The Reference Frame: Climate realism: men are smarter than women

In an article in Population and Environment, Aaron McCright of Michigan State University found that women have a lower self-confidence and higher gullibility when it comes to the questions of "climate change". As a result, they're more likely to believe that there exists a "climate threat".

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: The cognitive dissonance of AGW

There is a large cognitive dissonance required to be a true AGW believer, hence the comparison to religious beliefs. Take, for instance, the ability to simultaneously acknowledge that CO2 levels have been 10 to 20 times higher than the present during multiple periods of Earth's history without causing a 'tipping point' of no return, while retaining the belief that CO2 levels 10 to 20 times less are causing a 'tipping point' now. In fact, an entire ice age came and went with CO2 levels about 11 times higher than the present throughout the Ordovician period shown in the graphic below. The latest eco-scare-alert notes that Antarctica abruptly transitioned from a warm, subtropical hothouse to the present solid ice sheet during a period when CO2 levels exceeded those of today by 10 times.

ABC News Watch: BABC: Japan: a land of drought and flooding rains

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Oil Industry Targets Schwarzenegger - NYTimes.com

“We’ve raised about $6 million so far, but unfortunately in California’s expensive media market this is not enough to win the fight against environmental zealots led by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who seems hell-bent on becoming the real-life Terminator of our industry,” Charles T. Drevna, the president of the National Petrochemical Refiners Association, said in an e-mail fund-raising appear that went out this morning.