New Paper “Effects Of White Roofs On Urban Temperature In A Global Climate Model” By Oleson Et Al 2010 « Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.

The new Oleson et al paper illustrates (in this case with white roofs) how sensitive the urban area near-surface temperatures are to changes in the microclimate of cities.

 Ian Plimer » Climategate: A Defiance of Arrogant Political Power

The people are speaking. We are seeing a defiance of bureaucrats, officials, government propaganda, and funded climate catastrophe researchers. A scary scientific paradigm of human-induced climate change is collapsing because the cake has been over iced. The average voter has had enough of being talked down to by arrogant scientists with vested interests who present scenarios that defy that rare commodity called common sense.

It was only a short time ago that climate rationalists were told they were factually wrong, that their skepticism was evil, their views were akin to Holocaust denial, and that they should be tried for crimes against humanity. However, Climategate emails show that the coterie of two dozen leading climate comrades shared this skepticism in private — yet denounced skeptics in public. Various cap-and-trade systems have been shown to be an extra tax, which may end up being distributed by the sticky fingers of the UN.

New Effort To Revive U.S. Biodiesel Credit - Planet Ark

WASHINGTON - Senate leaders have dropped from a jobs creation bill a U.S. tax credit for biodiesel, creating uncertainty for biodiesel makers, who say they need the incentive to keep running.

NYT: A River Still Runs Through It — of Denial - Walter Russell Mead's Blog - The American Interest

But what, you ask, did the paper of record have to say about the biggest story to hit the world of science in many years — the swirl of conflicting claims, counterclaims and investigations that the rest of the world knows as Climategate? The stunned chaos in the environmental movement as a bewildered and enraged leadership confronts the possible meltdown of its grand international agenda? The fear and loathing in Congress at the prospect of divisive votes on climate change in a dangerous election year? The cascading difficulties of both the IPCC and the East Anglia CRU? The agonized deliberations taking place involving foundations and their clients?

There was, once again, zero. Zip. Nada.