Councillor in tears as climate plan debated | New Zealand

I read with dismay the account of Councillor McTavish using tears to sway the council to spend an extra $295,000 of rate payers money to accelerate the pace of a three-year climate change planning project.

The Current Wisdom: The Short-Term Climate Trend Is Not Your Friend | Cato @ Liberty

The press release couldn’t resist the “it’s worse than we thought” mindset that pervades climate science: