Energy Tribune- The Climate War Should be Declared Over

There is hope. Mr. Flannery has basically admitted there is no need for the climate war to continue. By revealing that the temperature drop would not be realized for perhaps a thousand years there simply is no pressing need to transform the way we make energy today, tomorrow or twenty years from now. The collateral damage resulting from such a forced and rapid transformation would likely far, far exceed any guessed at benefit of unknown magnitude hundreds of years in the future. To risk the prosperity and safety of billions of people on such tenuous assumptions is reckless and irresponsible to the extreme. The climate war should be declared over.

The Budget’s green dreams will leave us powerless - Telegraph

The Government's obsession with its babyish green dreamworld will force the closure of power stations, increase our electricity bills and damage vital industries, warns Christopher Booker

Quadrant Online - Pants on fire

The real lie in the CO2 tax affair is that Gillard is now giving the impression that the tax has been forced on her as a substitute for an ETS which she would have otherwise introduced but for the need to deal with the Greens. The problem here is that she went to the election with everything up in the air and in the hands of soon-to-be-established citizens’ assembly. She is not telling the truth and she has form.

Ban Ki-moon opens energy-efficient UN complex in Kenya

The building, which used environmentally-friendly paint for the walls, features 6,000 square metres of solar panels. The new UN offices, which consist of four buildings, can accommodate 1,200 staff.

Hmm: Are we completely sure that iPhone chargers in Boise are causing ocean currents to deliver subtropical waters to a fjord in Greenland?

Sail-World.com : Study sheds light on how heat is transported to Greenland glaciers

Warmer air is only part of the story when it comes to Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet. New research by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) highlights the role ocean circulation plays in transporting heat to glaciers.
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A research team led by WHOI physical oceanographer Fiamma Straneo discovered warm, subtropical waters deep inside Sermilik Fjord at the base of Helheim Glacier in 2009.
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The March 2010 trip marked the first time the researchers were able to observe winter-time conditions in the fjord, which is how the system probably works nine months out of the year.

'One surprise we found was that the warm waters in the fjord are actually 1 degree Celsius warmer in winter, which by Greenland standards is a lot,' Straneo says. 'It raises the possibility that winter melt rates might be larger than those in the summer.

'Current climate models do not take these factors into account,' she adds. 'We’re just beginning to understand all of the pieces. We need to know more about how the ocean changes at the glaciers edge. It’s critical to improving predictions of future ice sheet variability and sea level rise.'

Pictures from pro-climate hoax rally in Sydney

Rally for Climate Change pictures by piccentral - Photobucket

8000 people turned up for the Climate Change rally in Sydney April 2nd 2011. People who are for the carbon tax and climate change!

True Greens And Skeptics Need To Form An Alliance To Preserve Rural Beauty. Windparks Are A Holocaust To Natural Landscape

But what the author does not mention is that many true greens are getting awfully uneasy about the current wide-scale massacre and mechanisation of the the world’s most beautiful mountain ridges, coastal areas and rural landscapes. And unless this madness is stopped, you aint seen nothing yet.

Expert: Climate Change Will Destabilize Food Supply, Affect Public Health | Bolivia

Aparicio said that food insecurity will be accentuated by drought, hail, and frost, which will cause difficulties in food production. Climate change’s warming trend will also permit certain pests and insects to live in regions they were previously unsuited to survive in, where they will attack crops and spread disease.

Aug. 2010: Cold wave kills six million fish in Bolivia

/EFE) At least six million fish have died in three rivers of Bolivia due to the intense cold wave sweeping through the country in the past few weeks.

Breathing new life into climate talks in Bangkok

For the most part, the UNFCCC is now entering a phase in which figuring out the details will be essential to turn the Cancun Agreements into something that makes a difference on the ground.

Negotiators need to find a way to breathe life into these decisions.

Why is communicating about climate change so difficult and what works?

Media interest falls to record low | ScottishSceptic

In 2007 the average number of google hits for a news search for “global warming” was around 20,000 stories. It then steadily declined until just before climategate it was around the 10,000+ news articles.
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I’d jumped the gun a few days ago; But there it was 6600 hits! Not 7600, not 8600, not even the 15,000 during climategate, but 6600.
Now, I could be criticised in all manner of ways for my methodology. Shouldn’t I also count “climate change” or “climate weirding” or whatever is the latest fad name for this doomsday cult? Unfortunately “climate change” now seems to pick more stories on the economic climate, than global warming. So no, I stuck to “global warming” and for all these past years I have kept a personal tab on the number of global warming stories and 6600 really now is the dross at the bottom of the barrel: eco-lunatics whose idea of a perfect world is one without anyone else in it; tired out-of-date journalists who still think it is fashionable to go on about “global warming”; young wet-behind-the-ears journalists who heard about climate “science” at school and still believe their teachers, and yes … the boring old sods who go on about global warming being an utter load of twaddle!

Superstition Is Alive And Well – On The Cover Of The Guardian | Real Science

McKibben blames earthquakes on CO2, and says that sea level has been stable for 10,000 years.

NC Media Watch: Are the Democrats living in a climate change parallel universe?

