Australian Climate Madness: New Japanese government to wreck economy

What is it with the Left and climate alarmism? Is it because the Left loves taxing and regulating people out of existence and AGW is the best way to achieve that goal by the back door? You decide. All I know is that China must be rubbing its hands with glee, as yet more of Japan's already depleted electronics industry will be heading their way in the near future…

Millions of jobs would vanish with energy bill | Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/07/2009

According to a recent analysis by the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Council for Capital Formation, Pennsylvania would lose up to 97,500 jobs by 2030 as a result of this bill - even when the "green jobs" created are accounted for. Nationally, as many as 2.4 million jobs would be lost.

How have the scientists done on Arctic sea ice forecasts this year? – Maybe not so good. « Watts Up With That?

...With 67% saying then that the 2009 extent would be greater than 2008, and with McIntyre’s forecast also, it appears that bloggers and laymen just might have have a better handle on sea ice extent than the majority of Arctic experts themselves.

Kenya: Human versus snake conflict on the rise « African Press International (API)

Experts hazard this could be as a result of the warming climate which has enabled snakes to move to previously cooler habitats, clearing of forests and the worsening droughts that force the reptiles to go into people's houses to look for water.

The Guardian | David Miliband sets out to shock on global warming [fraud] tour

The spectre of a 4C warmer world, with alligators basking off the coast of Sweden, a vast desert surrounding the Mediterranean and a largely uninhabitable mainland Europe, is to be presented to European Commission countries by the foreign secretary, David Miliband.

PETER HITCHENS: Windfarms? We might as well use hamsters on treadmills | Mail Online

A weird and irrational cult has us in its grip. If the Mormons or the Moonies started taking over the BBC and the Government, which then harangued and persecuted us into wearing funny underwear or getting married in mass ceremonies, we would – I hope – rise in revolt.

But the ‘Man-made Climate Change’ fanatics are applauded and praised, even as they force us to abandon perfectly sensible electric lights, and instead subject ourselves to strange, flickering substitutes, simultaneously worse and more costly than the ones they replace.

Sen Inofe: “I hope this country can hang on another 16 months” « Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias

He thinks global warming is a hoax, which I happen to agree.

Greens cling to moral fix | The Australian

Indeed, one could be forgiven for thinking that some environmentalists - who, like Al Gore, believe that tackling climate change has provided them with "the exhilaration of a compelling moral purpose" - don't really want climate change to be solved. After all, what would they do with themselves then? Their sense of moral purpose, and moral superiority over the wayward masses, is far more important than the small matter of actually preventing climate change.

[Canada: Where's the concern about global warming?: Yet another poll illustrates the failure of global warming fraud promoters]

Crime upstaged health care, taxes, municipal spending, transportation and the economy as the top issue in a survey of 4,393 Canadians living in nine cities and Newfoundland.
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...41 per cent reported that they think global warming has been “overblown and exaggerated.”

German Climate Adviser who says “the West’s carbon quotas are used up” once co-authored a paper saying climate models are flawed and that “global warming is also overestimated by the models” « Watts Up With That?

Oddly, though by his own peer reviewed admission, GCM’s don’t fully represent reality, and “global warming is also overestimated by the models”, that doesn’t stop Schellnhuber from using the conclusions of GCM’s to create his own alternate world reality where the industrialized nations have to pay carbon reparations to poorer ones.

Most French oppose idea of carbon tax: poll | Green Business | Reuters

Underscoring the potential for trouble, a survey carried out by polling group CSA found 74 percent of respondents opposed a carbon tax, with 56 percent of those very opposed.

Moonbattery: UN Names Fidel Castro "World Hero of Solidarity"

The UN admires the brutal dictator Castro because his brand of Third-World communist totalitarianism is the social model this organization is devoted to imposing on the entire world, which is the purpose of the global warming hoax it wastes so much of our money promoting. This goal is shared by the current occupants of the White House…

South Asian Youth Meet on climate change [fraud] concludes

They plan to organize follow-up events, sensitize the society and create generations of youth committed to a low carbon life.

The participants demanded that south Asian governments agree on the Most Vulnerable Countries/ Alliance of Small Island States stance that temperature increase should be limited to below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and CO2 concentration should be brought back to below 350 parts per million (ppm). They urged the Annex 1 parties to commit to reduce emission by 45 percent by 2020 and 90 percent by 2050 with base year 1990 and emission peaking no later than 2015.

They demanded the need for the establishment of a party-funded south Asian regional center. Such a center is to facilitate research, scientific development, economic diversification and inclusion of youth representative in the official delegation to climate change negotiations, especially as a constituency to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change talks.

Switch off those lights for nine minutes at 9pm on Sept 9 - Delhi - City - NEWS - The Times of India

NEW DELHI: On September 9, 2009, get set to switch off extra lights at 9pm for 9 minutes. The 99999 initiative is yet another unique way to encourage citizens to pledge their support to fight climate change.
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Last year, the bankers organized the event on August 8, calling it the 88888 campaign. Next year, said Venkatachalam, the programme would aim at switching off non-essential lights for 10 hours. "The 1010 101010 initiative would be organized on October 10, 2010 during which we will aim at switching off lights from 10pm to 6am.

If global warming is not a crisis, is that a crisis?

...It didn't become headline material until U.S. Congressional hearings in 1988 and the pronouncements of a certain Al Gore, who I voted for three times and who I really wish would shut up.
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You know what? Global warming may well disappear for two decades and then reappear. That's because it is one of, and not the strongest, forces that affect our climate. It will tend to push long term temperature averages up by 2 degrees Celsius if concentrations of CO2 double. Sea levels may rise 18 inches this century instead of a foot. We may have to reinforce some sea walls and change some zoning regulations as a result.

[Sept 3: Fear not, Van Jones: Dave "Climate Nuremberg" Roberts has your back]

Grist's David Roberts has done a service to journalism by taking some time to help clear the air around Van Jones, special advisor for green jobs, enterprise and innovation at Council on Environmental Quality.

Maldives to introduce green tax on tourists | Reuters

MALE, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The Maldives archipelago, threatened by rising sea levels blamed on climate change, said on Monday it would introduce a new environment tax on all tourists who use its resorts and provide its economic lifeline.
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He said the Maldives had little leverage in the outcome of the Copenhagen talks, which are to create a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, but a huge stake.

"There is no point in Maldives entering the agreement. It is a small country. It is India, China, Brazil, the United States that have to join in," [President Mohammed Nasheed] said. "No one is going to come out as a winner without an agreement."

Business Daily - East Africa taps into carbon [swindle]

He said the net benefit of carbon emission trade using mangrove forests is close to $3,000 per hectare yearly, which is more than income generated from the sale of the wood products.

Canada failure shows expectations unrealistic at climate summit: think-tank

PARIS -- Canada’s failure to meet its Kyoto commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions is being used as ammunition by a major U.S. think-tank to argue in favour of reducing expectations at the Copenhagen climate-change summit this December.

Russell Investments Appoints Climate Change Capital To Manage Fund | CleanTechBrief

Shaun Mays, chief executive officer at CCC, said in a statement: “Climate Change Capital is well positioned globally as an investment firm to benefit from the significant investment opportunities that exist in climate change. Russell has a highly-regarded research and due diligence process, and we are pleased to be selected as the manager for one of their specialist, thematic funds.”

CCC currently administers assets worth $1.5 billion, of which carbon trading accounts for about $1 billion.

Labor Day, 2029: When the global Ponzi scheme collapses, the only jobs left will be green — but what should you study now to be employable then? « Climate Progress

Like all Ponzi schemes, the system must collapse. When it does, the only jobs left standing will be those that are “green” — which can be defined as those jobs that do not plunder nonrenewable energy resources and natural capital and/or do not to destroy a livable climate.

