow, having moved away from the geographic pole with the slow drift of the ice sheet.

LegalNewsline | Va. SC will hear AG's case over climate change research

RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - The Virginia Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and the University of Virginia in the matter of climate research by a former university professor.

Jeremy Grantham Wants to Save You - TheStreet

Global warming will add to agricultural price pressures as will what he described as the "worst year in history of farming globally," specifically, weather-related disasters like the massive flooding in Pakistan.

johnosullivan - Big Green Foundation Bankrolls Lawsuits Against Climate Skeptics

Deep-pocketed environmentalist group is implicated in bank rolling a new initiative to silence climate skeptics using libel laws.

Beleaguered global warming religionist, Michael Mann has signed up a Canadian libel law firm that has ties to the ultra-green David Suzuki Foundation (DSF). Skeptics fear DSF and other warmist groups are gearing up for reprisals against skeptic scientists who have helped derail the global warming tax raising juggernaut.

Internationally renowned climate scientist, Dr. Tim Ball and prominent U.S. skeptic Chris Horner appear to be the first victims of a coordinated attack by discredited ‘hockey stick’ graph conjurer, Michael Mann.

Dastardly CO2: It causes longer growing seasons, which means more allergies; it also causes shorter growing seasons, which means less bees

Report: World bee decline signals ‘sixth major extinction’

Climate change is having an impact on pollinator declines. Shorter growing seasons, a fluctuation in new growth, flowering and aging periods could impact pollinator life cycles.

Time Mag Warns ‘Climate Change Lengthens Allergy Season,’ Ignores Benefit of Longer Growing Season | www.GLOBALFINANCIALMELTDOWN.com

NASA's lengthy report on global warming states, "The growing season in parts of the Northern Hemisphere became two weeks longer in the second half of the 20th century. Spring is coming earlier in both hemispheres."

Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Climate Change Fanatics Blame Japan Earthquakes, Tsunamis on Global Warming

You know, because earthquakes are such a recent phenomenon.

GOP Budget Cuts Target Tsunami Warning Center | Mother Jones

"Those who claim that global warming is a myth find the hard data produced by such monitoring inconvenient," Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) told the Star Advertiser.

You know what caused today's tsunami? Carbon dioxide

Today’s tsunami: This is what climate change looks like | Grist

So far, today's tsunami has mainly affected Japan -- there are reports of up to 300 dead in the coastal city of Sendai -- but future tsunamis could strike the U.S. and virtually any other coastal area of the world with equal or greater force, say scientists. In a little-heeded warning issued at a 2009 conference on the subject, experts outlined a range of mechanisms by which climate change could already be causing more earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic activity.

"When the ice is lost, the earth's crust bounces back up again and that triggers earthquakes, which trigger submarine landslides, which cause tsunamis," Bill McGuire, professor at University College London, told Reuters.

Bioenergy crops could lower surface temperatures | R&D Mag

Converting large swaths of farmland to perennial grasses for biofuels could lower regional surface temperatures, according to a recent Stanford study.

IAF expeditionists reach city - The Times of India

It aims to create awareness on global warming and encourage the youth to join the Indian Air Force.

Capitalism, climate change and the Left | Counterfire

Both of these books are welcome additions to the socialist literature on climate change: why it is happening, why it cannot be resolved without fundamental social change, and what we can do about it.

All Aboard the Climate Gravy Train - Iain Murray - National Review Online

There was a time when climate scientists were not extremely well paid, but that is no longer the case. Not only have their earnings grown far faster than their colleagues’, but on an hourly basis they now earn as much as CEOs. When climate skeptics talk about a global-warming gravy train, the numbers back them up.

Politics shouts down climate science

On the day Newspoll showed Labor's primary vote crashing to a record low of 30 per cent, visiting EU climate expert Jill Duggan described Australian opposition to a carbon price as "bizarre".

YouTube - Wits professor slams climate change as 'world's biggest distraction'

Climate change is probably the world's biggest distraction and not its biggest and most immediate challenge, which belongs to clean water, says Professor Grant Cawthorn.

World Climate Report » Amazing Arctic Reconstructions

We hear over and over that any warming at the global scale will be amplified in the Arctic region of the Northern Hemisphere, and the warming will cause ice to melt and sea level to rise and all the rest. Let some ice-free area appear during summer near the North Pole and the global media will take the bait every time and announce we are witnessing geophysical changes of Biblical proportions. Several articles have appeared recently in leading journals with interesting results regarding the temperature history of the Arctic over the past 1,000 to 1,500 years, and they show that temperatures there have risen and fallen to a significant degree many times in the past (that is, without the benefit of large changes in atmospheric CO2 levels), and they call into question whether any unusual warming (or cooling) has occurred there in recent decades.

What is the Kyoto protocol and has it made any difference? | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The Kyoto protocol was the first agreement between nations to mandate country-by-country reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. Kyoto emerged from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which was signed by nearly all nations at the 1992 mega-meeting popularly known as the Earth Summit...Worldwide, emissions soared by nearly 40% from 1990 to 2009

Climate change has become a generational battle

We need this legislation to pass to give business a reason to clean up their act and switch to more efficient ways of doing things. Unless this happens, we can wave goodbye to our futures as they drift away in carbon [dioxide]-filled smoke plumes emitted by polluting industry.