By far, my favorite quote came from northern California Democrat Lynn Woolsey (who supports the IPCC findings). Woolsey arrived at the hearing fresh from a climate briefing for the Democratic Caucus and after listening to the panel, said, "I feel like I'm living in a parallel universe. It's got my head going boing, boing, boing…"

Dr. Muller Demonstrates That UHI Contaminates The Temperature Record | Real Science

I have a thermometer on my bicycle, and frequently see a 2-5C temperature difference between a large road and an open-space bicycle trail two blocks away. I have also seen a 5-10C difference between Tempe, Az. and the open desert 20 miles to the south.

I’m sending this to Dr. Muller for comment.

Scary Exaggerations Unfounded « JoNova

They reckon we have to stabilize carbon dioxide emissions immediately or we’ll fry. But these forecasts are based solely on what are essentially the same faulty climate models as in 1988, and are similarly exaggerated.

Anti-tax rallies are warming up | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Gavin Atkins went to both Sydney rallies today - the one against Julia Gillard’s carbon dioxide tax and the GetUp one for it. What must be a real worry for Gillard is that the professional protesters were this time nearly outnumbered:

Jennifer Marohasy » Congratulations! Successful ‘No Carbon Tax Rally’ in Sydney

The ‘No Carbon Tax’ rally in Sydney today was the first item on the ABC television news tonight. According to the ABC it was attended by 4,000 people. Others claim 6,000.

Idiotic Comment of the Day: GetUp's Simon Sheikh | Australian Climate Madness

"We are the last line of defence for Mother Nature."

EPA Whistleblower Criticizes Global Warming Science and Policy in New Peer-Reviewed Study | Competitive Enterprise Institute

Washington, D.C., April 1, 2011 – The scientific hypotheses underlying global warming alarmism are overwhelmingly contradicted by real-world data, and for that reason economic studies on the alleged benefits of controlling greenhouse gas emissions are baseless. That’s the finding of a new peer-reviewed report by a former EPA whistleblower.

The New Nostradamus of the North: Why are expert forecasts so often worthless?

One of the teams is being put together by University of Pennsylvania professor Philip Tetlock, whose ground-breaking 2005 book (Expert Political Judgment: How Good is It? How Can We Know?) analysed 27,450 predictions from a variety of experts and found they were no more accurate than random guesses or, as he put it, “a dart-throwing chimpanzee”.

Nissan Leaf sales stall « The Daily Bayonet

the firm boasted it would sell half a million Leafs (Leaves?) per year by 2013. In the first three months of sales, when all the hype and excitement is supposed to ‘help’ the marketing, Nissan has sold a total of only 452 vehicles.

Spill damage trawl accidentally drowns dolphins - Florida Wires - MiamiHerald.com

NEW ORLEANS -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says federal scientists catching fish to test for possible damage from last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill accidentally drowned three dolphins.

Environmentalists stand up to Obama, win big | Grist

"At EDF, our position is that children's health should not be a bargaining chip." -- Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp

WA's Stevens Pass reopens to passenger vehicles - San Antonio Express-News

It had been closed since about 5 a.m. Thursday when an avalanche covered all lanes under about 15 feet of snow.

Errors in IPCC climate science » Blog Archive » French Professor talks IPCC temperature data – and what influences global temperature

Well worth half an hour viewing – such a crisp and to the point delivery by Professor Vincent Courtillot – no time wasting.

Al's Journal : Climate Change in Alaska

While our government fails to act the impact of the climate crisis is here:

Progress: John Holdren Admits We Still Don’t Understand How Nature Works

I thought the science was settled. But Holden now admits that we still need to understand how it all fits together – how it works.

How Climate Change May Make Killer Diseases Worse: KGO Newstalk 810 San Francisco

(NEW YORK) -- Malaria already kills a million people a year and now, researchers fear, climate change could make the problem even worse.

Mosquitos, malaria and the IPCC "consensus" « Climate Audit

Despite this remarkably cold period, perhaps the coldest since the last major Ice Age, malaria was what we would today call a "serious public health problem" in many parts of the British Isles, and was endemic, sometimes common throughout Europe as far north as the Baltic and northern Russia. It began to disappear from many regions of Europe, Canada and the United States as a result of multiple changes in agriculture and lifestyle that affected the breeding of the mosquito and its contact with people, but it persisted in less developed regions until the mid 20th century. In fact, the most catastrophic epidemic on record anywhere in the world occurred in the Soviet Union in the 1920s, with a peak incidence of 13 million cases per year, and 600,000 deaths. Transmission was high in many parts of Siberia, and there were 30,000 cases and 10,000 deaths due to falciparum infection (the most deadly malaria parasite) in Archangel, close to the Arctic circle. Malaria persisted in many parts of Europe until the advent of DDT. One of the last malarious countries in Europe was Holland: the WHO finally declared it malaria-free in 1970.

I hope I have convinced you that malaria is not an exclusively tropical disease, and is not limited by cold winters!

Combet plays down carbon cost fears - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Climate Change Minister Greg Combet is calling for calm after the release of figures showing the carbon tax could cost average households almost $900 a year.

