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There’s no better time than in the middle of the worst snow dump in the mid-Atlantic region for the last couple of decades to announce a new agency to protect us against global warming. They closed down federal offices on the same day the White House scheduled this launch. Hopefully, phoning it in is all the new bureaucracy will be doing.

Wind power is hot air - baltimoresun.com

What, pray tell, is wrong with using a few acres of ground for a new nuclear plant or two? We could easily eliminate the nonsensical cluttering of vast areas of the nation by simply accepting a proven technology that does not leave a carbon footprint (if you really believe that's important), generates vast amounts of energy inexpensively and does not plague the landscape with thousands of noisy and unsightly spinning faux trees.

C3: As of January 31, 2010: 12-Year U.S. Cooling Remains At -10.30°F Per Century Trend

Overall decade-long global cooling trend has not abated. Both the U.S. and the world are definitely not experiencing global warming, in any sense of the concept. The case for AGW is without merit as temperatures have done exactly the opposite of what IPCC experts and climate models predicted a decade ago.

Poll: Special interests more influential under Obama - Washington Times

Contrary to President Obama's promises, voters say special interests have more influence on the political process now than they did a year ago, according to a new poll.

Q & A: Will Instrumentation Having Sufficient Temporal And Spatial Coverage And Sufficient Measurement Accuracy Ever Be Available To Validate The Expected Change In The Radiative Energy Balance At The TOA? « Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.

Upper ocean (and total ocean mass) is the dominant reservoir of heat change in the climate system. We can use this component of the climate to accurately diagnose the heating rate (i.e. the radiative imbalance at the top of the atmosphere).