Opposing Views: Is Cap-and-Trade Dead?: Ronald Bailey

The president is right about an energy-only bill. Of course, Gregg and other Congresscritters prefer the pleasure of handing out tens of billions in subsidies and R&D funding to favored groups and companies without having to endure the political pain that would come from increasing their constituents' energy bills under cap-and-trade.

Submission to the EPA on Endangerment Finding by Stephen McIntyre, Climate Audit | Climate Realists

The EPA elected to rely “heavily” on “existing” scientific assessments carried out by external parties. EPA guidelines and policies establish procedures which EPA is required to comply with, prior to utilizing scientific assessments carried out by external parties, including international bodies. These procedures include the submission of the scientific assessment by the external party to EPA together with its peer review record and the evaluation of the submission by EPA officials to evaluate the scientific content and the external party’s peer review process. The TSD failed to state that EPA complied with these procedures and there is considerable evidence that EPA did not do so.

Washington DC: Multiyear snow drought ends in the bountious 09-10 winter.

This winter could not have a greater contrast to the past 3 winter seasons. DC only just over the past 12 hours have recieved yet more snow, on top of the past weekends 6.4 inches and the December record-breaker. Indeed, over 2 feet of snow has fallen on the Washington metro this winter and a possible Major system expected over this weekend may dump a further 8-14 inches on the DC area with locally 30 inches amounts

Mr Abbott's Climate-Change Pitch - WSJ.com

But overall the Liberal Party leader seems to have unnerved the Rudd government, which has seen its cap-and-trade legislation rejected twice in the Senate as the public's faith in global-warming science has faded. Mr. Rudd Tuesday evaded questions on the specifics of his bill—which he resubmitted to parliament the same night—preferring instead to launch verbal bombs on Mr. Abbott, calling his plan "a climate con job."

The bigger con may be on Mr. Rudd and his adherence to climate-change as the evidence moves against him. Britain's Climategate scandal, which revealed scientists conspiring to silence critics, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's embarrassing revelations of flawed science have shattered whatever credibility climatocrats like Mr. Rudd once had.

Deeper Investigation Into Mr. Hockey Stick’s Behavior | GlobalWarming.org

In a high-profile misconduct case Penn State could certainly choose to release the records, but much like the Climategate conspirators, they can’t afford to let the public see. So they hide behind lawyers who are willing to do their dirty work for them — in this case, Katherine Allen at McQuaide Blasko in Central Pennsylvania.

What’s the matter, doesn’t PSU have some attorney hack on staff who could have cranked out this deflection, rather than paying outside counsel hundreds of dollars an hour to be their bad guy for them?

Obama Talks Clean Energy - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Here's a clip of President Obama from earlier today answering Ohio Democratic senator Sherrod Brown's question on clean energy. A couple quick thoughts . . .

One, Brown touts Germany's lead in solar power. I guess he hasn't read Planet Gore on the current problems in the German solar industry.

[Statement from fraudster Michael Mann]

"I am very pleased that, after a thorough review, the independent Penn State committee found no evidence to support any of the allegations against me.
...
This is very much the vindication I expected since I am confident I have done nothing wrong..."