Thursday, January 28, 2010

Climate denier lords it over scientists and their `global warning nonsense' | The Australian
KEVIN Rudd no longer repeats last election's claim that climate change is "the great moral challenge of our generation". British lord Christopher Monckton does, but for different reasons.

He argues that the "global warming nonsense" has already caused the starvation and further impoverishment of millions because of the diversion of food crops into biofuels.
CQ Politics | Obama Likely to Rebrand Climate [Scam] Bill
Despite the obituaries being written for Senate passage of a cap-and-trade bill this year, President Obama is expected to reiterate his call for comprehensive clean energy and climate change legislation and to rebrand it as part of his job-creation agenda.
Investors.com - United Nations' Climate Chief Must Go
Global Warming: If we're serious about restoring science to its rightful place, the head of the U.N.'s panel on climate change should step down. Evidence shows he quarterbacked a deliberate and premeditated fraud.
Lorne Gunter: Credibility storm brewing on climate change - Full Comment
Revelations about how the United Nations and its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have manipulated scientific data to support their contention that man-made carbon emissions are altering the world’s climate are now flying out like bees from a wet hive — fast and furious.
Half of B.C. must be protected as hedge against climate change, report says
A coalition of leading environmental groups says that existing parks and protected areas cover almost 15 per cent of the land base -- not nearly enough to protect landscapes and wildlife against the ravages of climate change.

The report, prepared by forest ecologist Jim Pojar, recommends that "at least an additional 35 per cent of the land base (be) managed for biodiversity and carbon," a recognition that natural forests store carbon dioxide better than do industrial forests.

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