NASA’s Hansen: Would recent extreme “events have occurred if atmospheric carbon dioxide had remained at its pre-industrial level of 280 ppm?” The “appropriate answer” is “almost certainly not.” « Climate Progress

Finally, a comment on frequently asked questions of the sort: Was global warming the cause of the 2010 heat wave in Moscow, the 2003 heat wave in Europe, the all-time record high temperatures reached in many Asian nations in 2010, the incredible Pakistan flood in 2010? The standard scientist answer is “you cannot blame a specific weather/climate event on global warming.” That answer, to the public, translates as “no”.

However, if the question were posed as “would these events have occurred if atmospheric carbon dioxide had remained at its pre-industrial level of 280 ppm?”, an appropriate answer in that case is “almost certainly not.” That answer, to the public, translates as “yes”, i.e., humans probably bear a responsibility for the extreme event.

California climate change [hoax] fund vetoed - Sacramento Business Journal

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have redirected to poorer communities some of the billions of dollars that California is expected to raise through a cap and trade program.

Assembly Bill 1405 called for 10 percent of the money raised through the sale of emission credits to be used to fund cooling centers and mass transit in poorer communities as a way to help them deal with global warming.

The governor called the bill "premature" since the money that it seeks to spend "does not currently exist and might not ever exist in a fund controlled by the state of California."

Another Domino Falls: UK’s Leading Scientific Body Retreats on Climate Change « 21st Century Wire

It’s the latest in a series of high-profile set-backs suffered by global warming theorists- the UK’s leading scientific body has decided to rewrite its own definitive guide on climate change, now admitting that it is “not known” how much warmer the planet will become.

Peanuts, Cracker Jacks . . . and Elitist Green Transportation? - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online

Detroit – Underscoring the perils of government ownership, GM will launch the new electric plug-in Chevy Volt with an ad buy during this month’s World Series.

That is, in the middle of the American pasttime’s premier event, Government Motors will use taxpayer money to buy premium ad time to pitch a money-losing, taxpayer-subsidized, Washington-approved, green automobile to America’s upper-class green snobs.