Just an Economist - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Pachauri is a near-lifelong U.N. functionary; Carlin a career EPA employee dating back to its inception. Both are economists. According to the global-warming industry, one is a top climate expert, the other an economics hack. By now it should go without saying that one's qualifications on this issue are determined by the old schoolyard standard: whether you agree with me.

Scientific malpractice or fraud? | Hans H.J. Labohm

Attached is Marcel Crok's article on the Mann affair.

Assume that a company would like to attract investments for some big project and would handle calls for additional in-depth information by potential investors the same way as Mann did, how would you qualify this behaviour? And what would happen with those who deliberately frustrated due diligence, resulting in huge losses for the investors concerned?

When Moonbats Attack - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

They have also resumed their line that Calzada is unpatriotic by letting the cat out of the bag; of course, it was the president of the renewables industry that admitted in response to Calzada's study that Spain needs the U.S. to fall for the myth and bail them out (traitor!). In recent days lefty blogs have extended this theme to call on the government to revoke his passport — a tactic I wrote about in Red Hot Lies — initiate some sort of legal process against him, along with the odd incitement of violence against him.

As I've asked before: guys, if the facts are on your side, why the tactics smacking of fear, desperation, and a content-free case?

Google Execs' Fighter Jet To Combat Climate Change

When a Dornier Alpha Jet was spotted among Google Inc. executives' air fleet in Silicon Valley last fall, speculation swirled over what use an Internet search company could possibly have for the sleek fighter plane.

It now appears that the jet, parked at NASA's Moffett Field, may see its first action as part of an ambitious government field study targeting pollution and climate change.