More rubbish from 60 Minutes tonight. “The Age of Megafires” « Watts Up With That?

Right on cue, CBS news 60 minutes is expected link the recent California fires to “global warming”. Never mind that the fire was caused by arson, or that the area hadn’t burned in 40-60 years, leading up to a collection of dry dead underbrush which is part of the natural fire cycle. Never mind that La Nina made for a dry couple of years exacerbating the problem. Never mind that we get fires in California about this time every year. No, its the “Age of Megafires”

Peter Mandelson pledges to get on his bike - Telegraph

Mr Brown said as well as turning the thermostat on his central heating down by one degree, he would ensure that all electrical appliances were not left on standby and that as much of his waste as possible is recycled.

[CEO of company that makes solar products: We should all buy a lot more solar products]

[Dr. Stephanie Burns, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Dow Corning Corporation] Of particular interest to me is the unlimited potential of solar power. As technology development in the solar industry focuses on reducing the cost and enabling a self-sustaining industry with almost infinite growth potential, silicon-based materials are playing a pivotal role in helping solar energy producers invent the future.

As one of the world’s largest researchers, developers and manufacturers of those materials, Dow Corning products and solutions are used in solar cell manufacturing, solar module assembly and installation.

Climate change 'Suffragettes' come to High Wycombe (From Bucks Free Press)

Climate Rush are travelling on to Haddenham using a horse and cart, where they will meet with Green Party leader Caroline Lucas and celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to speak about environmental policy.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Obama school speech released; Update: Obama’s priority in speech

Ironically, the most controversial part of the speech may be its closing, when Obama invokes the Creator in asking God to bless America. Will the atheist activists let that slide?

Update: Commenter Faraway counts up references to Obama and to country, and finds 55 self-references and four to the nation.

Consequences of climate change has a bad taste - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009

When cattle and pigs begin to suffer from heat stress, the meat's structure and taste change.

2008: Cold weather kills 60,000 cattle in Vietnam

HANOI -- An ongoing record-long spell of cold weather in Vietnam's northern region, which started on January 14, has killed nearly 60,000 cattle, mainly bull and buffalo calves, local press reported Monday.

[Alarmist Bryan Walsh]: Van Jones Goes, But His Ideas on Green Jobs Should Stay - TIME

Environmentalists, Jones included, sometimes make too much of green jobs, as if we can beat climate change and poverty without paying a cent. That's obviously not true: the transition to a greener economy could be a wrenching one, and it won't be free. But it should be a better economy, a fairer one, and certainly one that is better for the planet.

At Glenn Beck's Call

He denounces gerrymandering and other real abuses, sounding very sane, and then dives into an explanation of how climate change is a scam designed to facilitate expanded government control of our lives.

[NASA to blow more of our money on climate fraud]

BELLINGHAM - A Western Washington University teacher has received a grant to work with NASA to study global climate change, according to a university release.

Andy Bunn, an assistant professor of environmental science at Western's Huxley College of the Environment, is part of the $289,000 grant to study how the planet's cold-weather forests are responding to climate change. The grant includes Bunn and his students as well as collaborators at the University of Arizona.

Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event

You’ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment.

May, the Farce be With You — Climate Resistance: Challenging Climate Orthodoxy

In short: No sooner has science proved that religion is nonsense than it proves that we need it after all to save the planet and our own souls. For May, religion is not true, but it is a convenient untruth. He seems to think that religion, the tenets and authority of which science challenged centuries ago, was a good idea because it brought people together so that they obeyed norms. He wants us to believe in a god that he knows doesn’t exist to save us from armageddon, which he knows exists. We need this new religion, because we’re too stupid to behave properly, except through being steered by ‘carrots and sticks’. We’re just a bunch of feckless donkeys.

STUNNER: Coal Company CEO Rips The Climate Bill (MEE)

The real news worthy nugget here is that a big corporation is throwing an awesome party that will get 100,000 people thinking the climate bill is the worst thing ever. We haven't seen any parties from pro-climate bill groups today.

The Age of Catastrophic Thinking : Azure - Ideas for the Jewish Nation

While catastrophic thinking has become ubiquitous on any number of issues, it is nowhere more apparent than on the subject of the environment, especially the topic of global warming. Of course, this appears most explicitly among the various groups specifically dedicated to the cause of environmentalism, but the sentiment has already become a worldwide phenomenon. Perhaps its most famous exponent, former United States vice president Al Gore, used explicitly apocalyptic language to describe the problem in his Oscar-winning film An Inconvenient Truth.

Glenn Beck KOs Van Jones: The Future of Media and Politics? | NewsBusters.org

When did it become the role of news outlets to defend our political leaders and shelter them from scrutiny?

GOP sees harm to Ohio from climate-change bill Columbus Dispatch Politics

At an "energy summit" at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center on the Ohio State University campus, Boehner and others heard from opponents of a bill that passed the House by a slim margin and is pending in the Senate.

Boehner, who is from West Chester, said he opposes helping foreign competitors in China and India at the expense of American jobs.

"I'm not going to punish my constituency," he said.

Tougher global warming [hoax] caps still possible: U.N. | Industry Summits | Reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) - The world can still cap global warming at far lower levels than widely expected if nations "bite the bullet" and slash greenhouse gas emissions, the chairman of the U.N. climate panel says.

YouTube - Bjorn Lomborg & The Copenhagen Consensus: What's the best way to live with global warming?

What's the best way for humanity to reduce suffering from man-made global warming?

Republicans Widen Lead Over Democrats on Generic Ballot - Rasmussen Reports™

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 43% would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate while 36% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent.

New Mexico Independent » GOP talking point: Teague pals around with radical global warming activists

Clearly, Republican leaders both in New Mexico and Washington are trying to paint Teague as an environmental extremist.

So thats what caused these horrible fires in L.A. – Global Warming according to Linda Sanchez – fires are caused by arson says investigators

“I think that also is a signal that our weather patterns are changing and I think that that is further evidence that, you know global warming and the need to do something about it is going to affect us sooner rather than later and I can’t think of a better example than the fact that we’ve had now these habitual wildfires just about every year,” Sanchez said.

Linda Sánchez: Information from Answers.com

Linda T. Sánchez (born January 28, 1969 in Orange, California), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 39th District of California (map).

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Harrabin's Notes: Spending $250bn [in imagined climate swindle cash]

But supposing that Copenhagen does produce a pot of gold, the world definitely needs a more open debate on how it is spent before the special pleading of industries seizes politicians' minds.

Global Warming Science and Public Policy - Global Warming for Dummies’ or Global Warming Propaganda?

“Global Warming for Dummies,” a guide which claims to “sort out fact from fiction” about so-called global climate change, in reality contains numerous biased statements – in some cases advocating the censorship of opinions which differ from those of the authors.

Climate Observations: ENSO Dominates NODC Ocean Heat Content (0-700 Meters) Data

It is clear that significant El Nino events can and do cause upward step changes in Ocean Heat Content. This indicates that ENSO events do more than simply release heat from the tropical Pacific into the atmosphere. Apparently, El Nino events also cause changes in atmospheric circulation in ways that impact Ocean Heat Content. If and when GCMs are able to recreate the variations in atmospheric circulation that cause these changes in Ocean Heat Content, GCMs may have value in predicting future climate variability. At present, they do not.

Defra confirms its bulb 'ban' is not legal - Telegraph

Low-energy light bulbs are widely detested and their energy savings and benefits vastly overstated, says Christopher Booker.

Twitter / Ellya Gold

Attended a #climate change conference in East Kilbride this morning and none of the speakers actually spoke about climate change!!