Swedish elks [moose] starve after long harsh winter - The Local

Five elk calves have been found starved to death in Värmland in central Sweden recently, with experts fearing that the drawn out harsh winter may claim further victims.
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Per Persson, an 85-year-old hunter living in northern Vämland, told the local Nya Wermlands-Tidningen (NWT) daily that he has never seen anything like it as the elk, rendered ravenous by the long period of snow-cover, seek to find food.

The Climate Sceptics (TCS) Blog: The PR machine is worling overtime

Professor Garnault has been rolled out scare-mongering and the inundation will mean you will soon be able to buy beachfront properties in Katoomba. Pity he didn't tell Climate Change Minister Greg Combet:

Combet's new luxury home

Ben Cubby November 16, 2007

High-profile Labor candidate Greg Combet has bought a beach front house in one of Newcastle's most exclusive suburbs, 10 kilometres outside the blue-collar seat of Charlton he is contesting, and plans to live there after the election.

Washington Post Just Learned About James Hansen Today | Real Science

Switching To Climate Change | Real Science

Global warming failed, because the globe isn’t warming fast enough for anyone to notice. Climate change is a preferable term, because it has no metrics and can be applied to any weather pattern. No one can say that the climate isn’t changing, because it changes constantly. No actual science or link to CO2 is necessary.

Scoundrels have been using “climate change” to control the masses for as long as mankind has organized into groups.

House Panel Backs Bill Blocking EPA Action on Emissions - WSJ.com

WASHINGTON—A Republican-led U.S. House subcommittee voted Thursday to block the Obama administration from regulating greenhouse-gas emissions, advancing a measure that symbolizes a broader partisan battle over energy and environmental policy.

Hmm: Revkin suggests that US icebreakers are not up to the task of breaking ice in the Arctic

Academy Endorses Navy Concerns on Warming, Arctic and Law of the Sea - NYTimes.com

A core finding, echoing concerns expressed for years by military commanders, is that the country’s aging icebreakers are not up to the task of helping maintain an American presence in Arctic waters

Warmist Bill McKibben on change in trace amounts of natural, harmless, invisible atmospheric gas: "this is the biggest thing that’s ever happened"

Summit hears calls for action on climate - JSOnline.mobi

“The point is this is the biggest thing that’s ever happened, and we are in the middle of it, and at the moment, we’re not doing very much about it,” he said.

Canadian Winters Not Getting Warmer – More Cold All Around

Not just Canada is cooling – but the United States too

- Bishop Hill blog - Crushing of dissent

A high school student in Australia is struggling to keep quiet during climate change lessons...

- Bishop Hill blog - Is CCS worth it?

This is interesting - a new paper that looks at carbon capture and wonders about the extra energy used in capturing and storing the carbon. If you use extra energy, you are releasing extra CO2, right?

Sweater, gloves required when driving Volt in cold: Magazine | Wheels.ca

And now a long-term test report of the Chevrolet Volt, in the U.S. magazine Motor Trend, confirms that fear and also suggests you may have to keep your winter clothes on while driving the plug-in electric hybrid during colder days.

Joseph Olson, live on the DMZ…the Dennis Miller radio program

DM: ...I have never believed in global warming. Did you at one point, and you fell off? Have you never bought it? I’m documented on HBO specials for years now making fun of the concept. What’s your take?

JO: Well, actually, I’m the science guy without the bowtie and this thing never made any sense to me from the get-go. But, until they started to be really threatening from a governmental level here in America, I pretty much ignored it. But I’m opposed to the faux-science witch doctors of climate change.

DM: The smartest man I ever met did not subscribe to it. That would be, of course, Michael Crichton

ABC worm has turned « andrewmcintyre.org

Unheard of: Gillard tax scheme questioned on the ABC

The ABC seems to have taken up seriously the possibility that carbon taxes and mitigation schemes are ineffectual, just as Nick Minchin has come out forcefully to question Ross Garnaut’s dogged insistence that the science is settled and that there is urgent need for emissions abatement.

Climate Common Sense: New Poll- Labor in Freefall!

The latest Roy Morgan Poll has the Coalition leading Labor 55% to 44.5% following announcement of Labor's proposed carbon tax. Of those polled 72% believed Gillard lied when she promised before the election that she would not introduce such a tax.

German Physicist Slams Climate Science, Says “Climate Politics Is Grand Déjà Vu Of Communist East Germany”

Prof. Knut Löschke, a solid state physicist, who conducted research until 1986, founded PC-Ware AG, and then turned it into a European IT company before leaving in 2009, had some harsh words about climate science and policy in an interview with the magazine Smart Investor.

During climate hearing, Markey asks if anti-science GOP will repeal gravity | Grist

http://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-10-during-climate-hearing-markey-asks-if-anti-science-gop-will

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to a bill that overturns the scientific finding that pollution is harming our people and our planet.

However, I won't physically rise, because I'm worried that Republicans will overturn the law of gravity, sending us floating about the room.

I won't call for the sunlight of additional hearings, for fear that Republicans might excommunicate the finding that the Earth revolves around the sun.

Tom Coburn vs. the Ethanol Tax Subsidy

http://www.nationalreview.com/planet-gore/261828/tom-coburn-vs-ethanol-tax-subsidy-greg-pollowitz

Coburn, R-Muskogee, said the 45 cents per gallon credit given to blenders of ethanol is "bad economic policy, bad energy policy and bad environmental policy."

