US Catholics urged to fast for climate change [hoax] | ucanews.com

As Lent begins with Ash Wednesday March 9, the US-based Catholic Coalition on Climate Change wants to remind Catholics that it is not just about giving up chocolate or ice cream for 40 days.

House climate science showdown set - The Hill's E2-Wire

Witnesses invited by committee Republicans include researchers who have criticized mainstream scientific views on climate change and proposals to require carbon emissions cuts.

One is the University of Colorado’s Roger Pielke, Sr. He agrees that humans are having a significant effect on the climate, but claims there’s an overemphasis on the role carbon emissions among the various human “climate forcings.”

Also testifying is John Christy, director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. He told the House Ways and Means Committee in 2009 that models and data showing warming are off-base.
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The names are familiar in climate policy circles. “Climate change deniers have a short bench, so we were not surprised at their witnesses,” said a Democratic aide.



The brains behind the anti-carbon tax rallies | Crikey

A disgruntled green loans assessor, a former Victorian public servant turned climate sceptic and a Sydney pacemaker king are the figures behind a national series of rallies planned to shoot down Julia Gillard’s carbon tax.