Climate scientists hit out at 'sloppy' melting glaciers error | Environment | The Guardian

[Remember when we were supposed to believe that the entire IPCC report was vetted by the best 2,500 climate scientists in the world?] Experts who worked on the IPCC report say the error by social and biological scientists has unfairly maligned their work
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The IPCC report combined the output from three independent working groups, which separately considered the science, impacts and human response to climate change, and published their findings several months apart.
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"This is a transient and manufactured crisis and will likely go away with time," one IPCC author said. "What the science community needs is a few huge donors to throw millions of dollars behind PR campaigns to counter the propaganda out there. We are being attacked through baseless smear campaigns and we are not PR experts."

They added: "The sad reality is this whole manufactured climate controversy is like arguing over the dinner menu on the Titanic as it sinks. The fact is, the climate is warming. Do we want to deal with this problem or not? Do we owe anything to future generations who are not here today to be part of the decision-making process. Science and the IPCC cannot answer these questions."

Flashback: Gore unveils $300m advertising blitz to force climate debate | World news | guardian.co.uk

Al Gore, elevated to almost prophetic status for his campaign against global warming, on Sunday night unveiled a new $300m advertising blitz intended to force a debate on climate change during the presidential elections.

US climate monitoring information service gets go-ahead in Washington | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Noaa Climate Services 'one-stop shop' on data to shore up public faith after IPCC's faulty glacier claims and academic email scandal

Sir David King: Half Right on the IPCC and Global Warming Policies, Despite Bad Logic « Watts Up With That?

...“climate scientists” were not forced into any corner. They chose to move into that corner freely. The IPCC could have summarized salient points without exaggerating the consequences of climate change had they been upfront with caveats, and heeded comments to avoid sins of omissions.

» Tuesday Open Thread: Climate Change Edition - Big Government

Yesterday, President Obama announced his plan to create a new federal agency tasked with climate change. Later that day, the National Weather Service announced that DC was due to receive another 10-20 inches of snow today. (On top of the 2 1/2 feet of snow over the weekend.) Now THAT is some climate change.