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Were it not for his site, none of what I do here would exist. I started this effort entirely as a place to put things that I found out when I was reading his blog....it is a gold mine of rational thought and clear analysis.

- Bishop Hill blog - Flipping bizarre

Because of the way it works, the algorithm is unable to detect the orientation of the proxy series in a dataset and in the case of Mann 2008, this failing had some unfortunate consequences, namely that some of the series ended up upside-down, with what would normally have been read as declining temperatures flipped over so that they looked like warming.

Robin McKie v Benny Peiser | Comment is free | The Observer

[Peiser] The problem with climate science and climate policy in the UK is that it is completely controlled by a group of individuals who are convinced that they are right. As a result, conflicting data and evidence, even if published in peer-reviewed journals, are regularly ignored, while exaggerated claims, even if contentious or not peer-reviewed, are often highlighted in order to scare the public into submission for costly policies.

[Now that the climate change scam has imploded, how about all those *other* allegedly urgent reasons to stop using fossil fuels before we have viable alternatives to them]? | Editorial | Comment is free | The Observer

There are many excellent reasons to effect the transition to a low-carbon economy: cleaner air, economic independence from oil-exporting states, cheaper energy and, of course, combating global warming. None of these factors has changed. The case for urgent action is undiminished.

[UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner: Now that the climate change scam has imploded, how about all those *other* allegedly urgent reasons to stop using fossil fuels before we have viable alternatives to them]?

“The overwhelming evidence [like what, specifically?] now indicates that greenhouse-gas emissions need to peak within the next decade if we are to have any reasonable chance of keeping the global rise in temperature down to manageable levels,” he said.

“Any delay may generate environmental and economic risks of a magnitude that proves impossible to handle.”

Mr. Steiner warned that even without climate change the fact remains that a global transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient future is necessary, given the world's population is rise from 6 billion to 9 billion in the next 50 years.

“We need to improve management of our atmosphere, air, lands, soils, and oceans anyway,” he said. “What is needed is an urgent international response to the multiple challenges of energy security, air pollution, natural-resource management, and climate change.”