UN body claim of Himalayan glaciers melting alarmist: Jairam Ramesh - dnaindia.com

New Delhi: Slamming a UN climate body for predicting that most of the Himalayan glaciers will melt by 2035, the government today said such forecasts were alarmist and sans scientific basis.

"The health of the glaciers is a cause of grave concern but the Intergovernmental Panal on Climate Change's (IPCC) alarmist position that the glaciers will vanish by 2035 was not based on an iota of scientific evidence.

"In fact, we had issued a report (by scientist VK Raina) that the glaciers, have not retreated abnormally. That time we
were dismissed, saying it was based on voodoo science. But the new report has clearly vindicated our position," environment minister Jairam Ramesh told reporters here.

He also took a dig at the comments made by IPCC chairman RK Pachauri, who had dubbed the Environment Ministry's report as "voodoo science".

Auto-Show Climate Panel: Dem Pols Duck Debate - Henry Payne - Planet Gore on National Review Online

The public showed up. The media did not. With the exception of one of my Detroit News colleague, not a single MSM journalist attended. Like its response to Climategate, the mainstream media’s attitude to our panel was to ignore it. And like Climategate, the full story about warming science will come via the new, growing, truth-telling alternative media.

Global Climate Scam » Miracle in Massachusetts?

A special election will be held this week in Massachusetts that could determine the outcome of much of President Obama’s agenda. Republican candidate Scott Brown has stated he is opposed to the President’s cap-and-trade bill, which would cost the American taxpayer trillions of dollars. Democrats have controlled this senate seat for nearly 60 years, so a win for Brown would appear to be truly a miracle.

Noel Cabangon pens climate change anthem | Manila Bulletin

Acoustic act and celebrity activist Noel Cabangon contributes his songwriting prowess to the call for action on the issue of climate change. The song “No Time To Waste” became the anthemic number for the 12-hour concert “Tiktokrok: Rock for Climate Action” last month initiated by some artists’ “solidarity on the global movement for climate action.”