Power Line - Democracy 2.0

Many years ago, I learned that under the American model of governance, Congress (the representative of the people) enacted legislation; the executive branch implemented the legislation; and the Supreme Court became involved, in rare instances, at the back end of the process. However, this model has, in a sense, been reversed when it comes to regulating carbon dioxide -- a matter of enormous potential consequences for both the environment and the U.S. economy.

Monbiot in the pay of big oil

It's absurd to say that Monbiot is in the pay of big oil because a small part of his paycheque comes from them. But it is equally absurd to say that climate skeptics are in the pay of big oil because a tiny minority of them have received small amounts from big oil.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Quotes of the day

“‘People often ask about the costs,’ said Kevin Parker, the global head of Deutsche Bank Asset Management, who tracks climate policy for the bank. ‘But the figures people tend to cite don’t take into account conservation and efficiency measures that are easily available. And they don’t look at the cost of inaction, which is the extinction of the human race. Period.’”

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Sarah Palin's [Alleged] Nonsense

You won't find two more wrong statements in an op-ed anywhere in 2009:

This [email] scandal obviously calls into question the proposals being pushed in Copenhagen. I've always believed that policy should be based on sound science, not politics.

Power Line - Follow the Money

That's right: the Godfather of the Democratic Party, who exerts his enormous political influence to prevent American oil companies from developing our own petroleum resources in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere, has placed his biggest bet--not on the United States, but on Brazil. If Exxon Mobil can't compete in the Caribbean with Petrobras, the value of Soros's Petrobras investment will skyrocket. That's the sort of thievery that lies behind the Democratic Party's deliberate hobbling of the American economy.

More Break-Ins at the University of Victoria « Climate Audit [Welcome to our new home!]

GCM (General Crime Modelers) believe that the break-ins at the Psychology Department at the University of Victoria are the proverbial “smoking gun” that proves the teleconnection between American fossil fuel interests and the Russian secret service, that resulted in Climategate.

Quadrant Online - Christopher Essex - COP15 and Climategate

The sceptics, who have actually spoken out, are a motley crew of individuals, who don’t only question the party line, but each other as well. The big money never was in scepticism, although there was some talk about cashing in with a famous sceptics pinup calendar. But we don’t actually need money. We have a secret weapon. Despite the money power fame and influence we are up against, we know that neither the IPCC nor its supporters know what climate will do. No one does.

Just one more baseless scare - like the 26 before | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

A fascinating new paper comparing global warmism to past scares concludes this one is much like the rest - just as dodgy and just as likely to peter out.

Richard Graves: Climate-Gate Is Watergate Redux

The real scandal is not the email archive, or even how it was acquired, sorted, and uploaded to a Russian server, but rather the emerging evidence [like what, specifically?] of a coordinated international campaign to target and harass climate scientists, break and enter into government climate labs [and psychology departments!!], and misrepresent climate science through a sophisticated media infrastructure on the eve of the international climate talks.

The Washington Post can't go out of business fast enough : Deltoid

No they didn't deliberately destroy data, no, they didn't try to stop their critics from publishing.

FOXNews.com - Surprise, Surprise, Many Scientists Disagree On Global Warming

Global warming advocates may believe that if they just keep shouting that everyone agrees with them, they will be able to enact their far-reaching regulations before everyone catches on. With President Obama's -- and the Democrats' -- fondness for more spending and increased regulations, our hope may have to rest with India and China to finally bring the Copenhagen conference to its senses.

Daily Blog, 12/7/09: Coleman's Comments | KUSI - News, Weather and Sports - San Diego, CA | Coleman's Corner

David has one great strength, however: Truth.

There is no significant man-made global warming, there has not been any in the past and there is no reason to fear any in the future. Carbon dioxide is a natural trace gas in the atmosphere with very limited greenhouse impact on temperatures and naturally produced CO2 greatly exceeds the CO2 produced by burning fossil fuels. There is no tipping point when the impact of CO2 sets in to cause an increased impact because of "forcing." The bad science behind the global warming myth is based on a hypothesis that has failed.

American Thinker: Revenge of the Computer Nerds

Any computer programmer worth his or her salt will tell you, "Garbage in, garbage out." The garbage in the AGW debate turns out to be the scientists who are writing fraudulent computer codes. Time to take out the garbage.

American Thinker: Climategate and Government-Driven Science

There are many lessons we can learn from Climategate. Environmentalism has become an intolerant religion rather than a rational movement seeking limited goals; the unsavory priests of environmentalism have no qualms about tricking people; and these fanatical clerics also preside over an inquisition of those who profess a different sort of climate study from the one which has become the formal dogma of the faith.