Treasury documents released under Freedom of Information laws yesterday predict a carbon price of $30 per tonne would push up bills by $860 a year, or $16 per week.

Rockefeller says McConnell-Inhofe EPA bill “theological” and “immature,” can’t pass « Hot Air

...Second, if we want to talk about immature hyperbole, calling the McConnell-Inhofe amendment “theological” just dumps a lot of irony on Rockefeller’s head. The environmental movement has become a belief system unto itself, where claims of “consensus” lead to charges of heresy and apostasy when people challenge the assumptions inherent in anthropogenic global-warming claims. The McConnell-Inhofe amendment seeks to get the EPA out of the theology business and back under Congressional control, where it belonged all along.

Obama's on thin green ice - POLITICO.com Print View

President Barack Obama's relationship with environmentalists sits on thin ice after a major league meltdown over whether he will really defend their biggest demand: EPA climate change rules.

Angst grew this week after Obama failed to use a major energy policy speech at Georgetown University to explicitly back the EPA's global warming agenda.
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"It's clear the president is running for reelection and that at this point, environmental protection is not on his top list of priorities," said Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch.

WWF resign from Zero Carbon Taskforce following policy change

WWF have released a statement today announcing their resignation from the Zero Carbon Taskforce with immediate effect following the Government's decision, released without announcement in documents accompanying the Budget, that the definition of Zero Carbon Homes will no longer include the emissions from unregulated energy use within the home. The organisation consider that by removing appliances and their energy use from the definition this policy can no now longer be defined as "zero carbon". They say that the change effectively transfers the task of providing clean energy for these homes from the housebuilder to the wider power sector.

The Reference Frame: BEST: surface warming since 1880 seems robust to me

Yesterday in the Congress, I liked an intervention of Scott Armstrong. A politician said that all the witnesses agreed that "global warming is happening". That's a very subtle and deliberately vague sentence! At the very end of the session, Scott Armstrong went through the hassle to point out that he disagreed that it "is" happening. It "was" happening in some periods in the past but what "will be" happening in the future is a different matter and an uncertain one.

Simon Singh: is there anything he doesn't know? – Telegraph Blogs

He resorted to that last refuge of the scoundrel: the Appeal to Authority.

The reason you should believe in AGW, he argued, is because most of the world’s expert scientific bodies do. Since Simon Singh apparently so reveres the thing he calls “science” (but which I would call the ruling science establishment hegemony: something altogether different from the disinterested pursuit of knowledge which I believe “science” properly is), let me invoke two great scientific thinkers to put him back in his box.

Record Low “Arctic” Ice Extent Hits High For The Winter | Real Science

In fact it is the latest maximum on record (indicating a cold spring) and ice extent is higher than 2005 and 2006 – the two years with the highest summer minimums in the DMI record.

Paying hundreds of dollars each for nothing | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

And the difference it would make to the world’s temperature is zero:

Garnaut is no expert and not infallible | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Chris Kenny warns that the Gillard Government’s chief adviser on global warming has no formal expertise on the subject:

Presidential limousine, security vehicles exempt from fed 'green' vehicle policy | detnews.com | The Detroit News

Washington — The U.S. Secret Service said today that some federal vehicles for law enforcement and security purposes will be exempt from President Barack Obama's directive that all federal vehicles purchased starting 2015 be advanced technology models.

Warmist junk scientists visit the overheated Arctic; spent a lot of time complaining about the extreme cold; admit that the science isn't settled

Extreme science in the Arctic Circle - CNN.com

Wiping sleep from my eyes, I wrestled with my gear as I slipped out of my sleeping bag into the -35 degree centigrade air.

Getting up in the morning can be a struggle in the best of times but in these conditions it is downright brutal.
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As one scientist explained, global climate models have always assumed that the Arctic does not transfer carbon through the sea ice but no one has ever tried to find out if that is true or not. The answer to this question could have huge consequences for our understanding of climate modeling. In 2011 we still know next to nothing about the most important ocean on the planet -- a shocking and irresponsible oversight.
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At these temperatures, a human being would survive about 5 minutes in the water; so it seemed rather counterintuitive that we spent the better part of 8 hours today drilling and chipping through the ice to reach the frigid water below.
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Before people started burning coal and oil, ocean pH (which represents acidity levels) had been relatively stable for the previous 20 million years. But researchers predict that if carbon emissions continue at their current rate, ocean acidity will more than double by 2100.
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There are a lot of variables when trying to film in these conditions. From the hardships the cameraman must endure trying to handle a large, heavy, and complex piece of equipment in such frigid temperatures to the difficulty of organizing the team and delivering simple dialogue to camera, the challenges of making a documentary are multiplied one hundred fold.

