On issues like global warming and evolution, scientists need to speak up - Alarmist Chris Mooney - washingtonpost.com

The central lesson of Climategate is not that climate science is corrupt. The leaked e-mails do nothing to disprove the scientific consensus on global warming. Instead, the controversy highlights that in a world of blogs, cable news and talk radio, scientists are poorly equipped to communicate their knowledge and, especially, to respond when science comes under attack.

“Sent loads of station data to Scott” « Climate Audit

I guess that it didn’t occur to Nature or to Gavin Schmidt that confidentiality agreements also apply to masters of the universe. If the data is as confidential as Nature and Realclimate say, then the distribution of confidential data to associates and other third parties in breach of the confidentiality agreements may warrant just as much attention as Jones’ effort to obstruct FOI requests.

Britain's big freeze threatens chaos for millions returning after Christmas break | Climate Realists

A cold snap has gripped Britain since mid-December making it the coldest for 13 years and in the past week seven people have lost their lives because of the dangerous conditions.

Why Ecological Revolution? - Monthly Review

Due to this acceleration of climate change, the time line in which to act before calamities hit, and before climate change increasingly escapes our control, is extremely short.