When Chicago Turns as Hot as Baton Rouge - NYTimes.com

If global climate change proceeds as most mainstream climate scientists are now projecting, Baton Rouge, along with New Orleans and many other Gulf Coast cities, may actually become, if not uninhabitable, then barely habitable, hammered by heat, humidity and hurricanes to a degree unknown in their prior history.

UN climate panel sets one-week deadline to fix errors

OSLO (Reuters) - The U.N. committee of climate scientists will fix any future errors "within a week or so", its head said on Wednesday, after coming under fire last year for bungling a forecast of when Himalayan glaciers would thaw.

"I think we now have a firm procedure by which we are going to deal with errors, or alleged errors," Rajendra Pachauri told Reuters during a visit to Oslo, referring to a set of reforms agreed at a meeting in Abu Dhabi on May 17.

» A Matter of Perspective

Personally, I think it's absolutely reprehensible for Google to jump on the AGW bandwagon at this late date. I suppose the only mystery is why it took them so long.

But what's a true sin is their using the fabulous Google Earth program for their devious ends. As I'll point out, they're using it quite effectively to convince people that global warming isn't just a danger that might eventually destroy mankind, but is a reality that's occurring right now.

A pointed message to College of Physicians on climate change and health | Croakey

Media statement: Health professionals must advocate for climate action