Imagine standing with a bare face (so the audience can see who you are) in the wind as your nose and cheeks begin to literally freeze, wearing no goggles so that your eyes start to seal shut each time you blink and an almost unbearable ice cream headache caused by the cold wind whistling around your head all whilst having a casual conversation and speaking calmly and clearly to the camera.
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In the cold, everything takes longer and everything is more fragile, metal can shatter and cloth is brittle. What might be considered an inconvenience in warmer climes, puncturing a hole in the tent or breaking the metal rods that keep it aloft, can be potentially disastrous in the Arctic.
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8: If this is your first time on Ice Base do not confuse your urine bottle for your water bottle

Self-evident, yes. Does it happen? Apparently, yes. At -40 degrees, getting in and out of the tent and the sleeping bags at night is not easy. Everyone keeps a urine bottle in order to go to the bathroom in the tent at night. The challenge is that one has to keep both one's urine bottle and one's water bottle in the sleeping bag with you or they will freeze, so in the dead of night it is easier to mistake the two than you might think.

Under Pressure—Q & A With EPA Head Lisa Jackson - Ecocentric - TIME.com

[Warmist Jackson] The Clean Air Act and Supreme Court cases have said that EPA must determine whether or not greenhouse gases endanger public health. We have determined, based on multiple lines of scientific evidence, that they do.
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The biggest criticism that I've leveled – and I've done it in my hearing testimony – is that what the current efforts do is overrule scientists on a scientific finding. Congress is essentially passing a law that says, We, a bunch of lawmakers, have decided what the science is on this issue. And that to me is what this Congress could be remembered for, more than anything else. History will forget a lot of the day-to-day, inside the beltway discussions about riders and budget and trying to get rid of or defund the EPA, but I don't think that history will forget the first time that politicians made a law to overrule scientists.

Sen. Stabenow jumps on climate denial train | Grist

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) has joined the pro-polluter frenzy sweeping the U.S. Senate, introducing legislation to permanently cripple Clean Air Act rules on global warming pollution.

Canadian participation in Earth Hour drops

Despite widespread campaigns to promote Earth Hour, Canadian participation in the global event has decreased in each of the last three years, according to a new poll.

The Ipsos Reid poll, conducted for Postmedia News, showed that 44 per cent of Canadians took part this year in the annual event led by the World Wildlife Fund, which aims to have cities and towns all over the world go dark for one hour. That's down from 60 per cent in 2009 and 47 per cent last year.
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Harry McCaughey, a climate-change expert who works in the faculties of geography and environmental studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., said the participation decline was "sad," and said it reflects Canada's dedication to serious environmental issues.

Light It Up Blue

On the evenings of April 1 and 2, 2011, prominent buildings across North America and the world — including the Empire State Building in New York City and the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada — will turn their lights blue to raise awareness for autism and to commemorate World Autism Awareness Day on Saturday, April 2.

We’re aiming to light the world blue all throughout April — city by city, town by town — by taking action to raise autism awareness in our communities.

"a key green politician has just inadvertently admitted that global warming is a scam"

Stabenow: Warming regs threaten jobs (like mine) | themichiganview.com | The Michigan View

But Stabenow's retreat is more than just a cynical election ploy. This is no Left Coast tree-hugger. This is the surrender of a major green disciple from a major industrial state who has loudly advocated for global warming legislation not just because she saw it as the planet's salvation - but as the new economic model for growth in Rust Belt states like Michigan.

Stabenow's reversal on EPA regulation is admission that climate change is neither a crisis nor a jobs engine. In other words, a key green politician has just inadvertently admitted that global warming is a scam.

[April Fools post on Grist makes ridiculous claim, much like most "serious" Grist posts do year-round]: Climate change linked to rising infertility

Mmm, nothing like some hot scrambled huevos: A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention details rising infertility rates in America -- and, for the first time, cites global warming as one potential culprit.

Trading Pumps for Plugs - We Aren’t There Yet - NYTimes.com

“The history of the electric car is the history of failure tailgating failure,” Mr. Bryce said. “Maybe this time it will be different, but part of the problem is that the energy density of gasoline is very nearly miraculous.”
... In November, Bloomberg New Energy Finance speculated that sales of such cars could hit 1.6 million, or 9 percent of the American market, by 2020 and perhaps 4 million, or 22 percent of the market, by 2030.

That would seem roughly in line with Mr. Obama’s goal, but Mr. Jaffe thinks that’s a bit unrealistic. He predicted that even by the end of 2011, only about 74,000 electric vehicles would be on the nation’s highways, including conversions and street-legal golf carts. That would be out of a total of 250 million cars and trucks, or about 135 million traditional passenger cars, according to the latest government figures.

The Oil Drum | The Japanese fuel crisis

Fuel needs are not just gasoline and diesel for vehicles. With the bitter cold that remains over much of the north of Japan, and no electric power, kerosene is also needed for heating. For domestic heating many homes rely on kerosene stoves to heat individual rooms in use, rather than using central heating. Stocks had been falling before the earthquake, due to the severe winter this year.

Wind turbines 'hit' bat populations - Telegraph

Wind turbines are killing many thousands of bats contributing to a population decline that may be costing farmers millions of pounds, say researchers.

Wind and wave energies are not renewable after all - environment - 30 March 2011 - New Scientist

Build enough wind farms to replace fossil fuels and we could do as much damage to the climate as greenhouse global warming

NC Media Watch: LA Times, global warming is accelerating - Really?

