The Steamboat Pilot & Today: Jeff Troeger: I hope global warming debate is a set-up to talk about solutions

The local Steamboat Springs and Craig newspapers are running ads for your upcoming “Global Warming — Fact or Fiction?” debate (“Fueling Thought” Energy Summit 2009 in Craig).

Normally, I’d enjoy seeing both of you debate, but the choice of topic leaves me pretty disappointed.

It’s as if you two were “debating” whether the Earth is flat versus round, or whether the planet revolves around the sun or the other way around. The outcome (who the audience thinks was more witty or persuasive) really doesn’t affect what’s really going on.

Michel Jarraud [defends climate fraud]: Global warming proof [allegedly] undeniable - Science - NZ Herald News

The slight dip from 2007 to 2008 is not a departure from the long-term global warming trend. It is, rather, an illustration of shorter-term variability in the climate.
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The Earth's surface temperature has increased by three-quarters of a degree since the middle of the 19th century. This increase, however, is not distributed evenly.
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Still, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, co-sponsored by the meteorological organisation, has confirmed that based on observations and increasingly sophisticated and realistic numerical models, regional variability has increased and will continue to increase as global surface temperatures rise.
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* Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation in Geneva, responds to a recent article by Chris de Freitas questioning global warming.

But of course: Tree-Killing Hurricanes Could Contribute To Global Warming

ScienceDaily (May 10, 2009) — A first-of-its kind, long-term study of hurricane impact on U.S. trees shows that hurricane damage can diminish a forest’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming, from the atmosphere.