"The $6 billion we waste every year on corporate welfare should instead stay in taxpayers' pockets where it can be used to spur innovation, stimulate growth and create jobs," Coburn said.

Henry Waxman's Path Forward

http://blog.algore.com/2011/03/henry_waxmans_path_forward.html

we need to educate the public about what is happening in Washington. The Republican anti-science, anti-environment agenda may be the will of oil companies, but it is not what American families want

Study Says Navy Must Adapt to Climate Change - NYTimes.com

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/study-says-navy-must-adapt-to-climate-change/?partner=rss&emc=rss

A report commissioned by the United States Navy concludes that climate change will pose profound challenges for the sea service in coming decades, including a need to secure Arctic shipping lanes, prepare for more frequent humanitarian missions and protect coastal installations from rising seas.

UCS Blasts House Subcommittee Vote to Block EPA from Safeguarding Public Health and Environment | Union of Concerned [Junk] Scientists

“The House subcommittee vote is a triumph of fiction over fact,” said Lexi Shultz, legislative director of the Climate and Energy Program at UCS. “This bill ignores the vast body of scientific evidence that carbon [dioxide] emissions are leading to climate change and harming public health.”

Job opening: Sr. Climate change hoax specialist, World Bank Institute

Ecosystem Marketplace - Sr. Climate Change Specialist, World Bank Institute

WBI’s Climate Change Practice (WBICC) mission is to share practical knowledge that can help countries move towards low carbon growth and climate resilient development. WBICC has built up programs in climate mitigation, in particular through Carbon Finance Assist, the Bank’s principal capacity building program for carbon finance, as well as in adaptation.

Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, Mar. 10th 2011 « The Daily Bayonet

This week the world discovered people even nuttier than global warmists, hippies created a cereal killer, and can Earth Hour shut down Facebook?

Chris Mooney | The Consequences of He Said, She Said Journalism

It’s journalistic “objectivity” not to “take sides”—right?

Those criticizing this approach—myself emphatically included—are working under a key assumption: If journalists would take a stand on matters of fact (such as whether global warming is caused by humans), rather than treating them as un-resolvable, the broader political discourse would also shift onto a firmer footing.

Mann UVA case clears a roadblock | Watts Up With That?

It seems the process to get supporting evidence from University of Virginia has overcome a roadblock.

Climate Monitoring Needs Operational System to Detect Natural, Forced Change - Press Release - Digital Journal

The global climate monitoring community needs an operational monitoring system that can gather data to help scientists distinguish between natural climate variability and forced change, according to a report compiled by Draper Laboratory based upon recommendations from members of the U.S. government, industry, and academia.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Partial Proof of My Thesis

...Yep, he latched on to the last, least important item that is completely un-adressed by the main report. By doing so, he is in effect helping to distract attention from the real causes that can be addressed and diverting attention to issues that are tangential at best. The solution will likely involve better managing agricultural runoffs and dealing with municipal wastewater plants which are under-treating discharges.

This is why I say that the global warming hysteria will be looked back on as a dead time for the environmental movement, when obsession with trace amounts of CO2 either caused folks to lose attention on important issues, or even caused environmentalists to advocate for ecologically detrimental programs (e.g. biofuels).

Vote for Climate Change [Hoax] Communicator of the Year « Climate Progress

Each year, George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communications honors “one person and one organization for their excellence as climate change communicators.”

Feb. 3 Mexico freeze devastated crops: "Eighty to 100 percent is said to have been ruined in the worst freeze since 1957."

Where's spring? - Coast Weekend: Dining News

This last part of winter has been particularly trying as far as fruits and vegetables are concerned. Anyone who regularly buys fresh produce has most certainly experienced the recent increase in cost. Price and availability have been seriously affected by the disastrous freeze that took place last month south of the border. The cold weather that frosted much of Mexico's plantation land the night of Feb. 3 devastated massive crops. Eighty to 100 percent is said to have been ruined in the worst freeze since 1957.

Below zero temps, wind chills challenge calving at 21 Angus Ranch - North Dakota

they are still concerned about the calves' ears or tails freezing "in a matter of seconds" with the wind chills and below zero temps.

>> The Great Global Warming Blunder: How Mother Nature Fooled the World’s Top Climate Scientists | Earth Sciences | Discount & Sale

In fact, Spencer presents astonishing new evidence that recent warming is not the fault of humans, but the result of chaotic, internal natural cycles that have been causing periods of warming and cooling for millennia. More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not necessarily to be feared; The Great Global Warming Blunder explains that burning of fossil fuels may actually be beneficial for life on Earth.

As group-think behavior and misguided global warming policy proposals threaten the lives of millions of the world’s poorest, most vulnerable citizens, The Great Global Warming Blunder is a scintillating exposé and much-needed call for debate.

Al Gore In Costa Rica Next Week To Speak On Climate Change

Former U.S. vice-president and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Al Gore, will be in Costa Rica on March 16 to talk to a business forum on the issues relating to climate change.

