String of Liberals question AGW | Australian Climate Madness

Yesterday I posted about ABC’s Four Corners programme, and noted that the Opposition is under more scrutiny from the media on the ETS than the government. However, there was an upside to the programme, namely the string of Liberals, including Nick Minchin, leader of the Liberals in the Senate, who came out openly to question the AGW dogma.
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Read the transcript and see the episode here.

Climate Fight: EPA Sends Global Warming Finding to White House - Environmental Capital - WSJ

“As Copenhagen approaches, this step just reinforces that–one way or another–a significant portion of U.S. emissions will be regulated very, very soon,” says Josh Dorner, spokesman for Clean Energy Works, a Washington-based group that advocates regulation of greenhouse gases.

Men of Steel - WSJ.com

Mr. Buffett is betting on good old fashioned stuff—such as grain, coal for power plants and consumer goods imported from Asia—and the need to move it.

Interview with U.S. Senator and Majority Whip Richard Durbin Politics - Technorati

Critics will dispute the evidence of global warming and make outlandish claims that climate change legislation will bankrupt the economy, just as they have in the health care debate. They’re wrong.

CapitalClimate: Wettest October in U.S., 3rd Coldest

Aided by the heaviest precipitation in 115 years of record, October 2009 temperatures were the third coldest on record in the United States.

McIntyre and Lindzen to appear on Finnish TV documentary – transcript « Watts Up With That?

Transcript in English from the TV network website here (h/t to Goran Frojdh)

PETA vs. Al Gore - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Grab some popcorn and enjoy

Climate change makes English winemakers see red | Lifestyle | Reuters

Britain experienced a "Medieval warm period" in the centuries around 1000 A.D., said Philip Brohan, climate scientist at the UK's national weather service, the Met Office.

This allowed winemaking, introduced to Britain by the Romans, to thrive under the Normans before declining, said Professor Richard Selley, author of "The Winelands of Britain."
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Brohan said the current warming cycle is more severe than the medieval one, and scientists stress carbon dioxide emissions are behind the man-made climate change of the present day. Nonetheless, UK vineyards still struggle to ripen grape varieties which produce the most popular red wines.