Wednesday, February 10, 2010

- Bishop Hill blog - It's worse in context
One minor criticism is that can be brushed aside fairly quickly is that Lacis' comments were made about a draft of the report and not the final article. This seems a bit daft to me as it's only the drafts that reviewers get to have their say on. The final report is, well, final. The important facts are the nature of Lacis's criticisms and that they were rejected.
Renewables Industry: [It's critical that utilities be *required* to use our allegedly wonderful products] - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
At the top of renewable executives’ wish list was the passage of a national renewable energy standard, which would require all utilities to generate a certain fraction of electricity from sources like wind and solar.
[Nice headline]: Brain Freeze: Conservative media still using winter weather to attack global warming | Media Matters for America
As Media Matters for America has repeatedly noted, scientists agree that short-term localized weather patterns are not relevant to global warming.
Fingers in Pies
In 2008, there were 18,736 contributors to the BBC pension fund; every man jack of them benefits from climate alarmism.
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Update: I've been going through the latest BBC Pensions Trust report, and it reveals that Helen Boaden, who is the overall boss of the BBC's news and current affairs operation, was appointed to the trust in 2008. So the woman who tells environment reporters such as Roger Harrabin and Richard Black that the science is settled also works to maximise the returns of the pension fund with Peter Dunscombe. I thought that needed spelling out fully, just in case any subtleties might be missed.

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