Do you see any acceleration in this data from about 2003 forward? In fact if your do the calculations there is no significant warming for the last 15 years. That is one hell of an acceleration.

Melting Ice Continues To Thicken At Barrow | Real Science

No Polar Bears drowning yet.

Impeccable Logic At Salon | Real Science

Anyone calling themselves a scientist who believes in catastrophic global warming, is a scientist. Anyone who doesn’t believe in catastrophic global warming is not a scientist. Therefore, all scientists believe in catastrophic global warming.

60 Years Of Steady Snowfall In Crested Butte | Real Science

During the 1960s and 1970s, the snow was cold snow. But now it is hot snow.

Wet Atmosphere Brings Dry Weather To The UK | Real Science

Droughtflood arrives.

National Wind Watch: Organizing the Grassroots Against Industrial Wind (will D.C. environmentalists get back to their roots?) — MasterResource

Future historians will no doubt wonder how Big Environmentalism got so far off track to support industrial windpower. A machine in every pristine–is this what environmental elitism at its worst?

Brendan Smith: Should We Remain Silent About Climate Change?

For the last several years many of the biggest players in the climate movement have argued that to save the planet we need to purge the words "global warming" and "climate change" from our talking points and educational materials. Poll-oriented groups like the Breakthrough Institute and the Environmental Defense Fund argue that public opinion surveys prove Americans care most about jobs and lack the capacity to act on some distant threat.
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Eerily, the "good news" strategy is heavily influenced by the Republican pollster and messaging maven Frank Luntz -- infamous for coining phrases like "death tax." In 2009 the Environmental Defense Fund teamed up with Luntz 's firm The Word Doctors to figure out how to help marshal public support for a climate bill. Luntz's advice? "The least important component of climate change is climate change... You're fighting the wrong battle. What they want is an end to dependence on foreign oil."
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So what was the effect of climate activists' decision to stop talking about climate change? The enemies of the planet won. Climate legislation is dead.
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* The right wing, backed by the fossil fuel industry, have spent millions of dollars promoting this story: The climate crisis is an imaginary threat invented by liberals to justify government power over individuals and companies, destroying both liberty and jobs in the process. To remain silent about the reality of the climate change threat is to maximize the credibility and effectiveness of this argument. Conversely, spelling out the facts of climate change is the way to expose the climate denialist argument for the hoax it is.

Settled science: Warmist Kerry Emanuel admits that the outcome from a big buildup of greenhouse gases could be "benign"?!

Republicans Get Inconvenient Responses at Climate Hearing - NYTimes.com

Emanuel noted that the uncertainty still means the outcome from a big buildup of greenhouse gases could range from “the benign to the catastrophic.”

The President’s Wacky Oil Plan

To recap the madcap: First, the President mocked “Drill, Baby, Drill.” Then, he recommended “finding and producing more oil at home,” which is synonymous with “Drill, Baby, Drill.” Finally, he pitched a plan that is in fact political cover for his Administration’s de facto moratorium on domestic energy production.

Solar could save Minnesota schools millions | Grist

Currently, Minnesota's public schools spend approximately $84 million per year on electricity costs, money diverted from the classroom. But a bill to make clean, local energy accessible now (CLEAN) could help the state’s public schools use solar to zero out their electricity bills and add $193 million per year to their operating budgets.

[Question: Let's say you live in Minnesota, and you have snow cover for 129 days in a row.  Who is in charge of keeping all of the solar panels snow-free?]

Today marks day 129 in a row that St. Cloud has seen at least an inch of snow on the ground. That is now the 10th longest streak with continuous snow cover (that's 4 months....oy!), the most recent being 2001-2002 (146 days, the most ever) and 1996-1997 (133 days). The last year that the consecutive streak ended in April was in 2001-2002. The snow cover also didn't melt until April in 1997 and 2001.

First Solar Chairman Dumps Half His Stock - By Drew Thornley - Planet Gore - National Review Online

Anyone else curious about First Solar chairman Michael Ahearn’s dumping of almost half of his shares of First Solar?

- Bishop Hill blog - Global warming grubbiness

"I am highly skeptical of the hype and claims," said Kevin Trenberth, who heads the Climate Analysis Section of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a university consortium. "The team has some good people but not the expertise required in certain areas, and purely statistical approaches are naive. I suspect they have an agenda."

The Koch donation, to many, confirms those suspicions. "Why would a scientist accept funding from an organization with no interest in advancing the science?" asked Benjamin Santer, an atmospheric scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Hmm: I wonder why this DeSmogBlog post shows up in my RSS reader, but appears to have been deleted from DeSmogBlog itself?

Kochsuckers Question Scientific Consensus

Early Spring Hits Portland | Real Science

Portland, Oregon hit 60F today for the first time this year. It is the latest date that has ever happened. Probably due to the pipeline of missing heat in the ocean.

Why PBS Should be defunded - Minnesotans For Global Warming

Saw this "documentary" on PBS last night Herr Goebbels would be proud.
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Everytime they talked about "carbon" they had smoke stacks in the background and every time they talked about windmills it was a pristine sunny day.

