Botched predictions of the past « the Air Vent

Fox news has an interesting post on extremist environmental claims of the past two decades. It’s fun because they contacted some of the scientists for their responses. Who knew bikes could be pedaled backwards with such vigor.

Gillard "faces backlash on clean power" | Australian Climate Madness

More trouble at mill for Labor's green crusade

Lawrence Solomon: 75 climate scientists think humans contribute to global warming

This number will prove a new embarrassment to the pundits and press who use it. The number stems from a 2009 online survey of 10,257 earth scientists, conducted by two researchers at the University of Illinois. The survey results must have deeply disappointed the researchers – in the end, they chose to highlight the views of a subgroup of just 77 scientists, 75 of whom thought humans contributed to climate change. The ratio 75/77 produces the 97% figure that pundits now tout.

Facing The Prospect Of Extinction, Polar Bears Deserve More From Salazar

From the Center for Biological Diversity's Kassie Siegel:

The future of the mighty polar bear, the world's largest bear and one of the planet's most remarkable and iconic creatures, will be decided by what we do in the coming years. Climate change is pushing it ever closer to extinction as warming temperatures rapidly melt the sea ice it needs to survive.