THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Scientific American Poll: 81% think the IPCC is Corrupt, with Group-think & Political Agenda

'Scientific' American may regret taking their recent opinion poll on the state of Climate Science given the eye-opening results cast by their "scientifically literate" readership. With a total of 5190 respondents, a consensus of 81.3% think the IPCC is "a corrupt organization, prone to group-think, with a political agenda" and 75% think climate change is caused by solar variation or natural processes vs. 21% who think it is due to greenhouse gases from human activity. 65% think we should do nothing about climate change since "we are powerless to stop it," and the same percentage think science should stay out of the political process. When asked "How much would you be willing to pay to forestall the risk of catastrophic climate change?" 76.7% said "nothing."

Obama tries to pick up the pieces on climate and energy | Grist

Barack Obama is officially thinking small. After tossing the last shovelful of dirt on cap-and-trade yesterday as "just one way of skinning the cat," he ran through a list of what his energy options are now that Republicans have taken over the House: Electric vehicles, converting heavy trucks to natural gas, more energy efficient buildings, and maybe, just maybe, a renewable electricity standard.