[Oxford] City council pledges carbon cut | Carbon Offsets Daily

A spokesman for the 10:10 campaign said: “Cutting emissions by ten per cent in one year is a bold target, but for most of us it’s an achievable one and is in line with what scientists say we need over the next 18 months.

“Unless we act quickly, humanity will face terrible problems. It’s now or never for the climate.”

My battle to cut carbon: a baffling, frustrating path to a more honest life | Madeleine Bunting | Comment is free | The Guardian

It was harder and cost more than I'd thought – but in the end, reducing our household's footprint gave me a sense of hope

Climate change funds: the next mega-trend? | Money | The Guardian

But the fact that hard-nosed fund managers at Britain's top investment houses are piling in suggests this is not just a product for bleeding-heart liberals. Simon Webber co-manages Schroder's Global Climate Change fund, one of the first to launch back in 2007. He says: "Climate change is not going to go away. It will require us to move to a low-carbon economy, and will affect sectors such as transport, agriculture, retailing and infrastructure. It touches almost everything in our lives."

First lightbulbs, next EU bans spotlights and kitchen downlighters in a move that's set to cost British homeowners a fortune | Mail Online

Spotlights and kitchen downlighters are next in line for an EU ban, following the axing of traditional incandescent lightbulbs.

New regulations being drawn up by the European Commission are expected to outlaw energy-inefficient 'directional' bulbs - more than 200 million of which are sold in Europe each year.

The move could cost British homeowners a fortune because low-energy replacements are more expensive and could require new fittings to be installed.

[Lack of global warming hits North Dakota game birds]

Upland game biologist Aaron Robinson says both bird species were hurt by the harsh winter and wet spring. He says the four inches of snow that fell in southwestern North Dakota on June 6 also had an impact.

Bill Wallace: Global warming

So, to believe that climate change is one big hoax as postulated by William Gray at the Freedom Conference last week, one would have to believe in the existence of a worldwide conspiracy perpetrated on virtually all of the recognized scientific and technical institutions that have standing and expertise in these matters. This would be a conspiracy of gargantuan proportions, sort of like any episode of the X Files you ever saw times a million.

Or maybe groupthink, ideology and perverse incentives have helped to prop up the greatest scientific fraud in human history.

Social engineering and the dark side of the American Left

Consider, for example, the widespread assumption that the state has the vocation to act as a supra steward of the human race. In January, James Hansen of NASA (known as the “father” of the global warming movement), told the Guardian that Obama “has only four years to save the earth.” Hansen painted a chilling picture of the apocalyptic future awaiting us if government failed to assert drastic measures like the “carbon tax.”

It is not hard to see the continuity Hansen’s remarks have with the eugenics politics of the last century. In both cases, the underlying premise is that the state holds the future of the human race in its reigns, and unless significant freedom is surrendered over to them, irresponsible individualism will destroy our chances – or our children’s chances - on this planet.

Climate change: no Eden, no apocalypse - Mike Hulme - 07 September 2009 - New Scientist

Rather than placing ourselves in a "fight against climate change" we should use the idea of climate change to rethink and renegotiate our wider social and political goals.

Four years after my pleading essay, climate [scam] art is hot | Bill McKibben - Art in a changing climate | Grist

My point four years ago was that we needed art to help build a general consciousness about climate change, the greatest problem we’ve ever faced.

France Mulls CO2 Taxes on Citizens - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

That could mean substantial increases in the price of gasoline and diesel, as well as a sizable jump in the cost of keeping homes warm.

But skeptics say the idea may have less to do with clean energy, and more to do with a desire on the part of Mr. Sarkozy’s government to find new ways to keep the national debt in check.

The Associated Press: Massey Energy CEO blasts climate bill at WVa rally

Despite Massey's deep involvement, Blankenship said the rally is about America's future.

"We don't need a government that wants to shut down our coal mines. We don't want a government that wants to increase our power bills," Blankenship said. "We don't want a government that is run by people who believe they can change the earth's temperature when they can't balance a budget."

Global warming theory received coolly / LJWorld.com

“I’m a green guy,” he said. “It’s just that carbon dioxide has very little effect on our climate.” [Via Skeptic's Corner]

How Van Jones Happened and What We Need to Do Next - FOXNews.com

Now that Jones has resigned, we need to follow through with two critical policy victories. First, stop cap-and-trade, which could send these green groups trillions, and second repeal the unspent portion of the stimulus bill, which stands to give them billions. The Van Jones affair is, as President Obama likes to say, a "teachable moment," and we need to put not just him but the whole corrupt "green jobs" concept outside the bounds of the political mainstream.

The Washington Independent » Climate Change Skeptics Oust Jones With ‘Green Socialist’ Attacks

Long-Time Libertarian 'Watermelon Environmentalist' Argument Takes Hold With Green Jobs Adviser

Off-Grid.Net » How to power a Climate [Hoax] Camp

On a warm late summer afternoon the camp with its colourful banners and steady stream of visitors also had the air of fair ground. This impression was only reinforced by one of the first pitches behind the reception tent where a man calling himself ‘steam boat Willy’ allowed campers and passers-by to try out his pedal-powered hovercraft made from scrap.

One of those was Rowan Burroughs from Bangor, Wales, who was taking a few minutes off from the ‘wellbeing tent’ where he and other volunteers offer emotional support and somewhere to rest for campers overcome by the physical and emotional intensity of the six day experience.

Mirror, mirror - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

...I was reminded a couple of weeks ago — by a spokeswoman for the Union of Concerned Scientists, which incidentally also teamed up with Enron to get the U.S. involved with Kyoto — that it is "inappropriate" to look at a cool year or few years when assessing temperature trends. Yet green groups and UCS in particular made their bones waving their arms maniacally about the hottest second Tuesday in a non-Leap Year February, etc., as I reminded her in reply.

Broadcasters asked to raise climate change awareness

“Two years ago, only a handful of world leaders could talk about these issues. Today leaders in all countries, on every continent, are aware of the threat we face,” Mr Ban said.

Summer Rayne Oakes [will save us from carbon dioxide!]: Social Good Conference - Connect This: How Youth Climate Change Organizers Use Technology to Build a Grassroots Movement

In 2000 in the midst of her studies, Oakes embarked on a journey of cause-related modeling and innovative sustainable design/development projects to push sustainability issues through fashion and media, a position which earned her the name of “The Eco-Model ”.

Carbon Pulse Greens Up the iPhone

Waltham, MA, September 3, 2009 — Tech-savvy consumers can now fight global warming right from their iPhones.

The Alaska Journal of Commerce - Murkowski: Not ready on climate change 09/04/09

"We're not ready for prime time on this," the senator said. The cap-and-trade bill was rushed out of the House by the Democratic leaders with little debate and the allocations of free carbon credits among various industries as House leaders rushed the bill showed Congress at its logrolling worst, the senator said.

"The cap and trade mechanisms in the House bill are untested and there is great potential for abuse" in the allocation of carbon credits, she said.

"To this point, the allocations went to who was barking the loudest," the senator said.

Top EU official admits 'failure' over global warming [scam promotion]

A leading commission official has admitted the EU has generally failed to inform the public of the seriousness of global warming.

Global warming worries the military - St. Petersburg Times

Then there is the impact of our inefficient energy systems on our forces when each soldier in Afghanistan must carry more than 26 pounds of batteries in his pack for a 72-hour mission.

What if those batteries were replaced with a small hybrid module that exploited wind, solar or hydro power resources?

OU Faculty of Arts Funding Opportunities: Radical Nature Study Day at the Barbican

An event exploring the relationship between contemporary art and climate change.

