Obama: "Insulation is sexy stuff" | POLITICO 44

POTUS said he thinks energy efficiency and retrofitting are "sexy."

"I know the idea may not be very glamorous, although I get pretty excited about it," Obama said.

"Insulation is sexy stuff," he added. "Here's what's sexy about it: saving money."

[Pope Benedict gets behind the climate hoax; did he even read the CRU files?]

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Industrialized nations must recognize their responsibility for the environmental crisis, shed their consumerism and embrace more sober lifestyles, Pope Benedict said on Tuesday.
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"It is important to acknowledge that among the causes of the present ecological crisis is the historical responsibility of the industrialized countries," he said in the message.

Climategate: the lawyers move in – those scientists are toast! – Delingpole - Telegraph Blogs

What does it mean? Big, BIG trouble for the Climategate scientists is what it means. You don’t mess with US lawyers and the reason that what might seem an essentially British affair comes under their jurisdiction is because the DOE has provided funding for these scientists.

“…anything short of the absolute pursuit of science cannot be accepted or tolerated.” « Watts Up With That?

While Dr. Mann has made statements in the press during the last week to the effect of “I welcome this investigation” I wonder if he’s seen some of the correspondence being sent to PSU regarding him. Here’ s one from Pennsylvania State Senator Jeff Piccola that has some very pointed language.

Warning Signs: 2010's Top Anxieties

“The good news is that more Americans are no longer concerned about global warming and carbon dioxide as they become aware that the claims justifying these fears are based on deliberately falsified computer models and the fact that the nation and the planet are now a decade into a natural cooling cycle,” says Caruba.

Analyzing the Global Warming Alarmist Phenomenon | Climate Skeptic

Martin Cohen sent me an email with a series of links that all look at global warming alarmism as a phenomenon.

Copenhagen climate summit: Prince Charles warns climate change will drive starvation and terrorism - Telegraph

The world has only seven years before climate change causes a “point of crisis” that will drive food shortages, terrorism and poverty, the Prince of Wales has warned.

Journalists Freeze Waiting To Get Into Global Warming Conference | NewsBusters.org

Honestly, you can't make this stuff up.

Disputes Entangle Climate Talks - WSJ.com

COPENHAGEN -- The United Nations' effort to muster global action against climate change appeared to move backward Tuesday, as the world's leading economies traded barbs over the most basic questions about how to divide responsibility for curbing greenhouse-gas emissions.