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Arctic ice levels above average? Perhaps the Telegraph’s columnist should take just half a minute to check the facts...

The Steamboat Pilot & Today: Former governors debate climate change at Energy Summit

Owens, who served from 1999 to 2007 and is a senior fellow at the institute Lamm helps lead, said there is no proven evidence that greenhouse gases are the cause of the warming people see today and cited his own scientific support.
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Lamm added the financial cost tied to climate research and mitigation is worth the investment.

“Being in public policy is like sleeping with a blanket that’s too short,” he said. “Your shoulders get cold, and you pull up the blanket around your shoulders and your feet get cold.

“I think it’s not only a matter of the odds, it’s the stakes. When you really read the world’s top scientists, and they’re saying that our grandchildren’s future might be at stake in this thing, I always said that gets my attention big time.”

American Thinker: The Catlin Ice Follies

Meanwhile, a Russian expedition simply drove to the North Pole in trucks which might be described as HumVees on sterioids, with none of the discomforts the Catlin team experienced. But the Russians were more interested in oil than ice thickness. The Russians want to stake a claim to the oil rights in the Arctic Ocean while the Catlin team wants to save us from oil.
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With all the concern about the environment, we were surprised that there was no data released by the CAS about the extent of their carbon footprint for this expedition. So we decided to do it for them.

By using fuel consumption data for the De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft along with cruising speed and distances, we estimate that 84,000 lbs of CO2 were released into the atmosphere by the aircraft alone. There would be additional CO2 from flights from the UK to Canada.

The Russian expedition, by comparison, was far more environmentally friendly. We estimate their trucks released about 22,000 lbs of CO2, or about one quarter the amount of the CAS.

The bottom line is that the Catlin team did little to advance the knowledge of the condition of Arctic ice. But they did show that the Arctic weather can be brutal, cold and dangerous.

Climate fraud babble

I argued within can that supporting legal differentiation between non-Annex I countries will weaken can’s influence with developing countries. It’s not that such differentiation is not necessary; I am the co-author of the Greenhouse Development Rights framework, which quantifies obligations for all countries, North and South, on the basis of responsibility and capacity. But we also argue that the failure of the Annex I countries to meet their unfccc and Kyoto obligations means non-Annex I countries can’t yet be expected to agree to any new, binding targets. This is not to say non-Annex I countries should not make strong efforts to reduce emissions, but Annex I countries must not dictate terms. can must bring this perspective into Europe and the US.

Paul Baer is the research director of EcoEquity, a US-based organization that promotes climate justice