Sunday, April 04, 2010

Greenpeace goes postal – Telegraph Blogs
Is this really the kind of caring, sensitive message this charity ought to be conveying to the world? Not to judge by the comments below. Happy Easter, Greenpeace PR department! I think you’re going to have a busy next few days…
NC Media Watch: Let’s hope this is a trend
Has it become clear to political leaders in Canada and the Western states that they were duped by the UN IPCC and NASA’s GISS into supporting some agenda driven science, or have they just grown tired of all the hype, especially with Mother Nature refusing to cooperate. Could it be that the cold winters and expanding Arctic ice are a more powerful messages than Al Gore's crappy science. Or, have they just run our of money and job creation has become more important than saving the planet from an imaginary threat?

Regardless of the reason, let’s hope this climate change dissolution is becoming a run away trend.
China: Marine pollution rules shouldn’t govern ship carbon | Manila Bulletin
China said greenhouse gases from the shipping industry shouldn’t be covered by marine pollution rules because carbon dioxide isn’t a pollutant.
NC Media Watch: The second order knowledge problem
I am often baffled by how our political leaders failure to understand the second order consequences of their actions. So often the rules they make do not produce the results that they desire. The more complex the rule making the higher the probability of an unintended consequences screw up. That is one reason that AB32 is such a grave danger to our economy, it is far reaching and tries to control market forces.
Climate Science's Dirtiest Secret | The Resilient Earth
Given that the misapplication and misinterpretation of statistics are climate science's dirtiest secret, little credence can be given to any predictions about future climatic conditions. They may as well be casting horoscopes and reading the entrails of sheep.

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