If the Science is So Persuasive, Why the Theatrics? « NoFrakkingConsensus

Why did Wirth (and, by implication, Al Gore) deliberately schedule the hearing for the hottest part of the year? Why did Wirth sneak into the hearing room the night before and open the windows so that the air conditioning system would be ineffective? If weather is not climate, why did Wirth go to such trouble to suggest the exact opposite to the media covering that event?

Snap Analysis: Climate talks win lifeline, but may sink in 2012

Saturday's deal put off the question of whether to extend the Kyoto Protocol by agreeing to put industrialized countries' pledges in a document separate to the pact, which allowed Japan to avoid commitment to a second round of Kyoto.

That document does not yet exist.

Student fee 'savings' will fund windmills in Africa - Telegraph

The £2.9 billion the Government will save by increasing tuition fees matches the amount earmarked for a global warming project, finds Christopher Booker.

Do you believe in magic … climate numbers? | The SPPI Blog

Magic is delightful when it’s Criss Angel or Harry Potter. Magic temperature numbers – pulled out of hats, computers and fertile imaginations – are a lousy, fraudulent, redistributionist way to set public policy.