UN ‘regret’ over Canada Kyoto withdrawal

"I think Kyoto, it's fair to say, is more the past than the future," Stern said.

Reflections On UK Sea-Level Rise Reflect Poorly On The IPCC

In a candid expression of his feelings after conducting his analysis, Lee writes that "as someone who was heavily involved in providing technical support to policymakers through the research and development of methods for predicting cliff recession that took account of RSLR (see Lee et al., 2001; Hall et al., 2000; Lee and Clark, 2002; Lee, 2005), I feel somewhat awkward about the absence of accelerated cliff recession over the last two decades," acknowledging that "perhaps we were all too keen to accept the unquestioned authority of the IPCC and their projections." Thus, he ends by stating "I am left with the feeling that a healthy skepticism of the climate change industry might not be such a bad thing," suggesting that people see, in this regard, the report of the Nongovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was edited by Idso and Singer (2009).

Twitter / @Revkin: @Climate_Pirate big increa ...

@Climate_Pirate big increase compared to what? Fundamentally new obs. No one measuring CH4 plumes in past warmer Arctic periods.

Durban Climate Change Vows Made To Be Broken - Reason Magazine

The only Durban “breakthrough” is that 20 years of climate
change diplomacy didn’t totally implode. It turns out that what was
achieved at the conference in South Africa was not much more than
an agreement among countries to continue talking about the things
they disagree about. The 18th Conference of the Parties
convenes next year in Qatar.

CSR chief calls carbon tax stupid, dangerous | News | Business Spectator

CSR Ltd chief executive Rob Sindel has launched a scathing attack on the federal government's carbon price scheme, labelling the plan dangerous and stupid, according to The Australian Financial Review.

According to the newspaper, Mr Sindel said the levy was a risk to the economy, and would lead to higher prices in the building product industry for consumers.

“We might wake up at the end of this mining boom and ask, ‘what the hell happened to Australian manufacturing?'" he said.

Not so smart power « The Daily Bayonet

Ontario has spent over $1 billion to install ‘smart meters’ across the province.

But Ontario has no idea if they are working as intended: