The Death Of The Global Warming Movement - Forbes.com

Future historians will pinpoint Democratic Sen. Harry Reid's energy legislation, released Tuesday, as the moment that the political movement of global warming entered an irreversible death spiral. It is kaput! Finito! Done!

This is not just my read of the situation; it is also that of Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate-turned-Democratic-apparatchik.

Betting on science: Odd and ends | The Economist

Climate-change sceptics and believers alike might be interested in Paddy Power’s book on the world polar-bear population, as estimated by the WWF, a global conservation group, at the end of next year. Bets around the current estimated population of 20,000-25,000 attract the shortest odds, 6/4, while pessimists opting for under 10,000 bears can get 20/1.