Mexico's 2010/11 sugar output seen slightly below initial forecast

The downward revision was attributed to frost damage in the western state of Jalisco in November and December 2010.

Kenneth Cuccinelli of Virginia Wages War on Climate Science - NYTimes.com

Now his allegations of manipulated data and scientific fraud are resonating in Congress, where Republican leaders face an influx of new members, many of them Tea Party stalwarts like Mr. Cuccinelli, eager to inveigh against the body of research linking man-made emissions to warming.

“There’s a huge appetite among the rank-and-file to raise fundamental questions about the underlying science,” said Michael McKenna, a Republican strategist and energy lobbyist.

Public says fight climate change - Times Union

Climate change contrarians, who haunt Internet postings on the topic and often vigorously claim climate science is a global scientific conspiracy, were less than a whisper among the 1,700 comments on the state's draft Climate Action Plan over the last three months that were reviewed by the Times Union.

Those who support action against climate change flooded the comments, with six different identically worded letters offered by environmental groups to their members accounting for more 1,000 comments.

Only two comments, neither of which offered expertise in climate science nor referred to scientific studies, said global warming was a hoax that the state should ignore.