RealClimate: Happy 35th birthday, global warming!

The idea that the small cooling from the 1940s to 1970s is due to natural variability still cannot be ruled out, although more likely this is a smaller part of the explanation and the cooling is primarily due to the “dust” neglected by Broecker, i.e. due to the rise of anthropogenic aerosol pollution (Taylor and Penner, 1994).

Review & Outlook: Survival of the Fattest - WSJ.com

What a deal: Ethanol reduces carbon for only $754 a ton.

CNSNews.com - Major Newspapers Urge an End to Ethanol Subsidies

On Friday, July 23, the Chicago Tribune published an editorial titled “Enough Ethanol” and on Saturday, July 24, The Washington Post editorial said, “It’s time to end the excessive subsidies for corn ethanol.” On Monday, July 26, The Wall Street Journal joined the chorus.

“The best refutation of the theory of the survival of the fittest is probably the corn ethanol lobby, whose annual $6 billion in federal subsidies have managed to outlive both its record of failure and all evidence and argument,” said The Wall Street Journal.

GISS Arctic -vs- DMI Arctic: differences in method | Watts Up With That?

As has been well covered by Steve Goddard on WUWT, the “interpretation” of Arctic conditions by NASA/GISS is based on astonishingly little data north of 80 degrees latitude, which is to say no data at all.

NC Media Watch: LIes, more lies, and one really big lie

Jerry Brown. the current Attorney General of California, is running for Governor and has published his latest environmental plan available here. He had this to say about global warming in California:

Climate disruption and rising temperatures threaten serious harm to California by increasing the number and intensity of forest fires, severe flooding, water shortages, coastal erosion and air pollution. Climate scientists are virtually unanimous in calling for significant reductions in greenhouse gases. . . .

Lets us examine the each one of the lies about global warming in California, starting with the assumption that temperatures are rising in California

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Michael Oppenheimer Responds

If others have better ideas for estimating how climate change affects migration, they should publish them.