Thursday, July 22, 2010

Democrats Abandon Sweeping Energy Plan - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
At a news conference, the majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, blamed Republicans for refusing to cooperate. “We don’t have a single Republican to work with us,” Mr. Reid said.
...Senate Democrats had said they would seek a cap on carbon emissions only for power plants. But even that proved overly ambitious.

“We know where we are,” Mr. Reid said. “We don’t have the votes.”
Partial list of CRU funders | The SPPI Blog
Below is a partial list of funders for the Climatic Research Unit of climategate fame. These organizations and companies funded Phil Jones and the CRU division of the “hockey stick team.” Notice all the major international oil companies, leftist NGOs and self-interested governments — none of which climate alarmists mention when questioning funding of climate realists.
Disquiet grows over performance of Ban Ki-moon, UN's 'invisible man' | World news | The Guardian
Asked to list his achievements, he said modesty required it to be left to others to make that judgement, before going on to list what he regarded as three successes: climate change, UN administrative reform and the championing of human rights.

Denying the December Copenhagen summit on climate change had been a failure, Ban said: "No, I don't think Copenhagen was a failure. There was room for improvement in procedure, in how we can make it more inclusive or transparent, but when it comes to substantive elements, I think it was quite a success."
Blatant Misrepresentation by Muir Russell Panel « Climate Audit
The Muir Russell panel blatantly misrepresented the facts surrounding Jones’ notorious request to “delete all emails”, a misrepresentation that, in my opinion, was done, at a minimum, either recklessly or out of gross negligence.

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