The real Himalayan scandal | Isabel Hilton | Comment is free | The Guardian

What's really shocking about research into the glaciers of the Himalayas is how little there has been
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The pace and pattern of ­glacier retreat is urgent, and needs to be ­understood through science – not ­dismissed by ignorant sceptics.

[But she's not even a climatologist!]: Isabel Hilton: Information from Answers.com

Isabel Nancy Hilton OBE (born 1949 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster based in London.

She was educated at Edinburgh University where she studied Chinese to post-graduate level. As Secretary of the China-Scottish Association, based at her University, Hilton was placed on MI5's "Christmas Tree" list, which prevented her from employment with the BBC in 1976.[1] She joined the Daily Express the following year.

Barack Obama's dangerous second year | Sasha Abramsky | [Note: no mention of the global warming hoax in this article] | guardian.co.uk

With approval ratings tumbling, Barack Obama has no choice but to become a more partisan leader in the year ahead
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After all, one year ago Obama was lauded by Americans from across the political spectrum. He'd walk into a newspaper office – the Washington Post, say – and reporters would stop to applaud.