Roy Spencer - A Layman’s Explanation of Why Global Warming Predictions by Climate Models are Wrong

I occasionally hear the complaint that some of what I write is too technical to understand, which I’m sure is true. The climate system is complex, and discussing the scientific issues associated with global warming (aka “climate change”) can get pretty technical pretty fast.

Fortunately, the most serious problem the climate models have (in my view) is one which is easily understood by the public...

Ask any questions, and you're worse than Hitler: [Completely bogus] Research calculates financial costs to Japan of unmitigated global warming - Environment - MiamiHerald.com

TOKYO -- If the world does not take any measures against global warming, the financial damage Japan would suffer from related weather damage could be 17 trillion yen per year by the end of the century, according to a report conducted by 14 research institutions across the country and released Friday.

Obama seeks funding cuts for wave, tidal energy research - Environment - MiamiHerald.com

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has proposed a 25 percent cut in the research and development budget for one of the most promising renewable energy sources in the Northwest - wave and tidal power.

At the same time the White House sought an 82 percent increase in solar power research funding, a 36 percent increase in wind power funding and a 14 percent increase in geothermal funding, it sought to cut wave and tidal research funding from $40 million to $30 million.

The decision to cut funding for tidal and wave power came only weeks after the Interior Department suggested that wave power could emerge as the leading offshore energy source in the Northwest and at a time when efforts to develop tidal power in Puget Sound are attracting national and international attention.