William M. Briggs, Statistician » Global Warming Political Enemies List

The blurb describes my reaction on being named to the Enemies of Science List, ludicrously compiled and published by the National Academies of Science. In times historical, the NAS was an organization to which it was a great honor to be named a fellow. But much of the prestige has drained away as its members have ossified into orthodoxy.

Feds seek to toss states' anti-warming lawsuit

(08-26) 18:15 PDT WASHINGTON -- To the dismay of environmental groups, the Obama administration has told the U.S. Supreme Court that a global-warming suit by California and seven other states, seeking to require major power companies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, should be dismissed.
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Environmentalists and their allies were alarmed.

"This is the legal and political equivalent of unilateral disarmament," said Jonathan Zasloff, a UCLA law professor who writes about climate change litigation.

EDITORIAL: Cold feet on global warming - Washington Times

(Mr. Cameron appears not to limit his personal consumption as he owns not just one, but two adjacent 8,000 square-foot mansions in Malibu.)
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There's good reason for global warmists to be afraid. To take just one example,we've heard Hollywood big shots and United Nations bureaucrats peddling the tale for years that man has angered Mother Earth with development and she has struck back with "extreme" hurricanes, floods and other disasters. Unfortunately for the hysterics, the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society earlier this month debunked this nonsensical plotline. "The studies show no trends in losses, corrected for changes (increases) in population and capital at risk, that could be attributed to anthropogenic climate change," the peer-reviewed journal article concluded.

An EPA report from another era: Preventing damage from sea level rise would not be so expensive - National environmental policy | Examiner.com

Where and when did we lose the ability to discuss things so rationally?