Sesame Street Science « the Air Vent

[Briffa et al] In the absence of a substantiated explanation for the decline, we make the assumption that it is likely to be a response to some kind of recent anthropogenic forcing.

Nice timing: Gordon Brown proposes global fund to kick-start Copenhagen climate change process | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Gordon Brown proposed a new global fund today to "kick-start" the Copenhagen climate change process and encourage poorer countries to start cutting greenhouse gas emissions immediately.

Obama White House Sets Energy Example « Global Warming: A Worn-Out Hoax

Obama’s carbon footprint makes cheapskates out of all the rest of American presidents, combined.

The White House was not adequate, judged Obama, for the recent Obama “State Dinner,” so Obama erected a massive glass structure on the White House lawn for what has to be one of the most expensive state dinners of all time.

Coal stocks hot, banks are not - St. Louis Business Journal:

Coal companies Patriot Coal Corp., Peabody Energy Corp. and Arch Coal Inc. have racked up some of the biggest percentage gains in stock prices among St. Louis public companies so far this year, while two banks, Centrue Bank and Enterprise Financial Corp., recorded the biggest declines.