Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Glaciologist demands apology from Pachauri for 'voodoo' remark - dnaindia.com
New Delhi: India's senior glaciologist VK Raina today said the chief of the UN climate body should apologise to the scientist fraternity for dubbing their work on melting of Himalayan glaciers as "voodoo science".
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"The IPCC had dumped our report that the glaciers have not retreated abnormally. Now, with the truth out in open, the IPCC should dump its own report which was based on mere speculation," Raina told PTI.
IS it too much to ask for a measured climate change debate in 2010? | The Australian
Even The Guardian's resident alarmist George Monbiot admitted last November, "There is no point in denying it: we're losing. Climate change denial is spreading like a contagious disease."

It's neither denial nor a disease, of course. Just healthy scepticism. And it's growing in all the right directions for all the right reasons. Scepticism about the science: the revelation that scientists massaged data to suit their case has damaged the public's trust in the scientific community. Scepticism about the costs: after Copenhagen, we now know more about the grab for a new gravy train of foreign aid from developed nations set to flow to developing countries under the cloak of climate change. Scepticism about the government: the Rudd government will come under increased pressure to explain its rush to implement an emissions trading system ahead of the rest of the world. And scepticism about the role of a campaigning media: even the BBC Trust has called for a review of the BBC's cheerleading coverage of climate change. What took it so long? Large sections of the Australian media are no less complicit in the same kind of climate change advocacy.
Former miss world backs veganism for climate change
A spokesman for Supreme Master Television, which shows on Sky channel 835, said the broadcaster is 'dedicated to promoting issues which will create a better world and reduce humanity's suffering where possible.'

He added: "The station promotes a vegan diet as the fastest way to cool the planet, slow down global warming and influence climate change."
Teach-In 2010 : Clemson University
Clemson University will join colleges and universities nationwide on February 11, 2010 in the National Teach-In on Climate Change, a chance for students, faculty and staff to discuss all of the issues related to climate change. All faculty are encouraged to incorporate climate change as it relates to their discipline into one of their classes over the semester.
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Thursday January 28, 2010
6-7:30 p.m.
The Great Global Warming Swindle: (74 minutes)
Is Global Warming a hoax bred by media hype and public hysteria? Global Warming is the morality tale of the decade — of politicians eager to pander to prejudice, throwing vast quantities of public cash into scientific research aimed at supporting an unsupportable theory.

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