Climate Change We Can Believe In | AGWEB.com

So I don’t profess to know yes or no on climate change. But I do know we’re not going to head it off.

- Bishop Hill blog - Is AR5 finished before it begins?

...the stench of corruption from climatology is quite overpowering. However, the conclusion that the battle is in danger of being lost, I'm not so sure about. I still wonder if the Team haven't gone too far this time.

I suggested on Twitter over the weekend that the Remote Sensing affair demonstrated that the peer review process in climatology is now so corrupt that even if the IPCC was staffed by angels there would be no chance of a balanced assessment of the science: even-handed reviews can't create balanced assessments of the sham that is climate science. Richard Betts begged to differ, saying that there was only a perception of bias, and one that didn't reflect reality.

Can Obama Escape the Alberta Tar Pit? - NYTimes.com

Overall, I think Obama should not stand in the way of the pipeline. While it’s a potent symbol and convenient rallying point for campaigners, it’s a distraction from core issues and opportunities on energy and largely insignificant if your concern is averting a disruptive buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

The pipeline plan doesn’t exist in isolation. With the economy in its own tar pit and a presidential election approaching, it’s very much in the national interest for Obama to avoid saddling himself with an unnecessary issue that would be easy for his foes to distort into an Obama anti-jobs position.