[So maybe we should let developing countries develop?]: Worst climate change offenders to escape effects, report claims - Times Online

Britain came close to the bottom, ranked 155th out of the 166 countries in the study by Maplecroft, a Bath-based company that provides global risk intelligence for businesses. It said Britain was a low risk country because it has secure supplies of food and water, well-protected ecosystems and strong institutions able to respond well to threats from rising temperature and sea levels.

Ed Miliband attacks Mayor of Doncaster’s claim global warming is a scam

“I am shocked and appalled that the Mayor of Doncaster is describing global warming as a scam. We should trust science not prejudice and the science tells us that climate change is man-made. If left unchecked, it will have severe effects on future generations in Doncaster, and we know from the flooding of 2007 the misery it will cause. It is incredible that Doncaster’s elected Mayor can describe the single biggest threat to our planet in this way.

Blankenship plans verbal attack at coal rally - The Herald Dispatch

HOLDEN, W.Va. — Massey Energy chief Don Blankenship plans to blast supporters of climate-change legislation at a Labor Day concert and rally in southern West Virginia.

The green gravy train has hit the buffers sooner than even I anticipated

For it emerges that Britain could soon be entering into a new dark age – quite literally – because of eco-friendly, carbon-hating policies.

I wonder why Greenpeace never protests in Qatar? « Watts Up With That?

COUNTRY TONS OF CO2 PER CAPITA
Qatar 49.26
Kuwait 34.22
United-Arab-Emirates 32.94
Bahrain 28.62
Luxembourg 23.89
USA 18.95

Japan emissions target hinges on international deal | Green Business | Reuters

"This is not something Japan will do on its own," party secretary-general Katsuya Okada said in an interview with Reuters.

American Thinker: By the Book: How Democracies Perish

"Extravagant criticism" and "Exaggerated self-criticism" are perhaps the best descriptions for one of the fundamental strategies used by America's radical left to gain and keep power.

Forestry Commission to survey all UK's woodland to help climate change - Telegraph

The Forestry Commission has launched the most comprehensive survey of woodland ever undertaken to assess how Britain's forest can help tackle climate change.

It's getting hot up here: Why Greenland sees global warming as a way to gain independence...and make money

Could global warming have an upside? Greenlanders seem to think so: the ice that surrounds them is melting to reveal vast mineral resources. Now all they must do is gain independence, cash in... and cope with their guilt

"I am Tired" by Robert A. Hall

I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate. My wife and I live in a two-bedroom apartment and carpool together five
miles to our jobs. We also own a three -bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter live. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore's, and if you're greener than Gore, you're green enough for me.

Van Jones, Communist, 9/11 Truther And Perpetual Victim, Resigns | Bucks Right

Barack Obama’s right-hand man, avowed Communist 9/11 Truther, Van Jones, appointed as Green Jobs Czar to allocate $80 billion in taxpayer dollars to fight phony Global Warming, has resigned.

Jones is apparently the victim of a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy™ against Communist 9/11 Truthers who spend $80 billion tax payer dollars to fight an invention of science fiction.

Senator boxer envisions the end times if we don't pass global warming bill.

She sees war, poverty, famine, unrest, and an end to our earth as we know it, if the senate doesn't heel and act fast. Her vision of the passage of this bill is the creation of millions of "green jobs", and of course our heroic victory over mother nature. I guess she doesn't understsand what the scientific community is saying about her wild predictions. the sky is not falling, the planert is not warming, it's cooling, and our emission controls are not going to do a damn thing about the climate.

Duke Offers Carbon Offsets, Leaves Clean Coal Coalition | Carbon Offsets Daily

...now Midwestern and southern-based utility Duke Energy is getting into the carbon offset business, offering a customers both a four and an eight dollar-a-month program.

Company fights climate change ruling by employment tribunal | UK news | The Guardian

A controversial tribunal decision that some company practices can discriminate against employees with strongly held views on climate change will be challenged in the courts.

Senior executive Tim Nicholson claimed he was unfairly dismissed by a property investment company because his views on the environment conflicted with other managers' "contempt for the need to cut carbon emissions".

Media Fellow Travelers

The same has been attempted about global warming/climate change/greenhouse effect. The issue is addressed by leftists as a foregone conclusion, though the data is questionable and woefully inadequate. The “solution” to the “problem” is green jobs and trading around paper permits. The real problem is, leftists can’t explain what a “green job” is, other than saying “it reduces your carbon footprint”. They do not add that a consequence of footprint-reductions is a reduction in quality of life for many humans. But the true objective is to eliminate capitalism and its attendant reliance on growth. True to form, liberal-progressives love humanity but hate people - that are not liberal-progressives.

American Thinker: Making it up in global warming theory

Science magazine is run by a True Believer in global warming. These people have conquered the commanding political heights in science.

Climate Alarmism on the Hot Seat: Eric Berger, Houston Chronicle Science Writer, Wants to Know What’s Up — MasterResource

What Eric Berger will find out, I believe, is that the ‘easy’ computable answer for climate models introduced an inherently biased, upward estimate of climate sensitivity. But the climate is much more complex that the (artificial) models, and more realistic physics (a la Lindzen) suggest climate to have less positive (and maybe neutral or negative) feedbacks. This would mean that CO2 is a benign, trace gas–not a harbinger of doom.

Science and the Left

Some excerpts below from a long and leisurely 2008 article by Yuval Levin. He makes good points but he could be more cynical. I would summarize his whole article in one sentence: The Left champion science the way they champion everything: When it suits them -- JR

American Thinker: American Socialism & Chinese Capitalism

China learned the lessons of socialism's failure in Russia and is prospering. Congress did not.

Blue Crab Boulevard » A Summer That Never Was

Our above-ground pool (which holds about 21,000 gallons of water) is at 72°F today. That should tell you how cold it has been for a while now. (That’s with a solar cover, incidentally.)

Canada is positioning itself for Copenhagen Conference « Cobourg Skeptic – Climate Change and Resources

Under a previous Government, Canada agreed to the Kyoto protocol but were very slow to get it approved by Parliament and then did exactly nothing to make any changes. At the time, I was describing the Prime Minister (Jean Chretien) as being a clever Politician – give the appearance of going along with the greenies while actually doing nothing.

[Climate change hoax] good for industry: UN body

New Delhi: Fighting climate change does not contradict development goals, instead it offers "enormous economic opportunities", says the 2009 report of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad).

Religion may save us from global warming, says atheist scientist

LONDON - One of Britain’s most eminent scientists, who is an atheist, has said that the world may have to turn to religion to save itself from catastrophic climate change.

According to a report in the Telegraph, Lord May, the president of the British Science Association, said that religion may have helped protect human society from itself in the past and it may be needed again.
...
“People who believe in the End of Days, who believe the world is going to come to an end, don’t care about climate change. I think there is quite a strong connection between the religious right and climate change denial,” he said.

Record snowfall for Cardrona | New Zealand

Cardrona Alpine Resort has broken its accumulated snowfall record by over a metre, with 317cm of snowfall this season. The previous biggest year on record was 2004 (213cm).

End of the summer? | John Redwood MP

I am not myself going into the climate forecasting business. I have seen what trouble the Met office had with their catchy but wrong BBQ summer forecast this year. Nonetheless it is good to know that scientists are wrestling with their models to try to get closer to what we are experiencing on the ground., Maybe what the weather people meant when they said it would be a BBQ summer was just what we had – cold and damp, huddled under the umbrellas as the wet charcoal takes ages to come to life. Some would say that is the true English BBQ, served with grit to guests clutching shawls, or rushing for the padded jackets.

Climate Bill Backers, Critics Rally In Tenn. : NPR

FARMER: Kathleen D'Onofrio says she knows climate legislation has a high hurdle in the Senate. Do you have a little David-and-Goliath feeling going on?

