Toronto 2010: Is the global-warming threat overstated? | 24 Frames | Los Angeles Times

The Dane, a boyishly likable sort who speaks near-flawless English, goes after Gore for scaring us too much and for the feelings of hopelessness the former vice president creates with some of his more starling claims. Lomborg also gets plenty of scientists to roll their eyes at Gore's alarmism.
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But it's the last section of the film in which he gets most provocative. Lomborg claims that at least part of the solution to global warming should lie with climate engineering, in which the rising mercury is moderated not by mankind producing fewer carbon emissions, but by simply redirecting the warmth outward. Painting streets white, for instance, would mean less heat absorbed into the surfaces of our cities. There's also a water-bound machine from an out-of-the-box-scientist that would send particles into clouds, thickening them so they can better absorb the sun's rays.

PolitiFact Ohio | Democratic Rep. John Boccieri invokes GOP Sen. John McCain to back his cap-and-trade stance

During an interview Aug. 18, he stated the "cap and trade" concept was originally a Republican idea, and expressed frustration with the GOP’s current opposition.

"Only in Washington can you propose an idea, introduce legislation and then campaign against it," Boccieri said. "I don’t understand what Republicans are doing against this. It was their idea. John McCain introduced cap and trade legislation three times."

The debate about climate change is back on the boil and generating new steam | The Australian

Juliette Jowit of Britain's The Guardian (wrongly) claims a high-profile recruit to the cause:

THE world's most high-profile climate change sceptic is to declare that global warming is "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront", in an apparent U-turn that will give a huge boost to the embattled environmental lobby.

Self-described sceptical environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg responds:

I HAVE always acknowledged that man-made global warming is real. Yet activists have repeatedly labelled me a "climate-change denier". This is not because I have suggested that the basic science of global warming is wrong. Rather, it reflects anger and frustration over my insistence on pointing out that drastic carbon cuts make no sense.