Climate scientist says Himalayan glacier report is 'robust and rigorous' | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Parry 'perplexed' at media's 'clamour without substance'
Scientist also cites differing figures over Netherlands error

Florida has snow and is now the 49th state to have snow. Photos tell all.

There have only been eight snow events for Florida in the 21st century according to Wikipedia and temperatures has not plummeted in the Tampa area this low and for this long in nearly fifty years.

RealClimate: IPCC errors: "facts" and "spin"

As far as we’re aware, so far only one–or at most two–legitimate errors have been found in the AR4
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Unfortunately, as a broad-based volunteer effort with only minimal organizational structure the IPCC is not in a good position to rapidly counter misinformation.
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To be fair to our colleagues from WG2 and WG3, climate scientists do have a much simpler task. The system we study is ruled by the well-known laws of physics, there is plenty of hard data and peer-reviewed studies, and the science is relatively mature.
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Overall then, the IPCC assessment reports reflect the state of scientific knowledge very well. There have been a few isolated errors, and these have been acknowledged and corrected. What is seriously amiss is something else: the public perception of the IPCC, and of climate science in general, has been massively distorted by the recent media storm. All of these various “gates” – Climategate, Amazongate, Seagate, Africagate, etc., do not represent scandals of the IPCC or of climate science. Rather, they are the embarrassing battle-cries of a media scandal, in which a few journalists have misled the public with grossly overblown or entirely fabricated pseudogates, and many others have naively and willingly followed along without seeing through the scam. It is not up to us as climate scientists to clear up this mess – it is up to the media world itself to put this right again, e.g. by publishing proper analysis pieces like the one of Tim Holmes and by issuing formal corrections of their mistaken reporting. We will follow with great interest whether the media world has the professional and moral integrity to correct its own errors.

UN must investigate warming ‘bias’, says former climate chief - Times Online

Professor Watson, who served as chairman of the IPCC from 1997-2002, said: “The mistakes all appear to have gone in the direction of making it seem like climate change is more serious by overstating the impact. That is worrying. The IPCC needs to look at this trend in the errors and ask why it happened.”
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“We should always be challenged by sceptics,” he said. “The IPCC’s job is to weigh up the evidence. If it can’t be dismissed, it should be included in the report. Point out it’s in the minority and, if you can’t say why it’s wrong, just say it’s a different view.”

Dr Pachauri has not responded to questions put to him by The Times, despite sending a text message saying that he would do so.

Professor Watson has held discussions with Al Gore, the former US Vice-President, about creating a new climate research group to supplement the work of the IPCC and to help restore the credibility of climate science.

He said that the scheme to create what he called a “Wikipedia for climate change” was at an early stage but the intention was to establish an online network of climate science research available to anyone with access to the internet and subject to permanent peer review by other scientists.

McCook Daily Gazette: Blog: Oh Boy! Let's Investigate!

Let's investigate the global warming hoax. We need to know exactly what Al Gore knew, and when he knew it. We need to know how many Obama Administration officials knew of the phony and trumped up climate data, with which billions, perhaps even trillions of dollars of taxpayer money has been wasted, or given to Democrat party donors on green energy fantasies.

Lawrence Solomon: The West Wants Out of the Western Climate Initiative - FP Comment

The Western Climate Initiative’s cap and trade market may soon need to be renamed The Canada Climate Initiative.

Until this week, the Western Climate Initiative boasted seven U.S. states and four Canadian provinces who were working toward the launch of a regional cap and trade system on Jan 1, 2012.

Cap and Trade Nullification: Arizona’s “Freedom to Breathe Act”  | Arizona Tenth Amendment Center

Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen (R) of District 5 needs your help! She and Senators Gould and Grey are the primary sponsors for Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 1050. Together, they have made Arizona the fourth state to introduce Cap and Trade nullification legislation, and this bill has “teeth”!

Palin for President? - WSJ.com

Varney: But world-wide, is the whole idea of climate change mitigation and all those laws and the rearrangement of the global economy--I think that's in full retreat. Isn't it?

Stephens: Yeah, no, I mean, I think that's right. And it's partially in full retreat because for a decade now, the sort of leading climatologists have been telling us: This is settled science, there's no debate about it. I mean Pachauri's rant gives you a sense of it. It's as obvious as the fact that cigarettes are bad for your health, etc. But in fact, there now are real questions about how this science is being done. And since we're being asked to place these huge bets and pay this enormous price to deal with climate mitigation, people are naturally taking a step back and re-evaluating the science. And I think the more they look at the IPCC report, I--I feel, the more they're going to see just what a weak study it is.

Gas cylinder shortage worsens in Cairo

The government has blamed the crisis on "opportunists" who exploit the cold weather to jack up prices of cylinders.

Met Office warns Britain to brace itself for more heavy snow | Mail Online

Britain faces yet more winter chaos with people expected to wake on Wednesday to another blanket of snow.

My Way News - Deep South braces for another round of snow

ATLANTA (AP) - Several areas across the Deep South might soon be glazed with another coating of snow.

The National Weather Service says 2 to 4 inches could fall late Sunday and early Monday across southern Tennessee and northeastern Alabama, while 1 inch to 2 inches could fall in parts of northern and central Georgia.