- Bishop Hill blog - Coopting extremes

Nature reports on a new project to investigate links between extreme weather and global warming.

Climate and weather: Extreme measures : Nature News

It is not yet clear what such a plan would cost, or who would pay for it. Kevin Trenberth, a climate scientist with the NCAR, estimates that a few million dollars would be enough to coordinate an international service using facilities already in place at his institution, the Met Office and elsewhere. But going beyond this bare-bones effort — creating, for example, a free-standing attribution centre with monthly, seasonal and decadal forecasting capacities — would cost much more.

Articles: The Watermelon Regime's Pay-to-Play Way

But the problem here is not the stupidity, but the cupidity of the melon-heads in Washington. Another recent report explores the corrupt crony capitalist angle of the green schemes of the Watermelon Regime.

It just so happens that key players for Solyndra were lavish supporters of Obama during his election.

Articles: Green Pigs Don't Fly

After all, the guiding principle behind Obama's green jobs initiative all along has been how much it will contribute to his own reelection. The fantasy of green jobs presented him with a unique opportunity to please environmentalist supporters while at the same time rewarding wealthy contributors who also happen to be investors and executives in alternative energy companies.