Climategate part 2? A worrying conflict of interest | Oliver Wright | Independent Eagle Eye Blogs

Many who follow the subject – and not just the usual climate change deniers – expressed concern that the IPCC, a body set up by the UN to provide scientific evidence for government decisions, had allowed itself to appear compromised by association.
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So does all this matter? Well yes. Whether it likes it on not after Climategate the IPCC needs to be seen to be transparent or you just give succour to those who believe that global warming is one great conspiracy of the green movement.

Where possible those writing key sections of IPCC reports should have no real or perceived conflicts of interest even if that means reducing the vast numbers of people who currently contribute to such tomes.

Where it is not possible such conflicts need to be flagged up – and that means in the press release as well as in the footnotes.

It must never be dragged kicking and screaming out of the small print as has happened this time.

Cook Terrified By The Possibility Of No Climate Crisis | Real Science

Wow, all it took was 0.3 degrees to freeze over the Thames.

Bedbugs and Bureaucrats

Bedbugs are finding their way from more and more hotels into more and more homes. One way to get rid of them is to wash infested bedding and clothes in hot water. Hot means at least 118 degrees F; a warm water wash of only 104 degrees will kill only ten percent of the critters.

An extended bout of high-temperature drying is also recommended.

But with laundry machines and dryers coming under increasingly stringent federal energy efficiency regulations, sufficiently hot wash and dry cycles are becoming a thing of the past.

Ineos Says U.K. Carbon Floor Price May Force Manufacturers Out - Bloomberg

New U.K. rules setting a minimum price for carbon dioxide from power generation are unlikely to cut greenhouse gas emissions and risk driving manufacturers abroad, chemicals company Ineos Group Holdings Plc said.