Right after this appeared PBS had a a commercial telling their viewers to call there Senators because they might lose their funding. Let's see, PBS uses our tax dollars to create fear mongering propaganda to scare the public about a made up problem so they can tax us ever more.

CapitalClimate: Near-Record April Fool's Snowfall Forecast

With widespread snowfall amounts of 8"-12" forecast for interior northern New England, some April snow records may be exceeded.

Is the Public Clamoring for More EPA Regulation?

In an earlier post today, I note that in the November 2010 elections, voters punished lawmakers pushing the EPA-Obama-Boxer stealth energy tax agenda formerly known as cap-and-trade. Elections are the most relevant “poll” for guiding legislative deliberations.

Boxer: “What is the science telling us? That it is dangerous to breathe in air pollution with lots of carbon [dioxide] in it.”

S. 493: A Skeptical Review of Boxer’s Tirade

Boxer: “What is the science telling us? That it is dangerous to breathe in air pollution with lots of carbon in it.”

Got that? In the same breath that Boxer scolds her GOP colleagues for not heeding science, she demonstrates her ignorance of science. Carbon dioxide, like water vapor, the atmosphere’s main greenhouse gas, is an essential constituent of clean air.

Disinformation from Kerry Emanuel « Climate Audit

In his written and oral evidence at today’s hearing before the House Science Committee, Kerry Emanuel made untrue statements about deletion of data to hide the decline.

When it comes to global warming, rational debate is what we need | The Spectator

Singh was brilliant in our debate, and I’m sorry that he took my tweet as a criticism. Climate science is hideously complicated, he said, so what is the average bloke to think in such circumstances? You look at who is saying what, and judge how credible they are. Singh then displayed a grid. On the X-axis he had sceptics and orthodox believers, and the y-axis was their level of credibility. So the IPCC had maximum credibility, and is really worried about global warming. Singh found no one of maximum credibility who was not worried about global warming. Think tankers (on both sides of the debate) were given less credibility, politicians even less, journalists and bloggers even less. Even Geri Halliwell featured.

The Heat Is On - WSJ.com

Baby, it's cold outside, and that can only mean global warming.

Glaciers growing on Mt. Shasta

28 Mar 11 - Although the media has done a great job of covering this up, the inconvenient fact is that all seven glaciers on California’s Mount Shasta are growing. This includes Whitney Glacier, the state's largest.

Yes, growing. Not melting.

When Will Media Report That Corporate Cash is Behind Green Activism? | National Legal and Policy Center

But the line from Politico reporter Darren Samuelsohn that was the ultimate laugher was this: "It's no secret environmentalists are outgunned when it comes to cash."

I guess he doesn't spend much time looking into liberal/environmental foundations. If so, he'd find billions of dollars that have flowed to Green causes -- especially global warming. Among them are some of the most wealthy and recognizable names in America: Teresa Heinz, Ted Turner, The Rockefellers, former President Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, and many other celebrities and rich folks.

CLIMATE GUY: "The Carbon Rush" - A done deal...

The only hope to kill this new instrument of global financial predation would be to reject "climate change" for the psycho-transfer device that it is and to start thinking for ourselves but it ain't gonna happen on the Left...

Smart meters `could end up costing billpayers more`

`Smart meters` designed to help households keep track of their energy usage could end up costing billpayers more, rather than saving them money, it has been claimed.

Baseball’s Opening Day: Global Warming Wanted

I once had a chance to ask former Vice President Al Gore about the benefits of higher carbon dioxide levels and global warming. He was dumbfounded. Clearly, the idea of any upsides had never occurred to him

Food prices jump most in 36 years, from beef to eggs to butter - Beacon News

Most of the increase was because of a sharp rise in vegetable costs, but meat and dairy prices also jumped. Harsh winter freezes in Florida, Texas and other Southern states damaged crops, driving up vegetable prices.

Heat Over Light - NYTimes.com

Mind you, I’m a big fan of calls for fiscal responsibility. What I personally dislike is reflexive, nearly spasmodic, rejection of a role for government in fostering progress that can fit on a finite planet.

A perfect example is Tea Party and Republican efforts (with some help from some unions) to fight improved energy standards for light bulbs, as if they were a deep intrusion on individual rights.

Snow squashes Truckee/Tahoe animal shelter office roof, officials seek aid | SierraSun.com

“The damage to the roof is extensive enough that it has rendered the trailer unusable until it is repaired,” said Dan Olsen, the shelter's animal services manager, in a statement. “We clear the snow off of the roof as it accumulates; unfortunately, last week's series of storms came so hard and fast that we were not able to keep up.”

Now only one million short of our goal!!: Obama bragged when he was running for president that he’d put “one million 150 mile-per-gallon plug-in hybrids on our roads within six years.”

Obama Builds Pipeline to Nowhere - John Ransom - Townhall Finance

...every once in a while the White House should probably be quiet and let the grown-ups finish talking.

Obama bragged when he was running for president that he’d put “one million 150 mile-per-gallon plug-in hybrids on our roads within six years.” So far, he hasn’t even put one on the road.

No one has. No such car exists. It's kind of a unicorn of the automotive world.

Because that's what we're stuck with as policy these days: wishful thinking. Maybe leprechauns will come solve our problems.

