The Top 10 Science Stories of 2009 [Slide Show]: "Scientific" American Slideshows

Despite a pre-conference release of stolen e-mails that seemed to be an attempt to derail negotiations, delegates agreed to a nonbinding accord developed by a core group of nations—including the U.S., China, India and South Africa—that, for the first time, extracts commitments from both developed and developing countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

And the 2009 “Citizen Kane” award for non-excellence in climate journalism goes to … « Climate Progress

2 & 1. George Will and the editors of the Washington Post. The two are, sadly, almost inseparable. Will is #2 for his disinformation dysentery. The Washington Post’s senior editors are, easily, the winner of Climate Progress’s first annual Citizen Kane award for giving George Will an un-fact-checked platform again and again (while making a travesty of their letters to the editor) — as well as Lomborg and Palin and many, many others. On the climate issue, the Washington Post editors have, shamefully, abandoned journalism

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Peer Review in the IPCC

In the case of melting glaciers in the Himalayas, the IPCC 2035 claim has led to, in Nielsen-Gammen's words, an egregious mistake becoming "effectively common knowledge that the glaciers were going to vanish by 2035." Like the common (but wrong) knowledge on disasters and climate change that originated in the grey literature and was subsequently misrepresented by the IPCC, on the melting of Himalayan glaciers the IPCC has dramatically misled policy makers and the public.

That the IPCC has made some important mistakes is very troubling, but perhaps understandable given the magnitude of the effort. Its reluctance to deal with obvious errors is an even greater problem reflecting poorly on an institution that has become too insular and politicized.

Tourists in Antarctica cause of major concern

ScienceDaily (Dec. 21, 2009) — The 40,000 'eco-tourists' who visit the South Pole every year cause enormous greenhouse gas emissions.

Big Government » Blog Archive » Build-A-Climate-Scare: Why You Should Boycott Build-A-Bear

Needless-to-say, this constitutes brainwashing on the sleaziest and most sinister level. The good news is that this nonsense isn’t coming from our government this time and the rocky economy is our friend here. People, we have the means, if we have the will, to topple these charlatans who shamelessly prey on little children. So boycott Build-A-Bear. And, more importantly, tell the world why.

C3: Did Copenhagen Conference At Least Stop The Idiocy of Chopping Forests Down For Renewable Energy? Nope

Climategate lies cause trees to die.

Climategatekeeping: Schmidt 2009 « Climate Audit

The “peer review” in evidence here is compromised first by the association between Jones and Schmidt (combined with Jones’ prior animosity to the articles being criticized), by the trifling quality of the peer review itself and the overt objective of using the article as a tool for future gatekeeping.

Obama flops at Copenhagen junk science conference

Humiliated beyond description, Obama was snubbed and insulted by virtually every international delegate and head of state. Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao refused to extend his scheduled talks with the American president, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Barack Obama of following the footsteps of George W. Bush since entering the White House, saying he had “missed a chance to make a clean break.”
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The assembled socialist world leaders, greenies, pinkos, and assorted enviro-looneys cheered on Chavez Wednesday during his speech, a wild attack on all things capitalist that earned him standing ovations from the delegates.

Researcher: Most heart attacks occur at 9 am

Zibainejad also added that superficial vessels become contracted in cold weather, a condition which increases the resistance of heart vessels and subsequently the oxygen need of the heart muscle, leading to a higher rate of heart attacks in fall and winter.

The head of the fourth Middle East Cardiovascular Congress said that inversion, a climate condition seen in this time of the year which is commonly associated with pronounced air pollution, is another factor increasing the risk of heart events in cold seasons.