Weather bureau backs climate change verdict - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Dr Clark says it is clear the climate is being affected by the carbon emissions caused by human activity.

"Our scientists and those around the world are now about 90 per cent sure that these things are happening at the same time and are linked," she said.

Climate-change scientists feel 'muzzled' by Ottawa: Documents

The coalition said that one of the biggest concerns is whether the government is adequately funding climate-science research at Environment Canada and other departments after refusing to offer new subsidies for an independent research organization, the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Science, considered to be the lead agency for global warming research in Canada's universities.

"It's definitely a scandal," said Graham Saul, executive director of Climate Action Network Canada. He added that the government was "muzzling scientists; they're putting climate deniers in key oversight positions over research, and they're reducing funding in key areas. . . . It's almost as though they're making a conscious attempt to bury the truth."

Environment Minister Jim Prentice told reporters last week that the government wasn't trying to shut down the foundation but wanted it to report on how it spent previous grants of $110 million dating back to the year 2000.

Forty Inconvenient Truths of Global Warming Alarmism | Zaya Toma

1. The head of the IPCC, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, has no background in Climate Science. His PhD is in economics and he worked as a railway engineer before becoming the head of the IPCC.

2. Only 52 scientists contributed to the 2007 IPCC summary for policy makers, although diplomats from over 115 countries contributed...

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Methane from cows is supposedly partly responsible for global warming. I call bullsh*t.

[People who get paid for electricity]: Why paying more for electricity is good for you - thestar.com

Green electricity retailer Bullfrog Power is getting ready to launch a new ad campaign that promises to spark some heated discussion, particularly in a province where power prices are going nowhere but up.

The tagline for the campaign is simple: "Pay More For Energy."