Political and media reactions to Climategate

My hero of the week is Gavin Schmidt, who has worked night and day replying to critical comments on Real Climate, and who is being thanked by being sued for doing so. The lawsuit is a travesty (a word we've heard frequently this week) and should be tossed out summarily. I disagree with Schmidt on so many things that I doubt if we could stay on the same train for more than an hour, but I have a lot of respect for what he is trying to do this week. He probably wouldn't approve of my second place choices, Steve McIntyre of Climate Audit, who I hope is taking a well-deserved rest, and Jeff Id, who I really hope is not--I want him chasing down the code in the released documents.

Why Global Warming is Not Science

The world may not be set to end in fire and ice, but far more certain that fiery or snowy apocalypse, is taxes. And politicians have seen the potential uses of global warming by manufacturing an imaginary crisis that they can solve without any chance of failure, as have many of their business friends who are eager to engage in rent seeking behavior, with the planet itself being out to rent. And when all these factors are combined together, the motivating force behind promoting the myth of Global Warming takes on a terrible force, born of greed, environmental ideology and cynical politics. And all these also demonstrate all too well why Global Warming is not science. It is politics, it is ideology and big business… but it is not science.

Warning Signs: A Political Who's Who of Global Warming Liars

As the global warming fraud unravels, it’s a good time to look at the politicians who have been some of the most outspoken advocates, using global warming/climate change to advance “Cap-and-Trade” legislation and other related laws and regulations.

[More from climate fraud promoter Andy Revkin]: Contestants in the ‘Climate Slamdown’ - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com