Climate change 'sceptic' Ian Plimer argues CO2 is not causing global warming - Telegraph

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is a natural phenomenon caused by volcanoes and is not responsible for climate change, a scientist has claimed.

Climate Resistance » Energy Battles

A few posts back we mentioned the Battle of Ideas debate festival organised by the Institute of Ideas.

Audio podcasts of the many debates are now available on-line. There’s something there for everyone.

Tide turns against the carpetbagger | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Jenkins suggests a turning point in the debate was the debunking of two key bits of “evidence” cited by Gore and many other warmists - the “hockey stick” that purported to show we’d never been so hot, and the ice cores which were presented as proof that increases in carbon dioxide concentrations had caused the world to warm after past ice ages, when the evidence actually show that in every case the warming had preceded the CO2 rises.

The “Children and Grandchildren” Report #1 | Australian Climate Madness

ACM will present on an occasional basis, a round-up of the mawkish and emotive references to children and grandchildren in relation to climate change or global warming. So without further ado, here is the first edition

DefenceWeb | About1.3 billion people without power in 2030: IEA

Around 85 percent of the people now without access to electricity live in rural areas, where lack of heating fuel, mechanical power and reliable lighting can increase crime, health risks and poverty.

"Increasing access to electricity is absolutely fundamental part of addressing poverty and achieving development, particularly in marginal ruralized areas where energy poverty is most extreme," said Robert Bailey, head of climate change at Oxfam.