The 6 Most Baffling Nobel Prizes Ever Awarded | Cracked.com

Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for helping spread the word about man-made climate change, which helps world peace because shut up, that's why. Whether or not you agree with him is your business. But it looks like he might not agree with himself.

What Happened?

Al Gore's house in Nashville uses over 12 times the amount of energy that a normal American house uses. "It's OK!" you say. "It's green energy!" But Gore didn't make the switch to green energy until after he started getting criticized. Then there's the pesky little fact that he owns over a quarter million dollars worth of stock in Occidental Petroleum, a big and evil oil company started by his father's buddy Arm and Hammer.

Al Gore's Brain (AlGoresBrain) on Twitter

I placed a basketball in my solar powered microwave to simulate Global Warming. Over $4000 damage to kitchen.

Climategate panel: Are green auto rules based on flawed science? | detnews.com | The Detroit News

On Tuesday before a Detroit Athletic Club audience in downtown Detroit, The Detroit News and WJR Radio brought together leaders from the fields of climatology, energy politics, and the auto industry to debate whether the so-called Climategate scandal has undermined auto regulations.

In a spirited, sometimes contentious debate moderated by radio talk show host and Detroit News op-ed columnist Frank Beckmann of WJR, the panel left no doubt that there is little consensus on global warming.

New Information On The Cold Outbreak Of The Last Few Weeks – Its Long Term Environmental Effect « Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.

What this event illustrates is the importance of extreme short-term weather events in terms of long term consequences (in this case animal life), and that this effect is not captured at all by a multi-decadal regional surface temperature trend.

FOIed Emails on Hansen Y2K « Climate Audit

If anyone is wondering whether emails by U.S. government employees are “private” and “personal” – an assertion sometimes made in respect to emails at CRU, an institution subject to UK FOI – the answer in respect to NASA GISS appears to be no.

Vote for “Climate Change [Fraud] Communicator of the Year” | CEJournal

The Center for Climate Change Communication has just announced the nominees for “Climate Change Communicator of the Year,” and I’m honored and humbled to be one of the people on a list that includes some very distinguished and worthy people.