Al Fin: Oceans Hungrily Soaking Up CO2, SeaLife Thriving

An entire generation of "climate scientists" have been indoctrinated into this faux science of crisis seeking. Like the ambulance chasers of the legal profession, the doom seekers of climate are chasing the prize of quick grants, fame, and the warm cliquish comfort of an empty consensus.

Unfortunately for that "lost generation", true science is proceeding to pass them by.

A Carrot for ‘Real’ Comment Contributors - Andy Revkin - NYTimes.com

I was walking our dogs through a blanket of crisp oak leaves this morning, pondering the state of Dot Earth

[Doesn't Revkin realize that his dogs may give Africans kidney stones?]: Your Pet Is a Global Warming Machine

Though some environmentalists love their dogs more than they love their Sierra Club reusable water bottles, a single dog can have a bigger ecological footprint than an SUV.

Will US 'pirates’ kill climate [fraud] deal? - Telegraph

No one expects this to be sorted out before the Copenhagen conference opens, but there are hopes that enough progress will be made for the US to be able to lay out a provisional offer in the Danish capital – dependent on passing legislation in the spring. And that could be enough to seal the international deal. Of course, it may well go wrong, either in Congress or Copenhagen or both. But it's worth remembering that Sejm's paralysis led to anarchy and the break-up of Poland – and that failure to control climate change would bring even greater disaster on a global scale.