Ms. D'ONOFRIO: Oh, definitely. But what I'm so fearful of now, we can't agree on any health care legislation when it involves our own selves. What's it going to be when it's this vague feeling of global warming?

FARMER: Organizers say they're not worried about the relative quiet at their meetings. Chris Ford of Tennessee Conservation Voters says the calm could signal widespread support for cap and trade.

YouTube - Environment : 090902 : UN Climate Change Frightening

On a visit to the Arctic circle in Norway, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon witnessed the effects of global warming first hand and called it a "frightening experience to see the glaciers melt".

Frost gives kiwifruit growers sleepless nights - New Zealand

"This time of year is quite stressful for growers and orchard managers as they don't get much sleep on frosty nights. It's not over yet.

"We still have another 10 weeks to go before the frost risk has passed," he said.

After a series of severe spring frosts three to four years ago most orchardists installed protection systems including fans and water sprinklers.

Some commission helicopters to fly over orchards, forcing warmer air down on to the vines.

Orchardists check harm from spate of frosts | New Zealand

Although Mr Jeffery said orchardists expected frosts at this time of the year, he estimated it would have been a decade since many were fighting frost so early in September.

Mankato, MN - Cool water park summer

Sara Heyer can be forgiven for shuddering at mentions of the numeral 20.

That’s the number of chill-ridden days the Waseca Water Park has had to close this summer, and its manager said she hates having to turn people away.
...
This has been the third-coolest summer on record in Minnesota, which has been swell for lawns and air conditioning bills but a buzzkill for warmth-dependent enterprises such as water parks.

“This has been one for the books,” Heyer said of a summer that has produced some stunning data.

KEYC-TV meteorologist Mark Tarello said the traditionally torrid months of July and August produced a grand total of zero days of 90 degrees or above in Mankato.

Sen. Barbara Boxer the force behind upcoming [climate fraud] bill

"If the planet heats up too much, we're going to have an America that doesn't resemble this one and will be very incompatible with the health of our families," Boxer said.
...
One recent Rasmussen poll found Boxer just four points ahead of possible challenger Carly Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard chief executive. Fiorina, a Los Altos Hills Republican who has yet to formally declare her candidacy, declined through a spokeswoman to comment on Boxer's legislation.

West Virginia - Rockefeller questioned on cap and trade  

A recent poll found that 66 percent of registered state voters said they believed that global warming is a serious problem, according to the poll by Mark Blankenship Enterprises, a Charleston-based consulting group.

But 69 percent of people in the same survey said they aren't willing to pay $50 a month or more on their electric bills to prevent global warming. The poll was a late August survey of 400 registered. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.9 percent.

West Virginia - Cap-and-trade scenario dire for jobs 

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade energy bill pending in Congress could cost West Virginia 38,500 jobs, West Virginia University economist Tom Witt said.

Cap and trade bashed at rally, draws protest

Wayne Wood, president of the 47,000-member Michigan Farm Bureau, asked the crowd how happy they would be if the price of food went up 30 percent. That's how much he estimated the cost of food would increase with the increased costs of natural gas, electricity and petroleum to farmers, which would increase costs of fuel, fertilizer and chemicals.
...
“This is a huge concern for farmers because energy expenses account for 60 percent of a farm's total operating costs,” Wood said.

MUST READ: Judging Global Warming As A Scientific Theory by Doug L. Hoffman | Climate Realists

Recapping, five out of five predictions made by global warming alarmists, based on the theory of anthropogenic global warming, have been shown to be inaccurate or out right false. Greenland's glaciers are not about to disappear, sea-levels are not rapidly rising, polar bears are not going extinct, hurricanes have not become more frequent or more violent, and temperatures are currently going down, not up. The predicted outcomes of AGW simply are not coming to pass. As we stated in The Resilient Earth:

After examining the science, the IPCC's claims and predictions, and the possible impact realistic levels of global warming could have on our world, we conclude that there is no imminent threat—not to nature, people or human civilization.

Climate Research News » Oil is NOT a Fossil Fuel, and CO2 is an Innocent Victim of Green Hysteria by Peter J Morgan

A team consisting of Russian scientists and Dr J. F. Kenney, of Gas Resources Corporation, Houston, USA, have actually built a reactor vessel and proven that oil is produced from calcium carbonate and iron oxide, as detailed on the Gas Resources website www.gasresources.net/AlkaneGenesis.htm

Sea Ice - Sept 2009 « Climate Audit

That my guess was so close was due more to good luck than acumen, but there were some reasons for it. Canada has some exposure to northern weather and it has been a cool summer here and very cool in northern Ontario. 2008 had not been as big a melt as 2007 and presumably there was presumably a bit more two-year ice in 2009 than in 2008. While 2008 and 2009 were about even at the time, the trajectories looked different and it seemed to me that 2009 might stabilize at a higher level than 2008.

And yet in early/mid August, these factors didn't seem to be on the minds of the official agencies since, as noted above, EVERY official agency substantially over-estimated the melt.

The Reference Frame: Schellnhuber: West has exceeded quotas

Of course, Schellnhuber is not the first hardcore nutcase of this kind who has been saying such things, pretending that he is oh so smart.

The Crashing Liberal Agenda - HUMAN EVENTS

Liberals may also try to strike a compromise on their war against carbon emissions and global warming (even though the planet’s cooling). Conservatives should make absolutely clear that a cap-and-trade regime on power plants or a renewable electricity standard are not acceptable. Both would raise the cost of energy, especially to states that depend heavily on coal (think West Virginia, Wyoming, North Dakota, Utah, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Missouri). Conservatives should also reject a Low-Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), which would increase our independence on Middle Eastern oil and be tremendously expensive.

SciGuy | A science blog with Eric Berger | Climate scientists should talk about what "may" happen, rather than what "will" happen

But I am confused. Four years ago this all seemed like a fait accompli. Humans were unquestionably warming the climate and changing the planet forever through their emissions of carbon dioxide.

The problem is that some climate scientists and environmentalists have been so determined to see something done about carbon dioxide emissions -- now -- that they have glossed over the uncertainties.

Uncertainties like: maybe there isn't a linear relationship between carbon dioxide and temperature, and maybe the planet will cool for a couple of decades even as carbon dioxide emissions accelerate.

Conclusive evidence of man made global warming found in Arctic geological record

Many are hoping that this large amount of evidence will finally get people to realize that the naysayers have been bullying them into supporting big pollution causing businesses such as the oil and coal industry for their own agenda which is harming all of us. It is time to say no to the oil and coal agenda and work together for a healthy and sustainable future.

U.S. climate change bill to compete with healthcare

http://www.euronews24.org/science/u-s--climate-change-bill-to-compete-with-healthcare/

But as the debate over healthcare legislation rages and with President Barack Obama due to address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday to try to rescue the faltering plan, it was unclear whether rattled lawmakers will have the time -- or the inclination -- to take on climate change.
It's not an impossibility, but it's certainly not a slam-dunk and never has been, said Frank O'Donnell, president of the activist group Clean Air Watch.
The healthcare debate, O'Donnell added, has basically sucked all the oxygen out of the room. 

Van Jones: Obama’s Embattled Green Jobs Adviser Resigns

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wsj/environmentalcapital/feed/~3/pnO9euyRjFg/

Address climate change with fair legislation - Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_13282156

While some Americans question whether global warming is threatening our future, many federal legislators agree it must be addressed. 

Sky money and carbon cowboys

http://heliogenic.blogspot.com/2009/09/sky-money-and-carbon-cowboys.html

This classic 21st-century scam emerging from the global climate change industry is known in PNG as mani bilong skai - sky money - because it appears to be selling air.