Carl Pope, Chairman of the Sierra Club: "the way I choose to get to work in the morning may impact the frequency of deaths from flooding in Bangladesh"

A Conversation With Carl Pope, Chairman of the Sierra Club - Daniel Fromson - Life - The Atlantic

At its heart environmentalism is the struggle to apply simple ethical rules—though shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, clean up the milk you spilled-- in a world in which science informs us that flipping my light switch may help destroy a community hundreds of miles away in West Virginia, or that the way I choose to get to work in the morning may impact the frequency of deaths from flooding in Bangladesh. Modern technology, a global economy, and scientific knowledge make living ethically almost unbearably challenging.

Moscow Heatwave Update | Real Science

Over the last month, temperatures in Moscow have been averaging a blistering 10F (-12C.) For some reason, Joe Romm seems to have lost interest in Moscow.

RealClimate: Under and over the ice

I really like the fact that there is still so much to discover about important parts of the climate system.

The EPA and the Canadian Climate Modeler « NoFrakkingConsensus

So who funded this trip? If it was Canadian taxpayers – how much did it cost? And why, exactly, have we been billed for it?

Cold claims fewer lives this winter | LOCAL | The Moscow News

The number of deaths from cold this winter was down this year.

Since the cold began to creep, hypothermia has claimed 29 victims compared to 44 last year, a medical source told Interfax, NewsMSK reported.

What Did Penn State Know? « Climate Audit

In an interview yesterday, Mann told Eli Kintisch of Science (see here) that it has been “known for a year and half” that he forwarded Jones’ delete request to Wahl.

If Mann’s claim is true (and I do not believe it to be true), then this raises serious questions about statements in the Penn State Inquiry Report

New Here? The “ten second” guide to the world of skeptics « JoNova

Almost everything you thought you knew about man made global warming might be a worthless half-truth. The evidence shows temperature controls carbon dioxide (you read that correctly). Temperatures rise first, and CO2 follows. Global warming is real, but it started a century (0r two) before our emissions. The world is warmer than in 1850, but cooler than 1,000 years ago, 8,000 years ago, 130,000 years ago, and cooler than most of the history of life on Earth. CO2 is called “pollution” but it feeds all plant-life on Earth. Big oil paid some skeptics, but Big Government outspent it 3,500 to 1, and even Big Oil spent far more on renewables than on “deniers”. Big Greens used to fight big corporates but now they are big-corporates. The real grassroots movement are the skeptics who take on the lot.

Lastly, Big Bankers want us to trade carbon. Think about that.

Earth Day 1970 : Government Scientist Says That Heat From Human Activities Will Be As Great As That Coming From The Sun | Real Science

Seven years earlier, the same guy was worried about global cooling

The New Nostradamus of the North: New Study: Spiders adapt to global warming (quite like humans)

A new study shows that spiders are able to adapt to global warming. This is, of course, evident even without any new studies. There has been "climate change" for millions of years, and both flora and fauna have ajdusted, some better, some not quite as well. Even if there would be some degree of human induced global warming - which remains to be proven - homo sapiens would be able to adjust. One can only hope that the new spider study will make some of the most ardent believers in the catasthropic global warming religion start thinking about the possibility of human adaptation: "Yes, we can, if the spiders can". That would already be a step forward ....

Hansen Describes 2010 As A La Nina Year | Real Science

Hansen is an honorable man, so how could we question his claim that the 2010 El Nino spike is actually a La Nina dip – but what will he say about 2011?

Why I’m not worried about Greenland’s icecap | Watts Up With That?

It goes to demonstrate that we really don’t understand ice sheet mechanics well enough yet to make accurate forecasts, though some people think we can.

Anthropologist: "When you have cold temperatures, rainfall is much lower, causing drought, causing dramatic depopulation."

Droughts caused Maya culture demise, anthropologist says

He also indicated that 13 volcanic eruptions during Spanish colonization of the region (1450-1850) led to conditions that created drought and famine.

Temperature changes, particularly cold, cause dry conditions.

"My theory is that cold weather is associated with lower rainfall in the Maya lowlands," he said. "When you have cold temperatures, rainfall is much lower, causing drought, causing dramatic depopulation."

Ockham's Razor - 13 March 2011 - Climate science and public debate

[Audio] Ian Enting is a Professorial Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems at the University of Melbourne. Both sides of the public debate over global warming effectively claim conspiracies and self-styled skeptics propose that the world's climate scientists are driven by a mix of motives. So, what are the central issues in this debates?

Australia - Interview on 2CC with Mark Parton

JULIA GILLARD AUDIO: "There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead."

PARTON: Thanks Julia. So, so that's what she said. So if it's such an important issue and there's so much courage being displayed, let's just go to the people next time round and say ‘here's the deal, this is what we're going to do, what do you think?'

Garnaut says [junk] science on climate change is stronger - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Federal Government's key climate adviser says the scientific case for climate change has been strengthened.

Challenges of climate change - Times Union

A 2009 Northrop Grumman report found that "future rise in sea-level is uncertain only in magnitude," imperiling the company's "several multibillion dollar national assets" on American coasts.

The New York Times folks think you're stupid: Coffee grew just fine in Columbia in 2006, but trace amounts of CO2 allegedly caused poor crop in 2010

Heat Hampers Colombian Coffee Crop, Jeopardizing Supply - NYTimes.com

Purveyors fear that the Arabica coffee supply from Colombia may never rebound — that the world might, in effect, hit “peak coffee.”

