Global warming: How 'warmists' should deal with 'skeptics'

6. Say a fond but firm farewell to those who have served you poorly in the struggle to gain public support. Al Gore. Joe Romm. (Not Jim Hansen or Gavin Schmidt.) Michael Mann. Phil Jones.

How to Manufacture a Climate Consensus - WSJ.com

Ironically, with the release of the Climategate emails, the Climatic Research Unit, Michael Mann, Phil Jones and Tom Wigley have dramatically weakened the case for emissions reductions. The EPA claimed to rely solely upon compendia of the refereed literature such as the IPCC reports, in order to make its finding of endangerment from carbon dioxide. Now that we know that literature was biased by the heavy-handed tactics of the East Anglia mob, the EPA has lost the basis for its finding.

Mr. Michaels, formerly professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia (1980-2007), is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.

Copenhagen summit: Fighting for survival | Comment is free | The Guardian

If the assembled dignitaries all stretch themselves to the limit of what they can accept, then they could yet pull off a meaningful agreement. By doing so, they would prove that the human race does deserve to survive – and also improve their collective credentials to lead it.

Hope Amid Despair in Copenhagen | Hopenhagen

At the KlimaForum (a conference center in the center of town), I talked to a number of individuals, asking how they felt. Two girls with long blond hair told me they were planning to shave their heads in protest the next day. I told them I was the Hopenhagen Ambassador and they replied, "We have no hope."