Obama won’t fund UN climate fund « Don Surber

So they are lying to the public, lying to the government and lying to one another. The motivation? Oh, I can think of 100 billion reasons.

Me? I have no skin in the game. I just have a better detector for manure than my moral and intellectual superiors.

Chinese Solar Industry Goes Belly Up | Via Meadia

One of the big arguments proponents of the ‘green jobs’ scam often bring out is that the argument that China, thanks to its support of green tech companies, will own the future while the United States is left behind.

Think again.  According to a report on Bloomberg, the Chinese solar power industry is on the ropes; massive over investment has run up against flat demand.  Margins have turned negative at some companies where solar panels can only be sold below cost.

McKitrick on the IPCC | Climate Etc.

JC comments: I think McKitrick’s analysis of the problems with the IPCC is good, and his recommendations are worthwhile.  But IMO the problems with the IPCC are fundamentally structural.  The IPCC connection to the UNFCCC, the narrow framing of the scientific problem, and the consensus seeking approach are the key problems IMO.  Further, the way the IPCC is set up, it can pretty much ignore the recommendations from IAC (and presumably just about anyone else for that matter).  The key issue is whether the national governments are happy (or not) with what is going on with the IPCC.  Richared Tol has argued on a previous thread that the national governments seem to be happy with the IPCC.

Tee Time Anyone? | Real Science

With temperatures at a balmy -58F on the rapidly melting ice sheet, golf looks tempting today. Look for frostbite in about 30 seconds.

What Happened To Russia? | Real Science

In July, 2010 the weather in Moscow defined climate for the whole planet. Now that Russia is having record cold, alarmists have lost all interest in the place.

1845 Shock News : Alaskan Glacier Retreated Four Feet Per Day From 1794 To 1845 | Real Science

Every six hours, the glacier retreated by one foot – back when CO2 was a very safe 280 ppm. This is the same glacier which Obama’s fraudsters at EPA claim started retreating in 1941.