"Warming" [Fraud] and Death - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

There are significant questions about the robustness of the numbers at the heart of the new report estimating more than 300,000 deaths are already being caused each year by global warming, with nearly twice that number possible by 2030. The report was commissioned by the Global Humanitarian Forum, created in 2007 by the former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, and reviews reams of data and earlier analysis by other researchers and groups. More on the questions is below.

Here’s a video news release, with nary a caveat...

Durant Daily Democrat - Pageant board hosts sendoff party for [alarmist] Miss Southeastern Oklahoma

Legg’s platform is “Go Green: Environmental Awareness for All Ages.” She wants others to be aware of the impact they make on the environment.

Legg, who is double majoring in mechanical engineering and geology at the University of Oklahoma, said she has reached approximately 200 children so far with her “go green” message.

Many of the children want to know a lot about her, including if she rides in a limo and gets free stuff, Legg said, smiling.

“They’re excited to help the planet,” she said. “They want to do anything to help.”

Legg told a group of women at the First Texoma National Bank Tuesday night that Al Gore’s documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth,” was the inspiration for her platform.

COPENHAGEN DRAFT TEXT: PUTTING OFF CLIMATE DEAL UNTIL 2011?

With time running short ahead of Copenhagen, analysts say many details of the new deal to succeed the existing Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012 may be left vague.

"Everyone agrees that there is going to be a lot of work to be done after Copenhagen, no matter what," said Alden Meyer, of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Options in some of the draft texts -- for instance whether to allow credits for investments in capturing and storing emissions from coal-fired power plants in developing nations -- include simply putting off decisions until 2010 or even 2011. [Via Benny Peiser]