Landrieu, Murkowski collaborate on plan to block EPA climate rules - The Hill's E2-Wire

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) told reporters Wednesday that she is working with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Murkowski's efforts to block EPA from regulating greenhouse gases under the agency's current Clean Air Act powers.

The World from Berlin: The World Bids Farewell to Obama - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Center-left daily Süddeutsche Zeitung writes on Thursday:

"Obama made a serious misjudgement. Right at the beginning of his first year in office, he saved the banks, rescued the automobile industry from collapse and passed a huge economic stimulus package. He had hoped that these enormous deeds would give him the space to address those issues which are dearest to him: health care reform, climate change and investment in education."

"Those issues, however, are clearly not priorities for people in the US at the moment..."

The Daily Bayonet » Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, Jan. 21st 2010

When world leaders met in Copenhagen last month, we were told endless times that it was the last chance for the planet, that certain doom would befall the world if nothing was done. Well, nothing was done, but the UN believes that the issue is so urgent that it’s dropping the deadline for countries to sign up. Wait, what?

U.N. Climate Change Chief Takes IPCC to Task : ScienceInsider

NEW DELHI—Yesterday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) expressed "regret" for having erred when it stated in a 2007 global review that Himalayan glaciers were “very likely” to melt by 2035. Now the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat, the policymaking body that relies on IPCC’s findings, is weighing in on the growing controversy. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer had this to say in an e-mail to Science:

"The credibility of the IPCC depends on the thoroughness with which its procedures are adhered to. The procedures have been violated in this case. That must not be allowed to happen again because the credibility of climate change policy can only be based on credible science..."

EUROPA - Press Releases - Artists and scientists together to explore climate change

In the aftermath of climate change talks in Copenhagen, on 25 and 26 January 2010 the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and partners are bringing to Brussels global experts from the worlds of science, policy and the arts to find creative solutions to one of the most urgent issues the world faces today.

PRESS CONFERENCE : 25 January from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., at the EESC, 99 rue Belliard, VIP Room 1st Floor.

The Brussels TippingPoint 2-day event is organised in partnership with the British Council, EUNI C, Kaaitheater, and TippingPoint and takes place just a few days before the deadline for all international parties to deliver their individual CO 2 emissions targets in order to reach a global deal in Mexico later this year. It is also a moment for Europe to re-establish its leadership role in tackling climate change.

Flashback to yesterday: U.N. abandons Copenhagen deadline – countries not signing on – spokesman says the deadline has gone “soft” « Watts Up With That?

The COP15 balloon appears to have lost all its air. Nobody’s signing up.