Rachel Maddow Insists Climategate Is 'All Made Up,' Conservatives 'Refuse to Acknowledge Reality' | NewsBusters.org

Rachel Maddow was playing the Church Lady of Political Discourse again on Thursday, doing the Superiority Dance of political seriousness. She wants a serious and civil discussion of the issues, but the conservatives keep failing her with "weird lies." She called Climategate "all made up" and insisted "I don‘t want to be fighting with people who refuse to acknowledge reality."

Carbon tax wrong way to tackle climate: EU trade chief-to-be | My Sinchew

BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (AFP) - Incoming European Union trade chief Karel De Gucht on Tuesday ruled out pursuing French-led calls to impose a carbon tax at the EU's borders, warning that such ideas risk triggering trade wars.

British carbon traders charged with money laundering relating to alleged carousel fraud - Telegraph

Three carbon traders from Britain and one from the Netherlands have been charged with money laundering by Belgian authorities related to an alleged €3m (£2.7m) tax scam.

Vegas Busted For Falsifying Vehicle Emissions Tests

Ten Vehicle Inspectors in Las Vegas were indicted on Friday for falsifying hundreds of vehicle emissions tests, AutoBlogGreen reports.

Big freeze reignites warming debate

Remarkably, recent days have seen emerge such diametrically opposite predictions as the onset of a long-lasting global cold spell and also that 2010 could be the hottest year ever. And both claims cite ocean cycles [not carbon dioxide?] as the crucial factor.

The Heretics: Dr. Roy Spencer – by Rich Trzupek | FrontPage Magazine

Having worked with James Hansen, Spencer explained a core reason why the NASA physicist is so adamant that mankind is causing catastrophic climate change. “I think he has a pretty simplistic view of how the climate system works,” Spencer said. “He thinks he knows how the ice ages were started. He believes that tiny shifts in the earth’s orbit cause the ice ages and that leads him to conclude that the earth’s climate is very sensitive. Personally, I don’t think we know what caused the ice ages.”
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Spencer, like many other skeptical scientists, doesn’t believe that earth’s climate is nearly as sensitive as Hansen and others in his camp assume. And, for Spencer, if the climate were in fact as “infinitely sensitive” as Hansen suggests, then nothing could be done except to adapt to the shifts in temperature to come. It’s the kind of cool-headed assessment that has turned the mild-mannered scientist into such a lightning rod for the more zealous champions of climate change.

North Floridians on Monday faced another record low temperature along with more burst pipes and an all-time peak demand for electricity.

North Floridians on Monday faced another record low temperature along with more burst pipes and an all-time peak demand for electricity.

Thousands of snook die in cold Southwest Florida waters | news-press.com | The News-Press

Dozens of snook lay dead on the muddy bottom of a private Pine Island boat basin Monday, while dozens more writhed slowly near the surface in cold-induced death spasms.

Southwest Florida’s record-low temperatures are taking a toll on more than agriculture.
Over the past few days, cold water has killed thousands of snook, one of the state’s most popular game fish. Many other fish species are going belly up as well.
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“I just talked to a guide who fishes Mosquito Lagoon, north of Cape Canaveral, and he said everything’s dead, even alligators,” said Rick Roberts, executive director of The Snook Foundation. “This is a dramatic event. It could take snook five years to recover from it.”