Michael Mann responds to the “false and misleading claims” in the error-riddled, defamatory WSJ piece by Jeffrey Ball and Keith Johnson « Climate Progress

[Fraudster Mann] the Mann et al work has stood up remarkably well. the most recent IPCC report not only affirming the Mann et al conclusions, but extending them further back based on the existence of more than a dozen reconstructions that now point to the same question: The 2007 IPCC report found that recent warming is *likely* unprecedented for at least the past *1300* years.

“Hottest January ever” say climate experts, establishing a new comedy genre | CLIMATEGATE

It’s reached a stage where if the IPCC makes a statement, you know it must be wrong or stupid, and that’s where the whole bandwagon breaks down.

Trial by ice – what it takes to be an Arctic explorer [who still believes that the world is overheating] | Environment | The Guardian

"You can train all you like," she says, "but nothing prepares you for the cold. On a good day it can be minus 15, on a bad day minus 45; factor in the wind chill and it can feel more like minus 70. The cold penetrates your bones and never leaves. Even when you're in your tent at night there's no respite. It's with you the whole time; you just have to try and shut it out. You can't always do it, especially towards the end of an expedition when you're exhausted."

It's the cold Hartley and Paton fear most too. They are also polar veterans and know exactly what's coming. "I'd done a lot of climbing in the Himalayas and I thought I knew all about cold," says Hartley, the expedition photographer. "But I was hopelessly unprepared the first time I went to Resolute [the settlement in the north of Canada that is the start point for Arctic exploration]. My equipment was totally inadequate and I would have died if someone hadn't lent me some warmer clothes.
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So what do you do if a bear comes sneaking up on you from behind a pressure ridge?

For the first and only time, the explorers look nervous. They can see the story. Climate change explorers shoot polar bear. "Um, you would fire the gun above its head to scare it off," says Daniels eventually. And if that doesn't work? "Look," Hartley laughs. "There's no such thing as a small polar bear." Fine. So the bear gets it.

Mongolian Freeze Benefits Chinese Energy Shares, Japanese in a Buying Mood - DailyFinance

In Hong Kong, energy companies rose today as temperatures in Mongolia fell as low as -45 C (-49 F) and heavy snows blanketed much of northern China.
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In an interview on BBC radio this morning, David Hadrill of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization described a bleak scene where the carcasses of yaks, cattle, sheep, horses and other animals lay strewn outside traditional homes called yurts. "It's like one giant deep freeze," he said, explaining that in severe cold temperatures the bodies don't rot and are scavenged by dogs. Hadrill called the situation a "tragedy," noting that lambing season is fast approaching.

Centrica warns of higher gas and electricity prices - Telegraph

Roger Carr, Centrica chairman and until recently head of Cadbury, cautioned that a combination of higher wholesale energy prices this year and the huge investment needed to ensure security of supply and meet environmental targets meant the group was in a "very different commodity price environment."