In 2006, Colombia produced more than 12 million 132-pound bags of coffee, and set a goal of 17 million for 2014. Last year the yield was nine million bags.
...[note some climate realism buried deep in the article]
While climate scientists agree that the increase in temperature is a clear signal of global warming and high ocean temperatures are generally associated with more frequent storms, scientists are uncertain whether the peculiar weather patterns in the area are directly related to warming, said Stephen E. Zebiak, director general of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University.

“It is hard to know whether this severe weather represents natural fluctuations or is a climate change signal, though from a risk management sense, there is good reason to consider how to cope with these extreme events,” Dr. Zebiak said.

PostPartisan - One thing those taped NPR execs probably didn't get wrong

Those who deny the basic fact that the Earth has experienced a warming trend over the past several decades are screaming against gigatons of formidable evidence -- land and sea thermometer readings, animal migration patterns, shrinking glaciers and sea ice, longer growing seasons, and so forth.
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It is reasonable for a news organization to say, and it's fair to interpret the NPR fundraisers' meaning to be: Warming is a fact. The science still isn't 100 percent clear on precisely how much an additional unit of anthropogenic carbon dioxide contributes to this -- though "not at all" almost certainly isn't the answer -- or exactly what the varied consequences will be.

Rev. Chuck Currie: The Gospel of Protecting the Environment

The good news is that over the last decade a growing consensus has emerged between Roman Catholics, mainline Christians, orthodox Christians and evangelicals Christians that stewardship over Creation, granted to humanity in Genesis, includes protecting the environment and reversing the damage created by human caused global climate change. Politicians who don't take the environment seriously risk alienating religious voters as more and more clergy from different political backgrounds use their pulpits to preach a message of environmental justice.

"20 million of the 26 million people estimated to have been displaced by climate change are women"

Annie Lennox, Kristin Davis and Scarlett Johansson launch Big Inequality Debate for International Women's Day

Women make up 80 per cent of climate refugees - 20 million of the 26 million people estimated to have been displaced by climate change are women.

ClimateGate emails | Michael Mann | Chris Horner

Your allegation is false until you somehow demonstrate otherwise, and your problem lies with the NOAA inspector general whose transcript indicates these events transpired.

A guy who has clearly lawyered up probably ought to call his lawyer to see what libel means before accusing someone of it. It actually doesn’t mean accurately using someone’s name in a way that makes them uncomfortable.

Dr. Tim Ball's new website — A Different Perspective

Someone said if you think education is expensive – try ignorance. This website is dedicated to helping people understand the world and the ways it works. We’re in an information revolution because the Internet is democratizing information.

Official Climate Science Ignores Critical Details Right At The Surface

Surface station numbers are inadequate, and they’re not measuring what is necessary for understanding changes in weather and climate. But none of this is important to the IPCC, who only wants the results to support the political conclusion.

Area Farmers Offered Assistance - KIMT.com – Iowa & Minnesota Together

MASON CITY, IA - Financial assistance is now available for certain farmers who may have suffered property damage this winter.
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The money is coming after harsh winter conditions destroyed numerous barns and even killed livestock.

1977 : Professor Says CO2 Has Saved The Planet From An Ice Age | Real Science

EU Referendum: Heart of stone time

Coventry firm Modec, which manufactures electric vehicles, has gone into administration. Reported to be £40 million in debt, the company claimed to be the first, purpose-built zero emission vehicles manufacturer in the world. It has been hailed as a ground-breaking company, paving the way for innovative eco-vans.

However, since the launch of the company in 2007, only a reported 400 vehicles have been built, at a loss currently amounting to £100,000 per vehicle. Administrators Zolfo Cooper said the company had experienced "severe cash flow difficulties" and blamed the tough economic climate.

250 Feet Of Ice Accumlated In Greenland Between 1942 And 1992 | Real Science

Oregon State Outrage - Home

The Democrat political machine in Oregon really plays hardball when it comes to political payback. In retribution for my running against liberal socialist Peter Defazio in the Oregon District 4 congressional election, DeFazio supporters at Democrat stronghold Oregon State University are trying to prevent three of my children from receiving their PhD degrees in nuclear engineering at OSU.

The Reference Frame: EU climate tax czar's faux pas in Australia

She may be our continent's most important person who is deciding about the creation of a climate tax that may suck trillions of euros from the Europeans' pockets.

But she doesn't have the slightest clue about carbon dioxide, the climate, the effect of CO2 on the climate, or the number of jobs that may be lost as a result of the new tax.

55 Positive Externalities: Hail to Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment — MasterResource

I include below the list of those 55 ways that the Idsos have identified “in which the modern rise in atmospheric CO2 is benefiting earth’s biosphere.”

Declining Spring Snow Cover : Week 8 Was The Snowiest On Record | Real Science

Week 9 looks like it is headed for the record books too :

Time Magazine Wants To Know Why We Don’t Believe Them | Real Science

Maybe because you are incompetent, dishonest and clueless?

C3: Complete Coral Reef Recovery From Extreme Warmth Provides Proof That Nature Can Adapt To Climate Change

A coral reef off the coast of Colombia was severely damaged by the heat of the 1982-83 El Niño. Close to 85% of the reef's coral was devastated, and then the 1997-98 El Niño struck putting more stress on the reef. Per the global warming alarmist's claims, this reef was destroyed for all future generations. The climate alarmists were wrong, again.

