- Bishop Hill blog - What did Fox know?

...No mention was made of their involvement, however. This then raises the uncomfortable question of whether the SMC is so close to the scientific establishment that it is actively involved in covering up the misdeeds of scientists or whether it is was just blind to the possibilities. Did Fox know of the involvement of Rees and Hoskins in setting up the inquiry or was she kept in the dark?

I will write and ask.

Transcript of Andrew Bolt’s “Carbon Sunday” interview with Richard Lindzen | Watts Up With That?

Professor Lindzen as casually bemused dragon-slayer. Highly quotable, so I thought I’d create a transcript. Here is Lindzen’s damning conclusion (after demolishing any scientific basis for Australia’s new carbon tax):

If they can fool the people into thinking that they really want to pay taxes to save the earth, that’s a dream for politicians.

Gillard puts future on the line with radical plan for Australian carbon tax | Environment | The Guardian

"This is taking a baseball bat to the Australian economy to raise another tax which will be a dead loss to the economy without any benefit to the environment," said the council's chief executive, Mitch Hooke.

Cost of offsets soar under Gillard | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Either Virgin was conning people into thinking 99 cents really did cover the emissions of their flight, or reader Maurie is right
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I’m just thinking that no one in this global warming scam can be trusted to tell the truth.
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Reader Glenn doesn’t believe the claims that petrol prices won’t rise