EU parliament set to call for carbon market intervention | Reuters

BRUSSELS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - European politicians are
expected on Tuesday to vote through an amendment that could pave
the way for the first direct intervention in the carbon market,
which has sunk to record lows.

Businesses and environmentalists have heaped pressure on the
European Commission to find a way of strengthening the EU
Emissions Trading Scheme.

It should be the bloc's flagship tool for cutting carbon
emissions, but it has collapsed under the burden of a sovereign
debt crisis and oversupply, which the amendment would look to
tackle by reducing availability of allowances.

Australia: Unusually cold weather hurts sales in the run up to Christmas « Where’s my Global Warming Dude? By Global Freeze

The unusually cold start to summer across the country, including Sydney’s coldest start to the season in half a century, is hurting clothing and shoe sales, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) said.

Tallbloke: a Christmas Appeal – Telegraph Blogs

£20 buys a set of handcuffs for one member of the Hockey Team

£25 buys the extra special set with spikes laced with marmite

£500 buys a course in Excel basics for Professor Phil Jones

£1000 buys a large island in Greece on which to imprison the Climategate 2500

Climate Lessons: A lifetime's worth of climate alarmism in a nutshell

 I think this comment by David M Hoffer (posted on WUWT) provides a witty but true summary of the alarmist positions and debating styles since 1971, with a 'projection' for the year 2031 ( I have added the boldening and italics):