Economist lectures us on climatology | Australian Climate Madness

But that's OK. Nobody cares about his qualifications because he's a warmist - like Flannery. Contrast the case of a sceptic, when their qualifications and authority to speak would be rummaged through like an old suitcase. Of course, it's our old friend Ross Garnaut, who needs sadly little introduction, and lectures us again on the "climate crisis" and rising temperatures and rising sea levels - all "worse than we thought", according to his great climatological authority
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Why, oh why does The Australian publish this crap? Can you imagine the howls of derision that would come from the warm-monger camp if an economist claimed that AGW was a crock? But with Garnaut, it's all hushed respect. Give me a break. Nobody with a brain should give a flying fig what Garnaut thinks.

- Bishop Hill blog - Rolls Royce minds

A must-hear interview with Jill Duggan, the bureaucrat in charge of Britain's emissions trading scheme. The Australians who are conducting the interview are worried that perhaps an ETS is not such a good idea.

Having heard the interview you will understand why they feel this way - Duggan's performance is truly catastrophic, with our the woman from Whitehall apparently unable to quantify either the costs or the benefits of the scheme she runs. It's hilarious, toe-curling and utterly compelling.

Europe shale gas: As big as North America

“The technological revolution in unconventional gas has been the single most important energy innovation so far this century,” said IHS CERA Chairman and author of the Pulitzer-Prize winning book, The Prize, Daniel Yergin. “Its tremendous potential has already transformed North America’s energy landscape and may now transform the global gas industry.”

A Government Study Finds That the Russian Heat Waves Wasn't Caused By Climate Change - Ecocentric - TIME.com

With or without climate change, disasters will happen—and because there will be climate change, they're likely to be worse. There's a role for cutting carbon, but the more immediate need is adaptation—both through development and through smarter governance.

Who Does Joe Love? | Real Science

Sadly though for Joe, even Greenland has turned exceptionally cold this month. No place left for alarmists to hide.

Cult For Climate Action Disbans – Pledges Metamorphosis To…?

Various blogs and alternative media outlets like PR Week today are reporting on the disbanning of the anti-capitalist, anti-carbon radical environmental cult campaign known as the Camp for Climate Action.

This is the crazed campaign that attempted to storm the Drax coal-fired power plant and blockaded the British Airports Authority.

Warmist Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, who owns seven vehicles, enjoys fossil-fueled Caribbean vacation during Vermont's largest March snowstorm

Where did he go? Shumlin discloses vacation whereabouts | The Burlington Free Press | Burlington, Vermont

Gov. Peter Shumlin answered the mystery of where he had been vacationing from Thursday to Tuesday, missing Vermont's largest March snowstorm.

At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Shumlin said he left security behind when he went to Dominica, an island in the Caribbean.

Shumlin's staff had refused to say where the governor was.

January 2011: Governor Peter Shumlin delivers inaugural address | Addison County Independent

While leaders across America, influenced by the extraordinary economic power of oil, coal and automobile companies, equivocate about climate change, we must not. That our planet is warming at an alarming rate is undeniable. But I raise this not to engage in an abstract discussion of climate science. I raise it because I believe Vermont’s economic future will be determined by how we respond to this challenge. We will provide the brainpower, make the products, and seize the job opportunities a lower carbon economy requires.

Blurt: The Seven Days Staff Blog: Shumlin: The $10 Million Man

He has another $1 million in stock in Putney Student Travel, his family's business, and seven vehicles worth a total value of $126,000. One of those vehicles is a 1964 Porsche and the other is a 1952 Dodge truck — the latter is the first vehicle he ever owned (see below to download the complete list).

Peter Shumlin, YouTube - "The big issue today is global warming"

Don't be evil: If Google has tens of billions of dollars in cash, why don't they use their own money, not mine, to develop energy sources that can outcompete fossil fuels in a free market?

Google Recruits Lobbying Muscle to Promote Green-Power Ventures - NYTimes.com

Google Inc. has launched a lobbying campaign seeking government help spurring a green-technology transformation.
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Google also wants policies that stimulate research and development "to find the next technological breakthroughs." The company has endorsed programs like Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), intended to boost ventures with the possibility of high reward. But in a time of budget cutting, ARPA-E funding is at risk.

2010: Google’s Cash Hoard Primes It for Buyback, Dividend (Update1) - Bloomberg

Google Inc. is a prime candidate to return some of its $30.1 billion in cash to investors through a stock buyback or dividend, shareholders and analysts said.

People said stuff, reports New York Times’ John Broder | Grist

In New York City last week, I found myself in a cab driven by a burly, jovial local named Steve. He's a jazz bassist and a vegetarian who recycles and composts, but is conservative in his politics, distrustful of government and anything associated with it. I asked about his general thoughts on climate change and his answer was absolutely fascinating. He started off tentatively, glancing at me as though I were going to judge him, but when I didn't he got rolling and ended up going on for a full 10 minutes. I so wish I could have recorded it. It was a perfect articulation of what I take to be the general orientation of millions of Americans.

Overall, Steve is skeptical. Not dogmatic, not ranting about a hoax or incipient global government, just ... skeptical. There's no single overriding reason, just bits and pieces he's heard here and there.

Labor minister accused of deception over compensation for carbon tax | The Australian

A SENIOR Gillard government minister has been accused of deception after appearing to claim Labor would return the entire proceeds of its carbon tax to families.