*REAL PROBLEMS COPENHAGEN SUMMIT SHOULD ADDRESS* *An email

http://antigreen.blogspot.com/2009/09/real-problems-copenhagen-summit-should.html

If the Copenhagen conference is about addressing climate concerns, the focus should be on the detrimental effects of 'global cooling' and not about 'global warming' which ended over a decade ago. While 'global warming' was not only benign, it was beneficial, improving the global food supply with extended growing seasons for countries such as Canada which supplies wheat to many parts of the world facing food shortages. 'Global cooling' on the other hand has no beneficial attributes as is clearly demonstrated by the historical accounts of the Little Ice Age that caused such great hardships for large parts of the world.

Making it up in global warming theory

http://jer-skepticscorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/making-it-up-in-global-warming-theory.html

Houston Chronicle Endorses U.S. Offshore Drilling West, East and Between (Giant BP find means ‘back to petroleum’, not ‘beyond petroleum’)

http://masterresource.org/?p=4535

German Climate Advisor 'proposes creation of a CO2 budget for every person on planet!' | Climate Depot

http://www.climatedepot.com/a/2796/German-Climate-Advisor-proposes-creation-of-a-CO2-budget-for-every-person-on-planet

Climate change: melting ice will trigger wave of natural disasters

http://agonist.org/20090906/climate_change_melting_ice_will_trigger_wave_of_natural_disasters

"Scientists are to outline dramatic evidence that global warming threatens the planet in a new and unexpected way – by triggering earthquakes, tsunamis, avalanches and volcanic eruptions.

From Rudy Baum, Chemical & Engineering News

http://www.kansascity.com/273/story/1421124.html

The science of anthropogenic climate change is becoming increasingly well established, and the scientific consensus on climate change increasingly difficult to challenge.

The Un-Natural disaster, made in Parliament by Viv Forbes

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimaterealistsNewsBlog/~3/fWvvxsb3WT4/index.php

The current Lab-Lib policy on energy and food is creating a man-made disaster and destroying Australia's ability to cope with real natural disasters. 

Gore endorses fossil-fueled space clowning

http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2009/sep/02/bc-eu-russia-space-tourist1st-ld-writethru/?features

He says former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and performing artists Peter Gabriel, Shakira and Irish rockers U2 have confirmed their participation.

Colorado Independent » Salazar fires back at critics of his ‘difficult’ no vote on cap-and-trade bill

http://coloradoindependent.com/37195/salazar-fires-back-at-critics-of-his-difficult-no-vote-on-cap-and-trade-bill

Salazar, a blue-dog Democrat from the largely rural and agrarian Western Slope, is the brother of Interior Secretary and former U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar. He has taken a pounding from green groups for being the only Democratic member of the Colorado delegation to vote against the bill...

Buh Bye Van

http://www.brightandearlyblog.com/2009/09/buh-bye-van/

Marin youth delegate attends U.N. conference in South Korea - Marin Independent Journal

http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_13280046

Chase Grieve's passion for combating climate change has taken him to conferences around the world...

Scoop: Global warming legislation would fail

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0909/S00009.htm

The errors from the projections were more than seven times greater than the errors from the simple no-change forecasts...

The Migrant Mind: Winters of Discontent in Mississippi

http://themigrantmind.blogspot.com/2009/09/winters-of-discontent-in-mississippi.html

But what is fascinating is the pattern that gives rise to that bias. Every winter, Brookhaven City is warmer, often by more than 10 degrees. There can be only one cause of this, so far as I can tell--it is that the thermometer at Brookhaven City is next to an heat source, a strong heat source. I dont' know what it is but it doesn't have the same effect in the summer as it does in the winter months.

SUVs again

http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090905/BUSINESS/709059960/1058&template=columnists

As Adil Najam, the director of the Centre for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, told The Boston Globe last week: "The solution to those problems [of resource depletion] is not in the Pentagon. It is moms and pops driving SUVs."

Absurd prediction

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/bizfocus/archives/2009/09/06/2003452890

With scientists predicting a 90cm sea level rise in Sydney by 2050 because of climate change, the house itself may yet be in danger.

World-Wide Reaction to Climate Depot's Public Climate Clash with the Washington Post | Climate Depot

http://climatedepot.com/a/2777/WorldWide-Reaction-to-Climate-Depots-Public-Climate-Clash-with-the-Washington-Post

The White House - Weekly Address: 8th straight week with no mention of global warming

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Weekly-Address-President-Obama-Announces-New-Initiatives-for-Retirement-Savings/

Mojib Latif warns IPCC of cooling

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuboMotlsReferenceFrame/~3/bhIsZo9onkM/mojib-latif-warns-ipcc-of-cooling.html

The bulk of these people is completely detached from reality. I think that they must either literally believe that it is strictly impossible for another decade of no-warming or cooling to take place; or they must believe that they're able to prevent the remaining 6.8 billion people from noticing or talking about the fact if it becomes a fact by 2019 or 2029.

Pielke Senior: Arctic Temperature Reporting In The News Needs A Reality Check

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/09/05/pielke-senior-arctic-temperature-reporting-in-the-news-needs-a-reality-check/

The publication of these news articles are clearly meant to influence the political process, as evident in the last paragraph, where Schmid writes "The finding adds fuel to the debate over a House-passed climate bill now pending in the Senate."

A Few Reactions to 'The First 300 Days"

http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2009/09/few-reactions-to-first-300-days.html

People in climate change and renewable technologies may be getting too much money to spend wisely.

Arctic ice proves to be slippery stuff by Christopher Booker

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimaterealistsNewsBlog/~3/CR6s66mDf98/index.php

A much needed climate change bible:
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/books/stories/a-much-needed-climate-change-bible

Time: Is there a climate-change tipping point?
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1920168,00.html?iid=digg_share

5 last-ditch schemes to prevent global warming disaster
http://www.littleabout.com/news/32758,5-ditch-schemes-prevent-global-warming-disaster.html

Entire cabinet signs up to 10:10 climate change campaign
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/03/cabinet-signs-up-10-10

Silly alarmism
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2009/09/06/2003452877

Climate change funding talks stall at G20

http://us.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/AnyArticle/p.rdt?URL=http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL5203919

Van Jones Could Be Put In Charge Of Cap And Tax

http://www.thepiratescove.us/2009/09/05/van-jones-could-be-put-in-charge-of-cap-and-tax/

World's climate could cool first, warm later

http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.com/2009/09/worlds-climate-could-cool-first-warm.html

*NEW PAPER: PRIVATISING CLIMATE POLICY* *Below is a summary of

http://antigreen.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-paper-privatising-climate-policy.html

The Big 'Green' Picture

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/09/the_big_green_picture.html

Michele Hewitson Interview: David Bellamy

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimaterealistsNewsBlog/~3/4Rg7Fy8XARI/index.php

Summer’s cold shoulder

http://globalfreeze.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/summer%e2%80%99s-cold-shoulder/

Early birds may not catch the worm, thanks to climate change

http://www.littleabout.com/news/32782,early-birds-catch-worm-climate-change.html

POLITICS: Developing Nations Sceptical of Climate Summit (source: IPS)

http://agregator.melodanta.com/politics-developing-nations-sceptical-of-climate-summit-source-ips.html

Mother Nature? Eerie Crying Face Seen in Melting Glacier

http://earthfirst.com/mother-nature-eerie-crying-face-seen-in-melting-glacier/

Sen. Cantwell: Obama to Sign Climate Treaty With China - NewsMax.com

http://www.sinolinx.com/frame/?url=http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/obama_china_climate_pact/2009/09/04/256394.html%3FFORM

Carbon scandal snares Australian

http://www.nwotruth.com/carbon-scandal-snares-australian/

How cool is that? Record from 1901 falls

http://globalfreeze.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/how-cool-is-that-record-from-1901-falls/

