Paul Krugman's religion - An Affordable Salvation - NYTimes.com

The 2008 election ended the reign of junk science in our nation’s capital, and the chances of meaningful action on climate change, probably through a cap-and-trade system on emissions, have risen sharply.

But the opponents of action claim that limiting emissions would have devastating effects on the U.S. economy. So it’s important to understand that just as denials that climate change is happening are junk science, predictions of economic disaster if we try to do anything about climate change are junk economics.

Cold weather slows seeding in Sask.

REGINA -- The ground has been too cold for most farmers in Saskatchewan to begin seeding in the last two weeks of April, but they are getting ready to put in their crops soon, says a ministry of agriculture spokesperson.

Lawrence Solomon: A primer for global warming deniers - Full Comment

Another day, another denier comes forward to challenge the views of Al Gore and the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The number of scientists who are speaking out for the first time is heartening — I take it as a sign that the climate of fear is subsiding, and that reason may soon reign in this politically charged debate.

But I find one aspect of the coming out of the deniers to be tiresome — a seemingly obligatory statement to the effect that they care about the environment, often coupled with bromides on energy policy that are not only trite but wrong.

Warming to "Earth" — Disney's cinematic "lesson" about climate change | Seattle Times Newspaper

Anyone still skeptical of global warming, both as a scientific phenomenon and one in need of human solutions, ought to see "Earth." The Disney movie is for children, but given the rhetoric over global warming, it's age-appropriate for everyone.

I TOOK my 8-year-old son to see "Earth," the cinematic version of the Discovery Channel's "Planet Earth" series so he could grasp the threat of global warming even as many adults appear to struggle with the concept.

Fraudster James Hansen wins Environmental Integrity Award

NEW YORK, April 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Century Foundation, in cooperation with the National Audubon Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Environmental Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, and former colleagues of Peter A.A. Berle, today announced the winners of the first Peter A.A. Berle Environmental Integrity Award. James E. Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), and David Foster, executive director of the Blue Green Alliance, are the first recipients of this award, which is intended to recognize demonstrated courage and integrity in defense of the environment by public officials and private citizens in the United States.