Roger L. Simon » Climategate: Why Obama switched his Copenhagen itinerary

Could it be that by pushing back his appearance Obama was just buying time so that, if things go really awry, he doesn’t have to show up at all? Well, the conventional wisdom may still be right on this one, but the way things are going…

E.P.A. Sets Carbon Crackdown - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Thomas J. Donohue, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, said that the endangerment finding “could result in a top-down command-and-control regime that will choke off growth by adding new mandates to virtually every major construction and renovation project.” He said that his group supports “rational” federal legislation and an international agreement to control global carbon emissions.

What Key Countries Want at the Copenhagen Climate-Change Conference - WSJ.com

Each country, of course, has its own particular priorites and concerns, which is why an agreement is so difficult to reach. Here's a look at some of their agendas for Copenhagen.

Questions about impartiality of Climategate investigations arise

While the universities and international institutions recognize the need to do damage control, they don’t appear committed to discovering the truth and restoring faith in their science. The investigations that have been launched thus far will do little to squelch the debate and will likely raise the prospect of one-sided and compromised results, much of which has been said about climate science itself.

Why they fell for the global warming hoax « Don Surber

1. The pseudo-intellectuals fell for it because none of them ever cracked a science book.
2. The policy wonks fell for it because it gave the government more control.
3. The bleeding hearts fell for it because they always want to save the Earth.
4. The communists fell for it because it portrayed capitalists as destroying the Earth to make money.
5. The capitalists fell for it because they saw a new way to make money.
6. The Hollywood crowd fell for it because it made their pampered lives seem to have a meaning and purpose.
7. The newspapers fell for it because it was new.
8. The teachers fell for it because it was a new thing to teach the children to teach their parents.
9. The children fell for it because they wanted to show how well they are doing in school.
10. The parents fell for it because they wanted their children were doing so well in school and they wanted to be supportive.
11. The utility companies fell or it because they can raise rates.
12. The Nobel Peace Prize committee fell for it because Al Gore should have won in 2000.
13. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences fell for it because Al Gore should have won in 2000.
14. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammys) fell for it because Al Gore should have won in 2000.
15. The 30,000 [?] scientists fell for it because while it was not in their field of study, they wanted to be supportive of science.