The US freezes on climate change by Kate Sheppard

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimaterealistsNewsBlog/~3/wauuDUms8aE/index.php

WRONG WARMING RX BY MICHAEL FUMENTO

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimaterealistsNewsBlog/~3/fv70Q27rRuU/index.php

Good news about the coming ice age

http://www.climatechangefraud.com/green-affected/4984-good-news-about-the-coming-ice-age

Mirror, mirror -- By: Chris Horner

http://planetgore.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YWIwY2M4NzM2ZmIwZmYxNGExMTgzOWQyNGNlYmMzZDA=

Smug NYT, At It Again On Global Warming Legislation

http://thechillingeffect.org/2009/09/04/smug-nyt-at-it-again-on-global-warming-legislation/

Clean Coal in China: Why It’s a Non-Starter

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wsj/environmentalcapital/feed/~3/n-q6hCsZunc/

Fall colors fade in U.S. west as aspen trees die

http://www.euronews24.org/science/fall-colors-fade-in-u-s--west-as-aspen-trees-die/

India’s CO2 emissions to triple by 2030

http://www.openmarket.org/2009/09/04/indias-co2-emissions-to-triple-by-2030/

With Cap and Trade, It Will be Laborless Day

http://blog.heritage.org/2009/09/04/with-cap-and-trade-it-will-be-laborless-day/

Selling the GW tax snake oil -- By: Henry Payne

http://planetgore.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NWMxZDY4MzlmMjk2MDQyNjBhMWFkYzI5ZWRiZDQ2M2U=

DMI arctic temperature data animation doesn’t support claims of recent Arctic warming

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/09/04/dmi-arctic-temperature-data-animation-doesnt-support-claims-of-recent-arctic-warming/

Van Jones Linkfest

http://www.climatechangefraud.com/home/33-enviro-extremists/4989-van-jones-linkfest

Confirmed: Chevy Volts Are for Idiots

http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/09/04/confirmed-chevy-volts-are-for-idiots/

Verizon Wireless Joins Massey Energy To Celebrate Mountaintop Removal and Climate Change Denial

http://www.desmogblog.com/verizon-wireless-teams-massey-energy-celebrate-mountaintop-removal-and-climate-change-denial

OPEN LETTER: CLIMATE CHANGE – THE SCIENCE IS NOT SETTLED

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimaterealistsNewsBlog/~3/Foy-UYPyPEM/index.php

UAH August Anomaly +0.231C: Down from July!

http://rankexploits.com/musings/2009/uah-august-anomaly-0-231c-down-from-july/

Not a market- a cause

http://jer-skepticscorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/not-market-cause.html

WCC-3: Global ‘climate services’ framework agreed, but long process ahead

http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2009/09/global_climate_services_framew.html

OMG, another hockey stick from The Team.

http://ncwatch.typepad.com/media/2009/09/omg-another-hockey-stick-from-the-team.html

Obama's "green jobs czar" gone?

http://heliogenic.blogspot.com/2009/09/obamas-green-jobs-czar-gone.html

Editorials: Our View: Global-warming welfare coming | global, fees, warming : marysville onSet Site - WAP

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/global-86138-fees-warming.html

Katrina Victims feel the wrath of global warming - Opinion

http://media.www.smccollegian.com/media/storage/paper841/news/2009/09/01/Opinion/Katrina.Victims.Feel.The.Wrath.Of.Global.Warming-3761512.shtml

Evidence abounds that global warming isn't our fault - Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_13253588

Widen global warming fight beyond CO2, UN says

http://us.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/AnyArticle/p.rdt?URL=http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL4498245

Arson, not Global Warming, Cause of California wildfire

http://www.climatechangefraud.com/home/1-latest-news/4991-arson-not-global-warming-cause-of-california-wildfire

National Association of Wheat Growers reverses policy on climate change – opposes EPA regulation

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/09/04/national-wheat-growers-association-reverses-policy-on-climate-change-opposes-epa-regulation/

Countries Pledge to Boost Climate Forecasts

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/countries-pledge-to-boost-climate-forecasts/

Global warming hysteria on the rocks - Paul Mulshine

http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2009/09/global_warming_hysteria_on_the.html

Hey, global warming skeptics, take your heads out of the sand | csmonitor.com

http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/09/04/hey-global-warming-skeptics-take-your-heads-out-of-the-sand/

The Daily Bayonet » Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, Sept. 4th 2009

http://dailybayonet.com/?p=1981

Wash. Post Fires Back: Accuses Climate Depot of having 'an anti-science and anti-science journalism agenda!' -- Climate Depot Responds | Climate Depot

http://www.climatedepot.com/a/2740/Wash-Post-Fires-Back-Accuses-Climate-Depot-of-having-an-antiscience-and-antiscience-journalism-agenda--Climate-Depot-Responds

Death Wish: Lomborg's 'Copenhagen Consensus' Tainted By Inclusion of Nobel-Winner Who 'Wished' for 'tornadoes' and 'a lot of horrid things' to convince Americans of climate threat! | Climate Depot

http://www.climatedepot.com/a/2780/Death-Wish-Lomborgs-Copenhagen-Consensus-Tainted-By-Inclusion-of-NobelWinner-Who-Wished-for-tornadoes-and-a-lot-of-horrid-things-to-convince-Americans-of-climate-threat

Global warming's silly season

http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Global-warmings-silly-season?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner

The 'Green' Trojan Horse

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?secid=1501&status=article&id=336955414712813&secure=1&show=1&rss=1

Power cuts are a much more serious problem than ‘Climate Change’ - Telegraph Blogs

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100008104/power-cuts-are-a-much-more-serious-problem-than-climate-change/

Fight global warming hysteria from sea to shining sea! by Phelim McAleer & Ann McElhinney

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimaterealistsNewsBlog/~3/Bxj_jK4nSpQ/index.php

Ross McKitrick on the benefits of coal-fired power plants

http://heliogenic.blogspot.com/2009/09/ross-mckitrick-on-benefits-of-coal.html

How Sunlight Controls Climate David Biello

http://solarcycle25.com/index.php?id=71

Rasmussen: Democrats at lowest point in generic-ballot polling in years

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/09/01/rasmussen-democrats-at-lowest-point-in-generic-ballot-polling-in-years/

Khosla raises $1 bln for renewables, ...

http://www.mashget.com/2009/09/01/khosla-raises-1-bln-for-renewables/

The folly of considering CO2 alone when considering global warming

http://www.examiner.com/x-9111-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d5-The-folly-of-considering-CO2-alone-when-considering-global-warming?cid=exrss-SF-Environmental-Policy-Examiner

Daily Life in McMurdo

http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/daily-life-in-mcmurdo/

Trillions to be wasted for CO2 madness a year

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuboMotlsReferenceFrame/~3/VVyuEPQXfL8/trillions-to-be-wasted-for-co2-madness.html

DeSoggyBog Strikes Back

http://joannenova.com.au/2009/09/03/desoggybog-strikes-back/

Columnist: 'We should study a bit more before we spend billions to 'solve' a problem we don't understand so well'

http://www.climatedepot.com/a/2738/Columnist-We-should-study-a-bit-more-before-we-spend-billions-to-solve-a-problem-we-dont-understand-so-well

Climate Change Symposium was a huge success

http://minnesotansforglobalwarming.com/m4gw/2009/09/climate-change-symposium-was-a-huge-success.html

Ice Melt

http://noconsensus.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/icemelt/

Climate Changes Creating Hunger Ahead of Summit

http://www.euronews24.org/world/climate-changes-creating-hunger-ahead-of-summit/

Moonbat Tech: Exploding Ecofridge

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2009/09/moonbat_tech_ex.html

Green zealots and muddled ministers are leading Britain to blackouts by Christopher Booker

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimaterealistsNewsBlog/~3/C17Cui9P8uQ/index.php

Global Warming Legislation: What’s The Hold-Up?

http://thechillingeffect.org/2009/09/02/global-warming-legislation-whats-the-hold-up/

US official: 'Sea change' in US on climate issues : US World

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/283926,us-official-sea-change-in-us-on-climate-issues.html

Geneva - A senior United States official said Wednesday that a "sea change" was taking place in public opinion on climate change among citizens in the world's largest economy and biggest emitter of pollutants. "We are beginning to see a sea change in the United States in attitudes towards the climate," Jane Lubchenco, an under secretary of commerce, told reporters in Geneva, where she was attending a UN climate conference.

