Climategate: stopping the news at our borders | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Which country’s media is least willing to report on Climategate? John Roskam divides Google mentions per country of origin by population, and confirms your suspicions:

Rudd becomes the but of Abbott wisecracks | Herald Sun

When he came to speak, he mentioned Israel's ongoing struggles with hostile forces in the Middle East but went on to poke fun at an environmental slogan of Mr Rudd's.

"I cannot imagine many Israeli politicians claiming that the 'greatest moral challenge of our time' was climate change,'' Mr Abbott said.

The jibe, coming a day after the Senate voted down the Rudd Government's emissions trading scheme upon Mr Abbott's elevation to the Coalition's leadership, sparked a burst of laughter from the audience.

Cameron's team turn on Davis for attack on green agenda - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

Conservative climate change sceptics are "eccentrics" who will not be allowed to influence the party's environmental policy, an ally of David Cameron insisted yesterday.
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Mr Yeo, who now chairs the Commons Environmental Audit Committee, hit back at Tory critics of Mr Cameron’s stance on green issues and predicted that climate change sceptics will have disappeared in five years.

Mr Yeo said: “A significant number of core Conservative voters – mostly among older people – are reluctant to accept the [climate change] evidence. I don’t think they [doubting Tory MPs] will be a significant influence in the next parliament and will gradually diminish in the population.

“The dying gasps of the deniers will be put to bed. In five years time, no one will argue about [there being] a man-made contribution to climate change.”

Cyclists three times more likely to die on UK roads than abroad - Home News, UK - The Independent

Injuries to cyclists in Britain are disproportionately high compared with those to drivers and passengers in cars. From 1999 to 2004, 35,000 cyclists were injured severely enough to be admitted to hospital in England, compared with 71,000 occupants in cars.

Yet the ratio of one cyclist injured to every two car occupants is dramatically out of line with the numbers of cyclists and cars on the road. On average, more than 637 trips per person are made by car travellers compared with 15 by bike.

Thursday, 3 December « Greg Clark's Energy and Climate Change Blog

BBC Radio Leeds this morning reported a big increase in number of people in West Yorkshire struggling to pay heating bills