IPCC Chief Raps G-8, Calls for Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cuts After 2015 - NYTimes.com

There is increasing speculation among the carbon trading and diplomatic communities that governments will fail to reach a concrete deal in Copenhagen, pushing work on a detailed treaty off to next year.

Kirk: I get the message on global warming [hoax] vote - KWQC-TV6 News and Weather For The Quad Cities -

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Senate candidate Mark Kirk says he "got the message" from Republicans who were outraged that he supported pollution limits that some people consider a hidden tax.

Kirk said Tuesday that he has heard from plenty of people angry that he voted for "cap & trade" when the U.S. House considered the measure recently. The plan would cap the pollution that companies can release but then allow them to buy and sell permits for more emissions.

Critics say cap & trade would drive up the cost of electricity and goods.

Kirk says he can't take back his vote but he understands why people are angry.

Hit & Run > Betting on the Weather Tells You Nothing About Climate Change - Reason Magazine

Of course, Silver's bet also confuses weather with climate. It's a bet on nothing other than the random fluctuations of local temperatures around seasonal averages. If Silver really wants to wager on climate change there are a number of open bets available over at the Long Now Foundation's Long Bets site.

Just for the record, between June 21 and July 20, AccuWeather reports that the average temperature has fallen one degree or more below average in Charlottesville, Va., for 25 days and was above by one degree on just 5 days.

[Let's say you're from Minnesota.  How much would you gladly pay to the federal government for an insane program to make outside temperatures COOLER?]

The average annual temperature is only around 45 degrees Fahrenheit.