The Blackboard » Temperatures of the Tropical Troposphere: Chad brings Santer up to 2008.

Chad’s analys indicates that IPCC AR1 models driven by the A1B SRES are not tracking the troposphere, and not tracking the tropical troposphere since 1979– or at least they aren’t if the observational data sets are correct. There are of course, caveats.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Study: Regulation costs California economy almost $500 billion

Conservatives and liberals often square off over the proper level of government regulation, but most people agree that some level of oversight is necessary to defend against fraud, waste, and abuse. But at what level does the regulation itself become waste and abuse, this time by bureaucrats rather than stakeholders in the markets?

Jennifer Marohasy » Exile for Non-Believers: Polar Bear Expert Told to Stay Home

MITCHELL Taylor is a Polar Bear researcher who has caught more polar bears and worked on more polar bear groups than any other, but he was effectively ostracized from the Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) specifically because he has publicly expressed doubts that there is a crisis due to carbon dioxide emissions.

PM feels heat on threat to trade | The Australian

The Rudd government believes it constitutes a further reason why Australia must take decisive action on climate change.