Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: How Much Future Hurricane Damage Can Stopping Global Warming Achieve?

The fact that reducing emissions will do little to address the growing toll of disasters is an example of what my colleague Steve Rayner from Oxford calls "uncomfortable knowledge." This is especially the case for those who continue to misjustify policies that are better justified for other reasons. In the long run climate policy will be better served by making honest arguments. A step in that direction would be to stop the pattern of using the specter of future Hurricane Katrinas (and disasters like it) as a basis for changing energy policies.

Global warming poll finds puzzling trend - Capital Weather Gang

In the end, perhaps the poll indicates that a broader communications effort by the climate science community -- which, if anything, has become more confident that the long-term trend for Earth's average temperature is a warming one, and that human activity is likely the primary cause -- is needed sometime in the near future.

Now on Reuters.com: U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Sue Itself for Fraud and Self-Parody?

"It is ironic that the Chamber, one of the biggest funders of front groups that smear non-compliant public officials, is now complaining that the Yes Men are poking fun at its anti-science positions. If the Chamber's pattern of behavior continues, it will soon be taking itself to court for fraud and self-parody," said David Swanson of www.StopTheChamber.com, a coalition of nonprofit organizations.