For deniers, politics beats the science. Handouts beat both | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian

From Australia to the US, the rightwingers who claim climate change is a leftwing conspiracy will grab green subsidies
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Yes, climate change denial is about politics, but it's more pragmatic than ideological. The politics have been shaped around the demands of industrial lobby groups – which in many cases fund those who articulate them. Rightwingers are making monkeys of themselves not just because their beliefs take precedence over the evidence, but also because their interests often take precedence over their beliefs.

Police seize weapons as skirmishes break out at Climate Camp protest « Deadline Press & Picture Agency

HUNDREDS of climate change protesters clashed with police after a tense stand-off at the Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters in Edinburgh descended into sporadic violence tonight (mon).
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Much of the arsenal appeared to include nothing more than water balloons filled with brown sticky liquid and cans of Silly String.

But chillingly, officers also seized heavy mesh hammers, tools and a coal chisel from members of the group who had earlier wreaked havoc on Edinburgh.
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By 7pm only a small group of activists were still in the area, the rest having melted away amid the evening rain.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Paper: Strong Association of Sun with Climate Change

While the IPCC claims solar variability has little if any connection to climate change, the peer-reviewed paper A 2000-Year Context for Modern Day Climate Change by Maasch et al finds a strong, worldwide correlation between proxy records of solar output and climate. Also in contrast to statements of Michael Mann et al, the paper finds strong evidence that the Medieval Warming Period (MWP) and the Little Ice Age (LIA) were global, not local, phenomena...

Cafferty File: Political ambition ruined McCain's legacy? « - CNN.com Blogs

Climate change? McCain used to be a leader on that issue, and now he's pretty much steering clear of it.

How sad. McCain used to stand up for what he thought was right. Now, at age 73, he's just another politician willing to sell out his principles for a vote.z

The Apocalypse as Ego Trip - Idea of the Day Blog - NYTimes.com

Today’s idea: We’re suckers for stories of our own demise because they make us feel special, an article says.