Tuesday, December 15, 2009

"The Most Important Number in the World" - Reason Magazine
I spent the day waiting with thousands of others in subfreezing cold to try to get into the proper building to obtain credentials for the official United Nations Climate Change Conference. I clocked about five hours in line while my housemate, in town representing a Colorado NGO, waited 10.5 hours and was also turned away. The conference chaos makes one wonder how anyone expects the U.N. to run the world's climate if it can't manage a queue?
Live at Copenhagen: The Trouble With Tuvalu » The Foundry
Even more amazing, measurements show no sea level rise at all (actually a slight decline) around Tuvalu for the last half of the 20th century, even during decades where temperatures increased.
China’s Climate Envoy Criticizes Rich Nations’ ‘Empty Promises’ - Environmental Capital - WSJ
The head of China’s delegation at climate talks in Copenhagen Tuesday hit out at rich nations for making “empty promises” on funding to help developing nations combat climate change.
Climate Change Fraud - Unable to bring California from the brink of Bankruptcy, Schwarzenegger calls for UN climate summit for cities
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called Tuesday for a UN climate summit for cities and other sub-national regions, offering to host it in his state.
Copenhagen climate conference: Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for ‘planetary transformation’ - Telegraph
Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for a “planetary transformation” to save the world from climate change.
Climategate by any Other Name Would Still Smell | The SPPI Blog
...Actually, Senator, it’s Taxpayer Robbery Gate.

We, the taxpayers, We the people – paid for this work. In fact, we paid billions of dollars for this research. It’s ours. We own it. And we’re being ripped off – robbed!

Moreover, providing the data and computer codes is a condition of employment for these scientists. We have a right to examine it, to make sure it’s complete, accurate – and honest. To make sure these scientists haven’t altered or thrown away “inconvenient” data and evidence that might get in the way of their agenda.

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