'Climate chaos' gives advocates a convenient argument - JSOnline

Ott acknowledges that there are respected scientists who believe in man-made climate change. He also says he himself has not seen enough evidence to be persuaded. I, personally, don't take a position - except to say that linking any one summer's weather, let alone one day's flood, to some sort of climate chaos and a need for carbon emission reduction is like using an increase in the cost of a soda at the local hot dog vendor's stand to argue that the Federal Reserve should alter monetary policy to keep inflation in check.

YouTube - Don't Panic! Russian fires not result of global warming

Swathes of central Russia are still in flames - with firefighters tackling hundreds of new fires every day. But, are the Russian wildfires evidence of climate change? Patrick Michaels, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and climate change skeptic says no. Michaels argued that the increased temperatures in Russia are merely one weather event and cannot be related to global warming. The earth is warmer than it has been in the past, but this does not mean we are facing an apocalyptic climate scenario.