The Daily Bayonet » Climategate Round-Up #6

Of note is that this morning, CNN reported extensively on climategate, even sending John Roberts to the UK to report from the University of East Anglia campus. Tonight (Monday 7th) Campbell Brown’s show is on the topic “Global Warming: Truth or Trick.”

Copenhagen: climate change sceptics have been outmanoeuvred. For now. – Global warming fraud promoter Will Heaven - Telegraph Blogs

Just half of Britain believes in man-made climate change, a Sunday Telegraph poll has revealed. The figure didn’t surprise me in the least. Over the past week I’ve been deluged by climate change misinformation on this blog and by readers’ emails: “facts” which are based on hearsay, bullshit which is repeated until it is thought true, and crank opinion disguised as expert analysis. The public is understandably confused.
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 It seems fair to ask, then, whether the “flat-earthers” - as our Prime Minister referred to them on Friday – really pose any sort of threat?

Tragically, the answer is a resounding “Yes”.

AFP: European socialists hold 'carbon-free' congress

PRAGUE — Take a tram instead of a taxi and don't change your towel every day -- such are the rules at a two-day "carbon-free" congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES), which started in Prague on Monday.
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It said it would also restrict heating at the congress, offer products such as organic cotton shirts and bags, and curb paper consumption by sending e-mails.

Major winter storm to wallop central U.S. - CNN.com

The Midwest and northern Plains will experience wind chills of 30 to 40 degrees below zero, and afternoon temperatures may be in the single digits, forecasters said.
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Blizzard warnings are in effect for parts of central Rockies and the Mogollon Rim in Arizona, where up to 2 feet of snow and winds gusts of 50 mph could cause whiteouts, forecasters said.

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Heads Up: NPR's On Point

UPDATE: NPR called back to let me know they won't be able to have me on.

UPDATE 2: Near the end, in response to a caller who complained about hearing only one side of the story you can hear Michael Mann explain that all voices on this subject do get heard, and how his work is celebrated by skeptics. These comments go completely unchallenged in the interview which is one softball question after another. Mann says that it is the role of science to take on those opposed to action, and cites Real Climate as an example. Mann concludes with a passionate call for action in Copenhagen.

Verkhoyansk, Russia Forecast : How much permafrost will melt this week alone?