Old People: The Cure for Climate Change? | Fast Company

Ultimately, the fact that your grandparents may not even believe in Al Gore's inconvenient truth is heavily outweighed by the fact that, by no longer participating in the labor force, they are slowing economic growth and thereby powering down the economic engine that spews billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year.

Physicist mocks climate 'scam' | The Australian

Australian climate sceptic Ian Plimer, from the University of Adelaide, said he was not surprised by Professor Lewis's resignation.

"Only younger people with careers in front of them are afraid to rock the boat," Professor Plimer said.

"Older scientists, near the end of their career, can expose the fools and frauds and blow the whistle that major bodies of information are not appearing in publications," he said.

Vigorous climate debate a plus | The Australian

ON a subject as important as our climate, reasoned, informed public debate is the key to finding the consensus that must underpin an effective policy response.

The Cap-and-Trade Blame Game - NYTimes.com

How much blame do President Obama and his staff deserve for the failure to pass climate legislation this year?

No consensus among climate scientists after all | The Australian

THE Royal Society's report coincides with dissidence at the American Physical Society.

THE Royal Society's September report, Climate Change: A Summary of the Science, has brought into the open the widening difference of views about how the science of climate change should be assessed. It comes after a prominent resignation from the American Physical Society (the top body of US physicists) for the refusal of the society's executive to undertake a similar review despite requests from a large number of members.