Global warning: climate sceptics are winning the battle - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent

Part of the problem, [Hansen] said, was that the climate sceptic lobby employed communications professionals, whereas "scientists are just barely competent at communicating with the public and don't have the wherewithal to do it."

The result was, he said, that in recent years "a gap has opened between what is understood about global warming by the relevant scientific community, and what's known by the people who need to know – and that's the public. However there's nothing that has happened to reduce our scientific conclusion that we are pushing the system into very dangerous territory, in fact that conclusion has become stronger over that same time period."

Asked if anything might re-alert the public to the dangers of climate change, Dr Hansen said: "Mother Nature."

Significant climatic "extreme events" were now occurring over 10 to 15 per cent of the planet annually, whereas between 1950 to 1980 they occurred over less than 1 per cent. He added: "So in places like Texas this year, Moscow last year, and Europe in 2003, the climate change is so big that they are undeniable. Within 10 to 15 years they're going to occur over 15 to 20 per cent of the planet, so people have to notice that the climate is changing."

Richard Branson calls for greener tax regime - 10 Oct 2011 - News from BusinessGreen

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Professor says state agency censored article - Houston Chronicle

GALVESTON – A Rice University professor is accusing Texas' environmental agency of systematically deleting all references to climate change and sea-level rise from an article he wrote about changes in Galveston Bay.