The Economics of [Alleged] Climate Stabilization - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

A group of eight leading climate economists have a message for United States senators now considering a new bill to cap emissions: don’t think of long-term mitigation costs as a massive expenditure, but rather a form of reasonably-priced “planetary climate insurance.”

Presentation At The University Of Texas – Austin Titled “Concerns On The IPCC Report – The Actual State Of Climate Science” By Roger A. Pielke Sr. « Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.

there is a quote by Antonio Busalacchi, Professor and Director of the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center at the University of Maryland;

“Busalacchi…called for the inclusion of a wider range of scientists, including international scientists, in developing these reports. In addition, he warned that some small scientific communities had become ‘incestuous’ with report authors reviewing their own work.”

This in bred arrangement permeates the climate assessment reports and leadership of climate science professional organizations (e. g see also http://pielkeclimatesci.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/protecting-the-ipcc-turf/). With respect to the IPCC, it managed by a relatively small group of individuals who are using the IPCC process to control what policymakers and the public learn about climate on multi-decadal time scales.

Kimberley Strassel: Rent-Seekers Inc. - WSJ.com

It isn't often an energy company (of all things) gets to present itself as an environmental crusader, cozy up to Washington rulemakers, buy political protection, and pad its bottom line—all in one neat little announcement. So give Pacific Gas & Electric, PNM and Exelon credit for going for the gold.
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"...This is about profit, not Gaia," says Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe.

Speaking of senators, the utility exodus conveniently came only days before Sen. Barbara Boxer released her own draft climate bill. And Mrs. Boxer, also conveniently, left blank the portion allocating credits—all the better to bribe support out of key industry players by dangling precious goods in front of them. Emancipated from the Chamber, Exelon and others are free to play ball. The EPA's new emissions rules were also announced this week in tune with the Boxer bill, reminding companies that if they don't work with Congress, the EPA will make them pay without any compensating emissions credits.

Let's also not forget that Chicago-based Exelon and employees, including Mr. Rowe, contributed tens of thousands of dollars for their home-city presidential aspirant. And that Mr. Obama's senior adviser, David Axelrod, was once a consultant to Exelon. In an energy world in which winners and losers are picked on the Potomac, there is no harm in reminding the president who his friends are.