“The Science is Settled” but the parties roll on

The global warming bureaucracy is planning a tax-funded jaunt to balmy Durban in South Africa for yet another of their periodic talkfests.
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Thus the Kyoto deal is dead and there is nothing there to discuss in Durban.
Almost every western government is guilty of massive overspending. Australia and New Zealand should reduce government waste by sending NO ONE to the pointless party in Durban.

Nature: climate change leads to 67-84 percent intraspecific biodiversity loss by 2080 – Holocene Mass Extinction within this century | Bits Of Science

Oh yeah, one final note: the new study’s model outcome range depends on IPCC SRES scenarios. Just like we saw yesterday bad things [the upper range: 84% biodiversity loss] happen under the business as usual A2 scenario [ecologically ‘friendly’ B2 gives us 67% damage]. Worse things happen in reality though.

Klain wades into climate fight | POLITICO 44

Ron Klain, Vice President Biden's former chief of staff, went to bat for the Obama administration Thursday afternoon as he swatted away suggestions from Rick Perry and Mitt Romney that global warming isn't caused by people.

"They're playing to their base," Klain said on MSNBC. "It’s primary politics."

In defense of global warming being a man-made problem, Klain cited "hurricanes" and "a record year for tornadoes," also claiming that Republicans are citing information from "scientists and researchers sponsored by the oil industry."