"In many people's personal experiences things are different," she said, adding that this was driving the change, as increased floods and other events were causing Americans to rethink their opinions.

Reporter down under: “Don’t blame climate change” for “hottest August on record”

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/09/01/reporter-down-under-dont-blame-climate-change-for-hottest-august-on-record/

Rep. Linda Sanchez: Global warming caused California wildfires

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/09/01/rep-linda-sanchez-global-warming-caused-california-wildfires/

Jamie Oliver’s New Travel Show Is “Carbon-Neutral”

http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/09/01/jamie-olivers-new-travel-show-is-carbon-neutral/

DDB Brazil’s 9/11 ad for the WWF: More climate change scare tactics

http://anotherblackconservative.blogspot.com/2009/09/ddb-brazils-911-ad-for-wwf-more-climate.html

MSM Reporter Exaggerates Greenland Ice Loss By 25 Times; Fabricates Fear Stories For Copenhagen That Newest Research Refutes

http://www.c3headlines.com/2009/09/msm-reporter-exaggerates-greenland-ice-loss-by-25-times-fabricates-fear-stories-for-copenhagen-that-.html

Seal hearts and other parts

http://www.openpassageexpedition.com/blog.htm

Wrong Again, Hathaway

http://hypsithermal.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/wrong-again-hathaway/

Green Ink: Will the Health Care Fight Kill the Climate Bill?

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wsj/environmentalcapital/feed/~3/c1GvqKS_w3s/

ED DRISCOLL: 21st Century Schizoid Mad Men. I like this take: “Wow! Sounds like the Earth is the…

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/84443/

Renewable welfare: $251,000 per job

http://greenhellblog.com/2009/09/02/renewable-welfare-251000-per-job/

The Ultimate in Eating Local–Backyard Chickens!

http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/09/the-ultimate-in-eating-local-backyard-chickens/

CNN POLL: Independents Disapprove of Obama. “Fifty-three percent of independents questioned in a C…

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/84449/

FT.com / UK - China's high price for cuts in emissions

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ee3c231e-9758-11de-83c5-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fee3c231e-9758-11de-83c5-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer=

My Climate Plan

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CoyoteBlog/~3/OB8gW6-QA9k/my-climate-plan.html

Wall Street Journal: Delay of cap and trade bill ‘a major victory for the U.S. economy, at least for now’

http://algorelied.com/?p=2756

China Goes Green – Collecting the Pot at the Climate Policy Poker Table

http://masterresource.org/?p=4378

Washington Post hails Obama as a climate realist

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LuboMotlsReferenceFrame/~3/nboIu1kf77Y/washington-post-hails-obama-as-climate.html

Dr. Syun Akasofu: 20 points of context on global warming, politics, and the economy of the world.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/09/01/dr-syun-akasofu-20-points-of-context-on-global-warming-politics-and-the-economy-of-the-world/

NRG seeks funds for CO2 project | Business | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6598322.html

Peter Foster: Manning turns to the dark side - FP Comment

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/01/peter-foster-manning-turns-to-the-dark-side.aspx

AFP: Poor nations need 'wartime' support against climate change: UN

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ixZD_wT-1BIN8uvnLkwIE-m1JvfQ

The report endorsed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said: "The idea of freezing the current level of global inequality over the next half century or more, as the world goes about trying to solve the climate problem, is economically, politically and ethically unacceptable."

Will support for Cap-and-Trade energy tax melt away? It's costly, but won't help the environment

http://www.examiner.com/x-7812-DC-SCOTUS-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Will-support-for-CapandTrade-energy-tax-melt-away-Its-costly-but-wont-help-the-environment

Risky schemes to cool Earth

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Tech%2Band%2BScience/Story/STIStory_424398.html

LONDON - SCI-FI proposals to cool the planet are laden with risk but may be Earth's only hope if politicians fail to tackle global warming, scientists said on Tuesday in their biggest evaluation to date of 'geo-engineering' concepts.

Ben Lieberman: The last summer for affordable gasoline?

http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/opinion/article_36576138-974d-11de-b9a9-001cc4c03286.html

Shock: Wash. Post Blames Obama For Failure of Global Warming Movement! President's 'mistakes may cost the planet dearly' | Climate Depot

http://www.climatedepot.com/a/2717/Shock-Wash-Post-Blames-Obama-For-Failure-of-Global-Warming-Movement-Presidents-mistakes-may-cost-the-planet-dearly

UN chief 'alarmed' at Arctic glacier melt

Ban said world leaders had a "moral political responsibility" to safeguard the future of the planet.

"I am very much alarmed and surprised to have seen these glaciers all worn," he told journalists as he visited the Ny-Aalesund climate change research station in the Svalbard archipelago, located 1,200 kilometres (745 miles) from the North Pole.

"Unless we take urgent action to stem this trend, we maybe virtually ice-free by 2037, even by 2030," he said.

The Rosett Report » Prepared With the Help of Russia, China and, Of Course, Iran…

Attuned, perhaps, to criticisms that there is a certain amount of hypocrisy involved in UN conferences that entail hundreds of people jetting in for a week of dining, wining and filling the plush hotels, the conference organizers have included in their materials some suggestions for making their conclave “more climate friendly.” This includes the reminder, “Don’t forget to turn the light off when you leave the room.” Actually, that could stand as a motto for the entire endeavor. All over the world, if this UN campaign gets any more traction, a lot of lights are going to go out. It’s happened before, and there’s a name for it: The Dark Ages. For that, perhaps it makes some sense to have the governments of Russia, China and Iran on the organizing committee.

Summer sea ice likely to disappear in the Arctic by 2015

If current melting trends continue, the Arctic Ocean is likely to be free of summer sea ice by 2015, according to research presented at a conference organized by the National Space Institute at Technical University of Denmark, the Danish Meteorological Institute and the Greenland Climate Center.

2007: Al Gore lays blame for Bali stalemate on U.S. | Reuters

In a speech familiar to viewers of his film "An Inconvenient Truth" and to a global climate change lecture tour, Gore puzzled over a lack of urgency to fight climate change at Bali.

"There's no precedent in history, culture for the radically new relationship between humanity and the planet," he said, citing new evidence this week that the North Pole may be ice-free in summer as soon as 2012.

Business Daily - The dark side of carbon trading

Early last year GreenSeat calculated that it costs a mere 28 dollars to plant 66 trees which ‘‘compensates’’ for the carbon-dioxide emissions of a return flight from Frankfurt to Kampala.

Although the project has a guaranteed lifespan of 99 years, the indigenous communities in the mountain are bitterly opposed to it.

Moses Mwanga, chairperson of the Benet Lobby Group, an organisation pushing for the rights of the Benet, told IPS during a visit to the area that the evictions have caused indescribable suffering to the Benet who are now living as squatters, having lost their land and other belongings to armed park rangers.

Minnesota government blatantly promotes climate fraud at the Minnesota State Fair

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