Quadrant Online - Peter Smith - Undoing knotted minds

The task of undoing this conventional wisdom will require political leadership of a resolute kind and on a bigger stage than Australia. The change in leadership of the Liberal Party and the defeat of the carbon reduction legislation might prove to be important but only as bit parts; the key is what happens in the US. Barack Obama offers no hope, of course, but the resurgence of conservatism within the Republican Party together with the cost of a cap and trade system, when set against the parlous and debt ridden state of US economy, offers a glimmer but only a glimmer. The only thing conservatives can do here is to keep hammering away on the weakness of the evidence supporting the kinds of measures and costs being contemplated, and the weakness of the case that they will do any good in any event.

The Right Review « the Air Vent

I haven’t seen this group highlighted. While not as dramatic as hide the decline it’s pretty plain that those chosen are on the team. It’s hard for me to imagine that Ben Santer would give any warming paper an unbiased review.

Power Line - Dilbert on Global Warming

Dalton Minimum Returns: Sun's funk continues

For 11 months, from November 2008 to September 2009, the Ap index had been hovering near rock bottom with reading of 4’s and 5’s. But the last two months, October and November, broke through the glass floor and spawned the lowest AP monthly index value in the past 77 years with values of "3".

C3: Peer-Research Determines Gulf of Mexico Medieval Warming Had Higher Temperatures Than Modern Times

During an extended period of low atmospheric levels of CO2, researchers find both higher and cooler Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures for prior historical periods. Solar activity correlation is indicated.