Global Warmists Allergic To The Truth During Pollen Season - James Taylor - Endpoint Analysis - Forbes

For all the news articles delivering tales of woe regarding global warming and allergies, how many news articles are pointing out – even as an aside – the many benefits of global warming regarding plant life? Zero. That’s zilch. Not even one.

Naomi Klein: Why Climate Change Science Is So Threatening to Right-Wing Ideologues | Media | AlterNet

There’s overwhelming evidence that climate change is real now. It’s not just about reading the science. It’s about people’s daily experience. And yet, we’ve seen this remarkable drop, where, in 2007, 71—this is a Harris poll—71 percent of Americans believed climate change was real, and two years later, 51 percent of Americans believed it. So, a 20 percent drop.

Warmist Naomi Klein: Because of the carbon dioxide hoax, we need a complete restructuring of our economic system

Naomi Klein: Climate Change Destruction Thrives in a Free-Trade World | The Nation

The right has succeeded in throwing climate change science in doubt, placed major obstacles in the path of environmental legislation and continue to rake in their mercenary fees from energy and business lobbyists. All these signs of a broken system, The Nation’s Naomi Klein claims on Democracy Now! this morning, point to the fact that dealing with the crisis facing our planet will require nothing less than a complete restructuring of our economic system.

An actual remedy to the crisis would mean upending the whole free trade agenda and globalization, Klein says. It would mean localizing our economy, redistributing wealth based on paying the global south for the damages our pollution has caused, regulating corporations, subsidizing renewable energy and strengthening the United Nations.

Warmist James Howard Kunstler foresees "a permanent energy crisis"; he's "amazed that the Hamptons have not yet been torched"

James Howard Kunstler: The old American dream is a nightmare | Grist

The oil industry will not operate well in a turbulent situation. I believe this will lead to a permanent energy crisis, which would include gasoline rationing here in the USA and much more extreme economic distress in more ways than you can imagine. At the same time, we're seeing the situation aggravated by food shortages connected to climate change crop failures.

I suspect that we have left behind the supposed normality of the past decade and have now entered uncharted territory of the long emergency. We have also seen the first stirrings of American unrest in the battles over public employee bargaining rights. I'd maintain that this is only the start of a very rough political era in the USA. The buildup of tensions is fantastic. You have a dissolving middle class watching their futures whirl around the drain, and an obscenely rich Wall Street banking class (abetted by a disgustingly bought-off political class) that has been allowed to evade the rule of law in running a set of ruinous financial rackets, swindles, and frauds, and this alone is, to me, a recipe for civil disorder. I'm amazed that the Hamptons have not yet been torched.

If warmist Michael Mann really thinks that CO2 might kill us all, why did he take a completely unnecessary fossil-fueled vacation in Hawaii?

Exclusive: Climatologist Says He Deleted E-mails, But Not at Mann's Behest - ScienceInsider

Mann, reached on vacation in Hawaii, said the stories yesterday were "libelous" and false.

1952: So Much For Grolar Bears | Real Science

Polar Bear Populations Have Tripled During Unprecedented Warming | Real Science

Previously, the Eskimos were wiping them out.

July 8-14 1913 : High Temperatures In Death Valley Averaged 129 F | Real Science

The Reference Frame: Hansen: warming should have been 2-4 °F in the last decade

Wow. Today, we know that the actual temperature change (from linear regression) was minus 0.1 Fahrenheit degrees or something of this kind, depending on the dataset. For James Hansen, once again, the trend should have been plus 2-4 °F per decade. That's 20-40 °F per century which is 11-22 °C per century.
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The article also explicitly predicts a doubling of CO2 by 2040 (in reality, it will be around 2080) and a warming by 8 degrees by the 2030s. ;-) It's kind of amazing that a self-evident crackpot of this caliber who has been discredited so thoroughly and irreversibly has the chutzpah to show up in the public or even in NASA.

2 charge Montco commissioners of being part of global warming conspiracy - pottsmerc.com

NORRISTOWN — The Montgomery County commissioners have been accused of many things, but when local residents Maggie Roddin and Ruth Miller charged them at a recent meeting of being in league with the United Nations to promote the organization’s global warming agenda, you could have heard a pin drop.
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Miller took issue with the county joining the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives last year for the purpose of buying software to calculate the county’s carbon footprint. ICLEI’s mission is to help local governments achieve “global sustainability,” according to the organization’s charter.
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Communications Director John Corcoran later confirmed that the county had been an ICLEI member from September 2009 to September 2010 at a cost of $4,500.

Warming in Taiwan twice the global average: weather bureau - CNA ENGLISH NEWS

According to CWB, Taiwan has experienced a warming effect that is twice the global average, which has translated to higher temperatures, greater rainfall, and more typhoons over the past 30 years.
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Weather Forecast Center Director Cheng Ming-dean explained that Taiwan experienced a larger rise in temperature because it is adjacent to the huge Eurasian landmass. The continent's landmass tends to absorb and store more heat than other areas of the globe.

The Associated Press: Climate researchers: Russian heat wave was natural

WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming isn't directly to blame for last summer's deadly — and extraordinary — heat wave in Russia, researchers said in a report Wednesday that came with a climate warning.

