Climate-cult con is hard to 'bear' - NYPOST.com

The international "Climategate" scandal is now moving into its third week. And reaction from folks on the scientific and political left -- or is that redundant? -- who treat global warming as a cult in which naysayers must be crushed has been depressing:

Total denial.

Copenhagen: The alternative diary - The Independent

18 December: Never Trust a COP: the most radical day of pressure, organised by an informal network of activists. COP means "conference of the parties" of the UN Climate Treaty. Copenhagen is officially Cop-15.

Australia's carbon laws face delay, poll possible | Green Business | Reuters

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's key policy to fight global warming limped closer to defeat on Monday with parliament set to delay or reject the government's carbon emissions trade scheme, raising the chances of an early election.

Australian climate row highlights Copenhagen rifts | Green Business | Reuters

"For the extreme left it has provided the opportunity to do what they've always wanted to do, to sort of de-industrialize the Western world," Minchin recently told Australian television.

"The collapse of communism was a disaster for the left. They embraced environmentalism as their new religion," Minchin said, sparking a blizzard of controversy.

Guardian Environment Network: Does climate change cause armed conflict? | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Not everyone agrees that there is a direct link between climate change and increased conflict, in an academic debate that goes all the way to the top of the United Nations.