[Warmist Paul Douglas admits that the science isn't settled] | StarTribune.com

Then why the reluctant spring? A fading La Nina? An X-Factor we're not even aware of yet? That's the thing about weather and climate: we're still learning, testing new theories, trying to separate out real trends from the noise.

Australian Steelmakers Fear Carbon Tax, Currency - WSJ.com

Adding to the problems faced by local steelmakers is a plan to tax 1,000 of the largest carbon producers from July 2012 and introduce an emissions-trading system three to five years later that could punish the energy-intensive industry. Steelmakers are concerned about the plan, with the chairman of BlueScope Steel Ltd. warning it could make smelting no longer viable in Australia. The government says it will compensate industries most affected. A spokesman for the government declined to provide specifics of the plan.

Power Line - We're Going to Need Warmer Coats

Alarmists were quick to pooh-pooh the potential effect of diminished solar activity on the Earth's climate, but the reality is that we do not understand either the causes or the effects of fluctuations in the Sun's activity.

Manure mania | Columnists | Opinion | Toronto Sun

Climate alarmists today make their doomsday predictions assuming we will use the technologies of the present to power the future, just as the manure alarmists of 1898 assumed horses were the only things that would ever power a modern, urban transportation network.

Of course, if they were alive today, they’d have manure all over their faces.

Five Huge American Cities Battle Climate Change - 24/7 Wall St.

The reasons these cities have chosen to jump on the green bandwagon are both political and practical. Many are trying to earn their city the title of “the greenest,” which planners believe will attract new citizens, new investments and new jobs, and improve the fiscal health of local businesses by reducing their energy bills