Hacked climate emails: MPs rake over the coal but find no spark | Damian Carrington | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The MPs, including the climate sceptic Graham Stringer, were unaggressive and seemed to be going through the motions. The panel wrangled each question to the ground with mind-bending detail. It felt like watching mechanics stripping down a car you like to drive, when you really don't want to know how it works.

One passage did stand out. Stringer asked Russell why he didn't ask Jones if he had deleted any relevant emails, which would contravene the UK's Freedom of Information law. "That would have been asking did you commit a crime, which would have taken the inquiry to completely different territory," Russell said, including having to ask the questions under caution.

Climate Fool’s Day: Skeptics turn heat on global warming lobby

[1.5-minute Russia Today video] Global warming sceptics in the UK are marking Climate Fool’s Day. On this date two years ago, snow fell in London as the British Parliament was debating a bill to tackle global warming. It was the first such early snowfall for over eighty years. Activists claimed the ironic coincidence was just more proof that the bill is a waste of billions of tax-payers’ pounds. One of the organisers of the annual Climate Fools Day conference, Weather Action’s Piers Corbyn says global warming has simply been made up.

Politics: Global warming issue may determine key races in Virginia - latimes.com

GOP congressional candidates have questioned proposals to curb climate change. Polls suggest several House races may turn on whether the incumbent voted for the 'cap and trade' bill in 2009.