The Thursday wrap - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The sun & warming: Speaking of cluckers, global warming alarmists might have a difficult time explaining the conclusions of noted Harvard astrophysicist Willie Soon. The researcher tells The Harvard Crimson that most observed climate data can be explained by fluctuations in solar radiation. That is, sunspot activity, not carbon dioxide, is responsible for the Earth's cyclical warming and cooling. What's Chicken Little to do?

We ♥ CO2: Reform Party of BC :: The Hook

The debate over the carbon tax is proving that politics really does make for strange bedfellows.

Joining the B.C. New Democratic Party in vowing to axe the tax is the Reform Party of B.C., who have adopted the slogan, “We ♥ CO2.”

“We will repudiate the tax -- it’s a scam,” said Reform leader David Hawkins.

The party would also set out to prove that the accepted carbon-driven model for explaining climate change is “scientific fraud.”

3/26/09: BBC NEWS | UK | God 'will not give happy ending'

A Greenpeace spokesman welcomed the speech: "Hundreds of thousands of people are dying every year because we haven't taken the necessary steps to stop climate change.