'Absurdly deep' Sierra snow great news for dry California - USATODAY.com

When Rivest arrived earlier this week at the cabin near Soda Springs, about 90 miles northeast of Sacramento, the snow was so deep it nearly touched the power lines crossing in front of the cabin. Snow was piled at least 10 feet high on top of the deck of the A-frame home.

Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, Mar. 31st 2011 « The Daily Bayonet

Hippie of the week is a skeptic’s best friend, flatulence is a warming topic and activists in California get the band back together to ensure the Golden State has no future.

July 18, 2007: Is this the single most insane thing that fraudster Al Gore ever said?

Starting around the 13:20 mark in the audio below, Gore argues that trace amounts of CO2 could "absolutely" lead to the "complete collapse of human civilization".

Word for Word: Program Archives from American Public Media

August 10, 2007
While he didn't win the presidency in 2000, former Vice President Al Gore is still in the public eye for his Oscar-winning documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth." Gore, who's out with a new book criticizing the Bush administration, says Congress and the public need to do more to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. He discussed his concerns in a July 18 speech at the Aspen Institute.

"is Gavin Schmidt on vacation today, or is he burning federal dollars to watch CSPAN and comment on the House hearings?"

Watch him live here: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/03/live-hearing-nasas-schmidt-pews.html?ref=ra

Denial of climate change is irresponsible and dangerous - [Global warming hoax promotion] - MiamiHerald.com

By MARK HERTSGAARD
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SAN FRANCISCO -- My daughter, age 5, is a member. Chances are, so is a youngster you know. In fact, every child on Earth born after June 23, 1988, belongs to what I call Generation Hot. These 2 billion young people will spend the rest of their lives coping with the hottest, most volatile climate that civilization has ever known.
...The youths of Generation Hot have been condemned to spend the rest of their lives coping with harsher heat waves, stronger storms, deeper droughts, and sea-level rise, while climate change deniers sit comfortably in the halls of government and corporate power.

After a long, unnecessary, fossil-fueled flight to Heathrow, why not prevent some hurricanes by relaxing in the dimly-lit Marriott lobby?

Lights out at the Marriott - Heathrow Skyport

Lobby lights were dimmed and guests were invited to take part by turning off their bedroom lights in support of environmental action.

"Critics have argued that electric vehicles will increase electricity use and therefore demand on the grid."

Electric car key to carbon cuts | WWF news | WWF UK

Critics have argued that electric vehicles will increase electricity use and therefore demand on the grid. But our report shows how EVs should actually have minimal grid impact, especially if charged overnight. We also need to ensure that EVs are charged with clean, renewable sources of power.

Who are the biggest electric car liars - the BBC, or Tesla Motors? • The Register

The Beeb coverage which has Robert Llewellyn (the actor who played Kryten, also well-known for revealing his intimate personal details on Twitter) and Tesla so wound up is this effort last week from BBC business journo Brian Milligan. Milligan decided to drive from London to Edinburgh in a battery-powered car, to see how long it took and how easy it was to do.

The car obtained by Milligan was a "Mini E", a Mini with its normal propulsion (engine, gearbox etc) replaced by a comparatively cheap, low-performance electric drive train. You can't buy a Mini-E; forty of them were made by BMW and leased to users (for £330 per month including insurance and maintenance) in a beta-test project of the sort common in the alternative-vehicle-tech world.

To cut a long story short, Milligan finally nursed his 'leccycar into Edinburgh on Friday four days after setting out, having achieved average speed (over the time spent driving and charging) of six mph. The journey had been far from simple, as public charging points remain thin on the ground in old Blighty - and are sometimes so far apart that the Mini-E struggled to reach the next one. The trip was also uncomfortable at times: Milligan was compelled to turn off his heater in sub-zero temperatures in order to eke the last few miles out of his battery.

Doomed Wine Industry Having A Banner Year | Real Science

Like the maple syrup industry, wine is doing fantastic – but will soon collapse into a fiery death of hellish tipping points.

Senate Dems have lots of room to maneuver on EPA vote

"The Democratic Party doesn't rule with an iron fist," said Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer of California. "We're not some kind of tea party party, where people march to a cup of tea."

Antarctic ice breakup makes ocean absorb more CO2 • The Register

This powerful, previously unknown "negative feedback" would seem likely to revise forecasts of future global warming significantly downwards.

[Nov '10]: 'Hippy' energy kingpin's electric Noddy-car in epic FAIL • The Register

An electric concept car commissioned by soi-disant "hippie" energy-trading biz lord Dale Vince specifically to “blow the socks off Jeremy Clarkson and smash the stereotype of electric cars” has unfortunately done neither, as on its first public outing the "Nemesis" abruptly ground to a halt in busy traffic and had to be pushed.

Melbourne records coldest March in 14 years

A chilly end to the month has given Melbourne its coldest March in 14 years.

Scientist Predicts New Ice Age

Kukla claims that 116,000 years have passed since the last Ice Age; therefore, if the theory is correct, Earth would be overdue for global cooling.

