THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Climate models fail to agree with 5 decades of observations

Could the findings of Zhang et al. mean that the projections of "almost all state-of-the-art climate models" are just plain wrong? They sure could, for real-world observations always win out over theoretical projections if they differ; and so far, at least, that's what the observations are doing -- they're winning.

Liberal states band together for carbon tax showdown with Julia Gillard | The Australian

JULIA Gillard is facing a carbon tax revolt from the Liberal states amid warnings of heavy job losses, unprecedented power price rises and a flight of capital as federal Labor grapples with its climate change agenda.