PostPartisan - Washington Post - Why are climate scientists losing the American public?

Americans are having trouble telling the difference between relatively small criticisms of the science or scientists -- minor mistakes in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2007 report or the release of overheated private exchanges among a few climate scientists, for example -- and the solid case for the bottom-line on global warming: that it’s extremely likely it’s happening, it’s extremely likely that it’s at least partially our fault, and, if unabated, it’s extremely likely to have some rather unpleasant consequences.

Why the climate change alarm is one big hoax

We appear to have been battered to a submissive intellectual pulp by the pro-climate change lobby, although it was only 35 years ago when I interviewed the world’s principal climate experts for the Washington Post, the consensus was that the earth was cooling.

Today some of these same scientists rubbish those who hold the previous hypothesis. Within as short space of twenty years they had fundamentally changed their minds.

WWF Releases Earth Hour App & Theme in App World | BerryReview.com »

Thankfully the WWF does not want us to turn off our BlackBerrys for Earth Day but they are asking participants to turn off their lights at 8:30PM local time on March 27th to show support for climate change. I don’t know how I feel about the whole idea but Xtreme Labs has released a free BlackBerry app counting down to Earth Day and an accompanying theme which costs $2.99.

Polar Defense Project » Young Global Leader

The World Economics Forum announced that it will honor Lewis Pugh as a Young Global Leader. The Forum of Young Global Leaders is a unique, multistakeholder community of exceptional young leaders (40 years of age and younger) who share a commitment to shaping the global future.

Flashback » Arctic Kayak Stunt Ends 600 Miles from North Pole

Well, Pugh succeeded in failing, ending up about 600 miles short of the North Pole, around 81.5 degrees north