Copenhagen climate [fraud] summit: [How you can prevent natural disasters] - Telegraph

2) When making tea, boil only as much water as you need

Times Higher Education - Beyond debate?

The Copenhagen summit is in full force, and so too is the idea that man-made global warming is incontrovertible. But Martin Cohen argues that the consensus is less a triumph of science and rationality than of PR and fear-mongering
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RealClimate's site is hosted by Environmental Media Services (EMS), which sounds very suitable until one discovers that EMS was a creation of Fenton Communications, a New York public relations firm.
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Years after what would come to be known as "the great Alar scare", Fenton's biggest project is climate change. Among its clients are all the most respected names in the environmental business, from Greenpeace USA and Friends of the Earth US to the National Geographic Society and the UN Environment Programme.

Climate change is a big business, and it's not surprising that they want to have the world's biggest "public interest" PR firm running the campaign.

In Copenhagen, U.S. pushes for emissions cuts from China, developing nations - washingtonpost.com

"Emissions are emissions. You've just got to do the math," Stern told reporters, citing estimates that 97 percent of future emissions growth will come from the developing world. "If you care about the science, and we do, there is no way to solve this problem by giving the major developing countries a pass."
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Stern, for his part, recognized that he might not receive the kind of accolades bestowed upon him at the start of talks this year, when delegates gave him a standing ovation during his first speech as Obama's climate representative.

Is devoured polar bear cub a victim of global warming or act of nature?

"Both Inuit and scientific knowledge show that cannibalism in polar bears happens, and it probably always has," said Steve Pinksen, director of policy and legislation for Nunavut's Department of Environment.

Pros and Cons of 'Cash for Caulkers' | The Atlantic Wire

Two Problems: Fraud and Disposable Income, writes Drea Knufken at Business Pundit: "It's easy to commit fraud under the catch-all phrase 'weatherization.' Contractors can go in and say anything is weatherization, even if it doesn't fit the government's criteria. So can homeowners." Also, "If loans aren't being offered, how will consumers come up with thousands of dollars in cash to pay their half? Most people don't have a few thousand to contribute to weatherization, unless they were planning it anyway."

Calibrating Dr. Thompson’s Z-Mometer « Climate Audit [Welcome to our new home!]

It may be seen from Fig. 4 that “Dr. Thompson’s Thermometer” is in fact completely uninformative about the existence or absence of a Medieval Warm Period (MWP), Al Gore to the contrary notwithstanding.

Copenhagen's sceptic conference thanks China for emitting CO2 | Alarmist John Vidal | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Hacked emails were from whistleblowers and Eskimos are happy: tales of the expected from climate sceptics