Pence: Obama exploiting spill to push climate change legislation - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

GOP Conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.) accused the president of piggybacking off of the environmental crisis to push climate change regulations as part of a new energy bill this summer.

"To exploit this crisis to resurrect his climate change legislation is just wrong," Pence said at a stakeout at the Capitol this morning.
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"Americans don't want this administration to exploit this disaster in the Gulf to advance its agenda on energy legislation," Pence said. "The American people want the president to work the problem, not work his liberal agenda."

Participants in Climate Reviews Suggest Changes - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

[Robert] Watson questioned whether the scattering of flaws in the reports were, in themselves, significant, saying that the problem lay in how the panel’s leadership and administrators reacted to the revelation of problems and resulting criticisms. He said the response was handled “in a totally and absolutely atrocious manner.”

Rats taking over some New Zealand homes in cold weather | NATIONAL News

Pest controllers are reporting a boom in the rat population as cold weather pushes the pests inside to shelter from the elements.

Climate Common Sense: Scientists to tackle scepticism- Better they tackle real science!

It is interesting to note the organisations involved are all on the public teat with a great interest in keeping the taxpayer funds flowing in their direction. If the global warming scare ended tomorrow because the skeptics are right (and they are), most of the attendees would have to go and get a real job and actually have to produce something worthwhile. The global warming industry is like a ramora on the underbelly of society threatening to suck the life out of it while getting a free ride.