Matt Ridley on Cause and Effect Mix-Ups | Mind & Matter - WSJ.com

Antarctic ice suggested that ancient carbon dioxide had caused warming. Now we know the temperature rise came first.

Another nice little earner for our Alarmist of the Year | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

If you think that’s the most bizarre kind of sponsorship deal for a professional warmist, try this

The Missing Map « NoFrakkingConsensus

Remember, UNEP is one of two UN “parents” of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It’s supposed to be the grown-up in the room. It’s supposed to set a good example for the IPCC to follow. But rather than being a reputable source of information on which the rest of the world can depend, UNEP appears to have devolved into a full-fledged activist organization.

CapitalClimate: Minneapolis Snowfall Update: Fourth Highest Total

Yesterday's 0.6" of snow at Minneapolis brought the 2010-2011 snowfall total to 85.3". That was just enough to edge past 1916-1917 into 4th place.

RealClimate: Fracking methane

(Funnier still are the contrarian responses, for instance from “Bishop Hill” who completely agrees with the industry (again without any actual knowledge of the issues), and who can’t resist using their criticism of Howarth to condemn a whole University (and by proxy, the whole scientific enterprise). I mean, why bother with independent scientists when the industry can tell you exactly what you are supposed to think?).