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At least one Nobel laureate says that "Global warming has become a new religion." When will politicians and environmentalists get it?

We're getting to them!

The latest paper on climate in New Scientist (below) acknowledges the claim that warming stopped in 1998 and tries to pooh pooh it. They ignore that there has been no statistically significant temperature variation since at least 1975. Lack of statistical significance means that the observed variations could have arisen by chance alone. They also fail to look at the pattern over the entire 20th century, which is one of oscillating rises and falls. Combine that with the fact that the warming across the entire 20th century was a totally trivial .6 of one degree (approx.) and all indicators show that we are in fact in the midst of a period of unusual climate stability -- with just random ups and downs occurring from time to time. Ignoring that, the "New Scientists" once again put their faith in guesswork: "models"

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DOE to play ‘deep role’ in cap and trade — Chu
“We will have a deep role in providing the technical base for informed decisions.”
-Secretary Steven Chu

While the direct regulation of industry emissions will fall to the EPA, Secretary Chu announced that the DOE will play a “vital role” in crafting cap and trade policy.