Lomborg: Focusing on R&D a smarter choice in climate talks

There are few arguments for China and India to commit to carbon caps — and compelling reasons for them to resist pressure to do so.

Kyoto’s successor will not be successful unless China and India are somehow included. To achieve that, the EU has made the inevitable, almost ridiculous proposal of bribing developing nations to take part — at a cost of 175 billion euros (US$225.7 billion) annually by 2020.

Tim Ball: Environmentalists played a role in disastrous Australia fire

It was very warm in Victoria, Australia and this seems contradictory to reports of cold from around the world. It provided an opportunity to divert attention from colder conditions reported almost everywhere else throughout the winter. For example, frequent cold polar waves have passed through Argentina, where temperatures have been 3 to 5°C colder than normal. But how has this happened? How has warm appeared among overall cold?

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Good podcast: January 9, 2009
Inhofe Global Warming Speech: ‘Consensus’ in Freefall [MP3]