"We may be on the cusp of a period in which the probability of such events increases rapidly, due primarily to the influence of projected increases in greenhouse gas concentrations," said the team led by Randall Dole and Martin Hoerling of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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The intense heat wave in Russia "was mainly due to natural internal atmospheric variability," the scientists reported in a paper to be published in Geophysical Research Letters.
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Hoerling said researchers were surprised to find that the region hadn't experienced the rising temperatures that have impacted much of the planet.

"While the globe as a whole, on an annual basis, is warming, there can be important regional differences," Hoerling said. The 1930s remain the warmest decade on record for western Russia, unlike the planet as a whole, for which the past 10 years have been the warmest on record, he said.

BCLocalNews.com - Electric cars still don't make sense, especially in Canada

Wind and solar generate less than one per cent of Canada's power supply, and most provinces have subsidies aimed at increasing that portion. The most spectacular example of the skyrocketing cost of subsidies can be seen in Ontario, where the Liberal government forces consumers to pay 16 times as much for solar power, and three times more for wind, as the current average electricity rate.
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Besides their high price tag, limited range and the inconvenience of long charging cycles, there's another factor Canadians need to consider before buying an electric car: our northern climate. Anyone who has had trouble starting a car in cold weather knows that battery performance plummets with temperature. In our dark, cold winters, we also need battery power to heat the car and run headlights. The combined result is a much shorter driving range than they'll be touting in the electric-car showroom.

The green-car race is imploding as beleaguered citizens, struggling to deal with tough economies, see their electricity rates soar and expensive wind and solar power missing in action when most needed. Other jurisdictions are rapidly changing direction, but Ontario keeps whistling merrily in the wind, bound for uncompetitive green oblivion.

Carbon tax looks like disaster | Herald Sun

Windsor seems to be in denial about the fact that the electorate he represents is conservative. It's about time he listened to the people whose votes took him to Canberra. If he were properly representing New England he wouldn't need to be told that Gillard's misbegotten carbon tax is anathema to most of his electorate.

It doesn't matter how many details are added to it or how slickly it is sold. It is a dog.

Harsh winter in Ohio: Raptors don't get CO2-induced kidney stones, but they do face starvation

Sanders Center helps rehab area wildlife - Canton, OH - CantonRep.com

This winter was a doozy — cold and snowy, icy and slushy. It wasn’t an easy one for area residents and it certainly wasn’t easy for the critters.

Over the last few weeks, the Stark Parks’ Sanders Wildlife Rehabilitation Center has been taking under its wing more birds than usual. The increase, Sanders Center staff member Stephon Echague says, is a result of the harsh winter weather.

“We have noticed that our intakes of raptors have doubled and, because of the very harsh winter, many of them are emaciated,” Echague said. “We have noticed that many of them were hit by cars because they were going to eat road kill. They won’t do that often; They do that if they are desperate.”

Three homeless dead after Greek cold snap: officials - FOCUS Information Agency

Athens. Three homeless people were found dead in Athens on Wednesday after a night of sub-freezing temperatures during an unseasonable cold front gripping the country, the city's mayor said, cited by AFP.
Mayor George Kaminis said the homeless had been discovered by street sweepers early in the morning in a park in the district of Thisseio, beneath the Athens Acropolis.

150 people attend carbon dioxide hoax conference at St. Kitts Marriott; they're told that "the lives of billions of people depend on your success"

ZIZ - National Broadcasting Corporation of St. Kitts & Nevis

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 08, 2011 (SKNIS): Deputy Prime Minister Honourable Sam Condor expressed pleasure with the turnout for the Caribbean Conference on Climate Change and Ethical Principles, which got underway on Monday (March 08) at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort, and said it, sent a strong message.

“May I say how very pleased I am to note the mix of expertise from across a wide range of related fields of endeavour; from distances near and far, who have converged here … for this most important meeting,” Minister Condor stated, as he addressed an estimated 150 persons at the opening ceremony.
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Deputy Prime Minister Condor noted the complexity of issues related to climate change and highlighted a startling fact – “there are more environmental refugees now, than there are war refugees.”
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“The lives of billions of people depend on your success. History will record our deliberations and future generations will judge us,” Minister Condor said, while expressing confidence in the ability of the estimated 80 delegates, who are deliberating on the issues. “We will not be forgiven by our children and grand children if we fail.”

Should The EPA Be The Most Powerful Federal Agency In Science?

As predicted, both sides claimed to care about science first. The Democrats produced experts who showed evidence [what evidence, specifically?] that CO2 was the primary culprit in climate change, though thankfully for science overall they did not try and endorse any particular public policy. The Republicans produced experts who noted that the planet is warming but...the reasons are unclear, which is obviously less convincing. Still, both sides agree on climate change these days, so we are making progress.

Can Clean Energy Drive America's Future? | Climate | Warmist Marc Gunther

They've both overstating their case. Most economists agree that the decarbonizatoon of the U.S. economy will cost money -- just not a whole lot, and certainly much less than the damage that will eventually be caused by global warming.
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Ritter had mostly anecdotes to offer in response. In Colorado, he said, renewable energy mandates had attracted jobs to the state from manufacturers like Vestas. "When we're talking about wind manufacturing, you can't do those jobs in China," he said.

He made the point, too, that the costs of wind and solar power are coming down. A flat screen TV "cost $1,500 four years ago," he said. "Now it's $350. Should we have given up on flat screen TVs?"