AMBROSE: Human sacrifices to global warming god

Back in 1500, we learn from a Princeton professor, the Aztecs figured the climate debate was over, and that if you wanted rain and sunshine and other such blessings, it was simple enough what you had to do — sacrifice 20,000 lives a year to the right gods.

In the year 2009, it’s an equally sure thing in the minds of some that carbon in the atmosphere is going to fry us unless we put the welfare of millions on the line, and here is the latest on President Obama’s plan — it could cost industry almost $2 trillion over an eight-year period.

UK: Anger after government halts solar energy grant programme | Environment | The Guardian

The government ran into a storm of criticism yesterday after quietly closing its grant programme for solar energy last week, which campaigners said made a mockery of its commitment to build a low-carbon economy.

California Legislator Wants to Halt Global Warming Act - by Krystle Russin - Environment & Climate News

Citing devastating economic consequences and a lack of real-world environmental impact, California Assemblyman Dan Logue has introduced legislation to suspend AB 32, the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.

Two Scientific Approaches | Climate Skeptic

We’ve reached an incredible level of statistical hubris, that somehow we can manipulate tiny signals from noisy and biased data without any knowledge of the physical realities on the ground (”bias” used here in its scientific, not its political/cultural meaning)