Berkeley Physicist's Climate Findings Score Political if Not Scientific Points - Government - The Chronicle of Higher Education

In particular, Mr. Muller has made a point in interviews of emphasizing the lack of any definitive data showing that global land temperatures have increased at all in the last 13 years. "We cannot, in the last 13 years, tell from our data whether there is a slowdown or not," Mr. Muller told The Chronicle.

That kind of comment is "just silly," Mr. Mann said, since 1998 was known to be one of the warmest years on record because of an unusually strong El Niño, the cyclical pattern of Pacific Ocean warming. "That's not legitimate science," he said. "No practicing climate scientist would take seriously the notion that you can measure global warming based on a 10-year trend, especially based on cherry-picking a warm starting year."

News Blog: Carbon counter unveiled in New York City

Starting this morning, a 70-foot sign with a 13-character red digital display is tracking the trillions of tons of greenhouse gases roiling the atmosphere.

Climate heavyweights Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University and John Reilly of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were on hand for the rainy unveiling.

The counter is the work of scientists from around the country. But it also serves as an advertisement of sorts for sponsor Deutsche Bank​, whose Climate Change Advisors group aims to help various industries profit from a low-carbon economy.

...After Reilly left the stage, the counter remained dark as rain pelted the white press tent. Then, Sachs took the mic and cracked the downpour was only appropriate because a recently released government report on climate change forecasts rainier weather in the Northeast.

...Later, ScientificAmerican.com caught up with some locals for their reaction. A busy umbrella hawker said he wasn’t interested in the carbon counter, even after we told him rising greenhouse gases might help his business.
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UPDATE (16:10): According to Deutsche Bank, the counter is carbon neutral and its power consumption is offset with Certified Emission Reductions, or CERS.

Back To Black: Europe's Return To Conventional Energy

Analysts and industry experts see a return of conventional power and imports rather than a wide-ranging government-backed expansion of renewable power.

Bjørn Lomborg: Empty Green Promises

Green energy policies currently being pursued are not helping the environment or the economy. More likely, they will lead to greater emissions in China, more outsourcing to India, and lower growth rates for the well-intentioned “green” countries.