Valley Fever Allegedly Blowing on [an Allegedly] Hotter Wind: Scientific American

New weather conditions brought on by climate change may help spread a fungal disease endemic to the Southwest known as Valley fever

If paying climate realist Patrick Michaels $100k is wrong, why is it OK to pay climate fraudster Al Gore $175k?

[William] Schroeder, who served at the state capitol from 1986 to 1998 and is now the public affairs manager for the Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA), said thousands of scientists now agree with IREA’s position that global warming is “junk science.”

That justifies the co-op’s spending $100,000 in 2006 to support the research of Patrick J. Michaels, a professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia who is an outspoken global-warming debunker.

Dec '07: Al Gore's $100 Million Makeover

A l Gore is a funny guy. And, for his $175,000 speaking fee, he tells this story: after leaving the White House and heading back to Tennessee sans motorcade--"in a rented Ford Taurus," he sniffs--he and Tipper stop to get a bite to eat at a Shoney's, "which, as you may know, is a low-cost family restaurant." The people in the restaurant "made a huge fuss...over Tipper." Then, a man spies Gore and stage-whispers, "Didn't he used to be the Vice President? He's fallen so low." Peals of delight from the audience. Gore smiles back. It's a nice moment.