UK Met Office Refuses to Disclose Station Data Once Again « Climate Audit

It must be humiliating for the UK Met Office to have to protect Phil Jones and CRU. Even a seasoned bureaucrat must have winced in order to write the following...

USDA Estimates Of Waxman-Markey’s Costs To Farmers Are Mostly Fertilizer » The Foundry

The Congressional Budget Office’s low ball analysis of the Waxman-Markey global warming bill’s costs allowed President Obama to claim that this bill would cost each household no more than a postage stamp per day. Now, a preliminary analysis by the US Department of Agriculture insists the news is even better for farmers – this bill will have negligible costs in the near term and might actually make them money over the long term.

The Heritage Foundation strongly disagrees, not to mention the American Farm Bureau Federation and most other farm groups. The reality is that farming is energy intensive, and Waxman-Markey is a massive energy tax will deal a severe blow to that sector.

Primetime Ratings: Obama Press Conference

President Obama's primetime press conference on health care attracted 16.5 million viewers across ABC, NBC, and CBS, the three broadcast networks that covered the even live Wednesday, according to Fast Nationals which are subject to change. It was the least-watched of Obama's three primetime press conferences to date-18.8 million tuned into his Apr. 29 presser while 29.4 million watched his first in late March.

Senate Pressed to Aid Obama on Energy Education - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

More than 100 schools, student groups and nonprofit organizations have signed a letter pressing the Senate to provide the money President Obama has sought for his Re-Energyse program, which is aimed at building the intellectual capacity to transform the country’s energy system. The letter, drafted by the Breakthrough Institute and sent to Senate offices earlier this week, comes after the education program was cut to zero by a Senate committee from Mr. Obama’s $115 million request. In its markup, a House committee cut the request to $7 million.