Althouse: If you really believed in global warming, you would turn off your air conditioning.

Here are some more things I want to see from you to prove that you really believe in global warming...

The end of cap and trade? - CSMonitor.com

Over the past couple of years, court rulings and new regulatory efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency have increased the emphasis of the location of SO2 emissions. That means that the national market may be coming to an end.

That’s certainly what it looks like in the allowance marketplace, where prices have fallen from more than $600 per ton in mid-2007 to $5 or less today...

South Africa: Icy weather after fiery Cup

The SABC reported that due to heavy snowfall in the Eastern Cape some mountain passes in the region had been closed. The Nico Malan Pass between Fort Beaufort and Whittlesea was closed and the Swartberg Pass between Oudtshoorn and George had been closed since earlier this week.

There were some reports of loss of stock and damage to property, the SABC reported.

ABC The Drum Unleashed - Climate change: healthy debate not a health debate

According to Robert Gifford, a Professor of Psychology and Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, the profession needs to help scientists and policymakers overcome the psychological barriers to action on climate change - things like the public's limited understanding of the dangers of global warming, ideological reluctance, and mistrust of government.
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So the IPCC's reports are not just dispassionate reviews of the scientific literature. They are riddled with economic assumptions, political judgements, and ethical and moral assessments.

That the general public is sceptical the IPCC has reached scholarly perfection - to question some of its judgments - is not an indication we all have psychological issues. It's healthy debate.

Greenhouse gas emissions up 58 pc in last 15 yrs: Study - Hindustan Times

India's greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) have increased by 58 per cent to 1.9 billion tonnes between 1994-2009, primarily from coal-based power sector that nearly doubled its carbon footprint, a study has said.