"Reality" Check on Old Ice, Climate and CO2 - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

[Alarmist Richard Alley, a glaciologist and climate scientist at Michael Mann's Penn State] ...demonstration that there have been large climate changes in the past without humans in no way demonstrates that humans are not now responsible. Many people have died naturally but murder still exists; it is up to the police to learn whether a given mortality was natural or not, and up to climate science to learn what is causing ongoing changes (and we have good confidence that most of what is happening to climatic global average surface temperature is being caused by humanity now). Similarly, demonstration that life, and humans, survived warmer temperatures in the past in no way shows that warmer temperatures in the future are good for us.

Al's Journal : Miliband Fights Back

Deniers have been grasping at straws, attempting to make the case that there is no climate crisis. But the evidence [what evidence, specifically?] is simply too overwhelming. As we learned a few weeks ago, 2000-2009 was the warmest decade on record.

The fact is, the media has been complicit in these efforts, often giving equal voice to those attempting to distort the truth for political or financial gain. Ed Miliband is exactly right to take them head-on.

Coming together on climate [swindle] bill - Jeanne Cummings - POLITICO.com

Defying conventional wisdom that a hardened partisan divide and looming midterm elections will prevent the type of compromises necessary for big reforms, business leaders and environmentalists are redoubling their efforts to advance an energy and climate bill in the Senate.

It’s a seemingly improbable goal, but upending that way of thinking is one of the objectives of a Capitol Hill lobbying blitz launched last week by executives from nearly 200 large and small companies.
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A great unknown is what the Senate might propose to replace the House’s cap-and-trade program, which has been vilified as a “cap-and-tax” system by critics and deemed a nonstarter by Graham.

The Climate Sceptics Party Blog: Climate Sceptic initiates campaign against "attack on democracy"

Independent Climate Sceptic Nathan Ashby has launched a campaign opposing the state government's new legislation banning anonymous online political comments.

American Thinker Blog: Droughtgate: Study Finds IPCC had Temperature - Drought Connection Backwards

Professor Franks also pointed out that Neville Nicholls was one of the chapter’s Lead Authors, and David Karoly, whose work was also heavily cited in WG1 Chapter 9, was its Review Editor.

Quipped Franks: “Hence they cite and review their own papers as part of the clearly flawed IPCC process.”

Unbelievable.