UN lists Kyoto 'plan B' options if climate [swindle extension] talks fail | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Existing carbon caps may be extended to 2013, and number of countries needed for deal may be lowered
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Without a deal by the end of 2012, the future of a $20.6bn trade in carbon emissions rights under Kyoto was unsure, said the paper, titled "Legal considerations relating to a possible gap between the first and subsequent commitment periods."

Ozone Hole History? « Musings from the Chiefio

I suspect that the Ozone Depletion scare was the model on which the AGW scare was built.

Mapping the cold snap in South America | Watts Up With That?

...we didn’t have a map to show extent of the cold air mass. One was needed given the revelation that the cold had crossed the equator from the South, a rather rare event.

POLITICO Morning Energy - POLITICO.com

ENRAGED ENVIROS are angry that Obama hasn’t done more to push the bill – and are making a last-ditch push to keep it alive. CEOs of the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense Fund meet with Reid today. They are also expressing their ire to the White House.
..Glover Park Group’s Joe Lockhart makes this pitch for a climate bill in an email sent out on Tuesday, saying that the a carbon price will inject a capital flow back into the economy just as the stimulus money is drying up.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has an In Memoriam note [46.60KB PDF]

Steve was one of the most stalwart contributors to the IPCC and, almost certainly, its most vociferous supporter...he was especially enthusiastic about his new role as coordinating lead author on chapter 18, “Detection and Attribution of Observed Impacts”, in the Fifth Assessment Report (2014)....His arguments were based on the best available data. He never overstated his case.

BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch: Scientist leaves behind a climate of abuse

He recounted that he was working an extra four hours every evening trying to put the record straight, as he saw it, on issues such as "ClimateGate" and alleged mistakes in IPCC assessments

Stephen H. Schneider, climate change expert, dies at 65 - Global Media and World Events

Dr. Schneider said he received hundreds of hate e-mails a day.

US climate scientists receive hate mail barrage in wake of UEA scandal | Environment | The Guardian

"The effect on me has been tremendous," said Schneider. "Some of these people are mentally imbalanced. They are invariably gun-toting rightwingers..."