New Zealand climate agency responds to charges of data manipulation

NIWA countered saying that they use “internationally accepted techniques, including making adjustments for changes such as movement of measurement sites.” Temperatures can vary widely from one location to the next, even over relatively short distances, so climate scientist compensate for this by adjusting the temperature records. [Over these relatively short distances, is there a strong correlation between temperature and kidney stones?]

TBR.cc: The Day The Science Died…:

The next global warming believer who raises "peer review" as a defence of global warming deserves to be metaphorically tarred and feathered and laughed at for the rest of his or her natural life.

Climategate: the scandal spreads, the plot thickens, the shame deepens… – Telegraph Blogs

Wow! The scandal just gets juicier and juicier. Now it seems that the Kiwis may have been at it too – tinkering with raw data to make “Global Warming” look scarier than it really is

Philosophy and carbon emissions: what should you think?

We asked Australia's best-known philiosopher, Peter Singer, how people should think about carbon emissions and climate change. He was unequivocal.

He likened Australia's production of greenhouse gases to a country dropping bombs on Bangladesh.