France – Hide The Decline! « Musings from the Chiefio

We saw the France Monthly Anomalies chart in the Europe Atlantic Coastal series. It shows France dropping steadily in temperature anomalies until about 1990. Then we get a sudden “Hockey Stick” to get us back up to Zero. A nice “head fake” and we can rapidly “Hide The Decline”.
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It drops about 1.5 C over the length of the graph to 1990. The “range” drops about 2 C on the annual average anomaly line. Then the 1990 pivot happens and we’re back to zero already. That “hockey blade” has one steep rise to it. Close to 1 C per decade. That “ain’t normal”.

Globe 2010 Session on North Amercian Carbon Trading « Clearly Climate

There are strong public perception Nos that are preventing progress on passing legislation in the US which include: 1) We don’t trust “markets”. Remember Enron and the recent recession? It’s those Wall St guys that did that, and cap-and-trade will be the next bubble., 2) Carbon tax is better than carbon trading because we don’t trust markets., 3) Is climate change even real – what about snowmaggedon and my local weather man saying global warming is a scam? 4) Climate change is low priority compared to health car and war. 5) We don’t have time for this, an election is coming. 6) Lobbies who stand to lose with proposed legislation have been very effective in the media and in government.

China. Is. Not. Awesome. - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Al Gore or Tom Friedman: care to comment?

Hacked climate email inquiry cleared Jones but serious questions remain | Fred Pearce | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Climate inquiry has dodged key questions in its rush to clear the name of the harangued head of the Climate Research Unit

Integrating Renewables: Have Policy Makers Faced the Realities? — MasterResource

Until such time as highly-intermittent, new renewables can meet the societal goals described above, care must be taken in otherwise promoting or reviewing their value in providing utility-scale electricity.