Friday, January 29, 2010

Weekly Mulch: Climate change on Obama's back burner | rabble.ca
Copenhagen accord losing momentum

The small role that climate change played in the state of the union address only emphasized the downward momentum of the issue since the United Nations conference on global warming in Copenhagen. Grist’s Jonathan Hiskes talked to six leaders in climate change activism, and none of them offered a different strategy than they had last year.

That same stasis is showing up in Europe, as well.
Climate [fraud]: The long and winding road after Copenhagen
Rajendra Pachauri, head of the UN climate science panel whose report underpins the negotiations, was gloomy.

"At this point in time, things don't look very good at all. They look very bleak -- I'm being very completely candid," Pachauri told AFP, referring to the climate talks.
Who Said It, Al Gore or Osama Bin Laden? - BlackBook
Osama bin Laden recently had some thoughts on climate change and it got me thinking...if one were to pull a bunch of Al Gore quotes and shuffled them with some Osama bin Laden quotes, could you tell the difference? Well, could you? It's harder to do than you might imagine. After the break, see if you can figure out which quotes are from the world's most wanted man and which quotes are from the should-have-been POTUS.
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Overheated facts in a disastrous week for global warming scientists | Mail Online
Momentous decisions, involving trillions of pounds, depend on the findings of climate-change scientists.

Is it too much to ask that they feed us facts instead of propaganda?
Templeton student on a mission to curb climate change
Clark is a member of the International Climate Champions, which is part of the British Youth Council. Locally, she is part of the California Climate Champions, which is with the Air Resources Board and British Council. The international group includes youth from 36 counties.

She applied with International Climate Champions to attend the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen and had her way paid for by the organization.

"It was really exciting to go that way," Clark said.

Clark was one of 25 youth that went as part of the program. She was one of only two youth from the United States - the other also from California.

"There were a lot of youth from Asia," Clark said.
More Doubts Surround Global Warming Claims - Health & Science - CBN News - Christian News 24-7 - CBN.com
One thing seems to be melting faster than the glaciers in the Himalayas and that's the belief that climate change is something people should care about.

The climate change movement continues to be rocked by scandal.
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"I don't know where the cooling is. It's certainly not on this planet," Pachauri charged. "Maybe they're talking about some other planet."
Flashback: Pachauri on Recent Climate Trends Archives
Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the U.N. Panel that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, said he would look into the apparent temperature plateau so far this century.

"One would really have to see on the basis of some analysis what this really represents," he told Reuters, adding "are there natural factors compensating?" for increases in greenhouse gases from human activities.

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