Police face picking up the tab for protests - Scotsman.com News

THE Capital's police force was today left facing a bill running into hundreds of thousands of pounds after climate change protesters caused widespread disruption across the city.
Lothian and Borders Police were forced to draft in officers from four forces across Scotland to deal with hundreds of protesters camped outside the Royal Bank of Scotland's global headquarters at Gogarburn.
The disruption reached its peak when protesters poured what is believed to be a mixture of diesel and vegetable oil on to the A720 carriageways at Bankhead at around 9.30am.
City of Edinburgh Council had to use 7.5 tonnes of grit to clean the roads, severely disrupting traffic.

World-renowned experts [including John Christy!] to lead discussion with the chemistry community on climate change

In response to doubts about the causes and potential extent of global climate change, a panel of four climate experts today will review the current state of climate science and discuss observed and predicted changes.

The special forum, which will include conclusions from recent national and international climate change reports, will be part of the American Chemical Society's 240th National Meeting and Exposition. Entitled 'Forum on Climate Change Science and Consequences,' the event is scheduled for 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Seaport Hotel, Plaza Ballroom B/C. It will include time for audience questions and comments.

'It's only been a little over a decade that we've had evidence of global impacts of climate change,' said James McCarthy, Ph.D., one of participants. 'Until the mid-1990s, it was largely hypothetical. Now we're seeing significant evidence on every continent that is consistent with what you would expect in a warmer world.' McCarthy is a professor of biological oceanography at Harvard University and past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.