Did Obama Administration Play Favorites With Energy Loans? - ABC News

Green Firms Financed By Obama Fundraiser Steve Westly Score Millions in Federal Loans

Winning the argument on climate change « Roger Helmer MEP

Meantime opinion polls are increasingly showing that in the UK, as in the USA, the public just don’t believe it any more — despite the relentless propaganda in schools and in the media. The public are sick of the subject, and resentful at being constantly blamed every time they drive a car or fly to Majorca. We don’t believe it, we won’t vote for it, we won’t pay for it. And the sooner the government catches up with the public mood, the better.

Climate Change - Studying Climate Change - Tree Rings

Dendrochronology is currently still in its scientific infancy – there are many problems in the use of tree rings, particularly because the growth of tree rings can be impacted by many issues - not just rainfall amount, temperature, and cloud cover – but also by wind, soil properties, disease, or even pollution. These issues can certainly impact tree ring growth and cloud the scientific record. Fortunately, scientists are gaining new insight in the reading and use of tree rings, and hope that they can be used to help understand whether global warming has any precedent in the ring record of the past 1,000 years.

Few councils have carbon [dioxide scam] policies in place | News | Local Government Chronicle

Only a quarter of town halls in England have put in place an effective plan for slashing carbon emissions this decade, raising concerns that climate change is falling off councils’ agendas.

Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » The Demise of Earth Hour: Even Empty, Symbolic Environmentalism is On the Wane

Anyway, it’s no wonder “Earth Hour’s” in trouble. Fact is, no one is going to sit in the dark for that long, when there’s fun stuff to do that involves electricity and/or batteries.

Which is why this earnest dreck will continue, in sympathy only. Meaning, people will engage in this symbolic activity… only with their feelings.

“Oh isn’t that a nice idea,” says a concerned citizen, as she boards her flight to Prague. For that moment, just thinking about “earth hour” feels like you’re doing something good – even if the chihuaha you’re holding was trucked in from Guam.

And if you disagree with me, you’re a racist homophobe.

Senate vote may end Obama's climate change ambitions | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The leading Republican proposal would impose a ban on any future EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, and prevent further improvements in car emissions standards after 2017. But it is the other proposals, put forward by Democrats, that could in the end destroy the last hopes of any strong action on climate change during Obama's remaining two years in the White House.

Songbird chirps again: Goldcrest back in gardens after harsh winter killed 2m | Mail Online

Britain's smallest bird has bounced back a year after the harshest winter in three decades killed around two million.

Global warming: Berkeley scientists' climate data review puts them at center of national debate - latimes.com

The head of the study, a longtime critic of the global warming consensus, will testify before a House panel. Leading climate scientists worry that the project, funded in part by an oil billionaire's foundation, has an agenda.

Flashback: More Inconvenient Truth’s about Hansen - Heinz foundation money and political endoresments

Hansen Received $250,000 from partisan Heinz Foundation & Endorsed Dem. John Kerry for Pres. in 2004

Breaking: AP reports White House insisting on Clean Air, Clean Water rollbacks to pass budget | Grist

This report is likely to be credible, as President Obama failed to mention the Clean Air Act during his major energy speech today -- giving his negotiators room to maneuver with Republicans. In addition, the White House has been positioning itself as a friend of the fossil-fuel industry, opening up massive new coal mining equivalent to the construction of 300 new coal-fired power plants and issuing a spate of new Gulf of Mexico deepwater drilling permits.

I must say, it's not surprising that Obama is choosing to attack core environmental laws.

[Wait a minute: Wasn't George W. Bush our president during most of this time period?]: EPA reports massive drop in U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions | Grist

Great Scott, how did I miss this? Late last month, the EPA released a draft greenhouse gas inventory, showing that net climate warming emissions from the U.S. fell by a whopping 15 percent from 2000 through 2009

Breaking: The Republican attack on clean air isn’t popular | Grist

The message should be clear: Congress needs to stand up for the health of Americans, not the agenda of polluters.

NRDC : “smarter than the average bear” | Real Science

Winter temperatures aren’t rising in Wyoming

Children Live In Temperatures Ranging From -80F To 130F | Real Science

Half a degree will ruin their lives though.

NC Media Watch: Snow survey results are in -- 165% of normal

The March Sierra Snow Survey results are in and the Water Board found the water content was 160% of normal. And Goveror Brown recended Arnold's drought executive order today, California is now offically not in a drought. The drought was really over last year, but California and Federal officals were hoping the drought would return this year, so they can continue to destroy job in the Central Valley.

Al Fin: Beware the Plastic Apocalypse!!!

We are told the oceans are covered with floating plastic debris, clogging the ocean food chains and destroying free-swimming wildlife. But solid evidence of this eco-catastrophe is quite thin.

Shock News : Horticulturists Intentionally Adding EPA Toxin CO2 To Their Growing Environment | Real Science

Extra amounts of EPA designated toxin CO2 facilitates “healthy and vibrant plants.”

Ignore Any Data Which Doesn’t Support Your Theory | Real Science

Southern hemisphere doesn’t count. It isn’t behaving properly.

- Bishop Hill blog - Mann writes doggerel

Michael Mann has written to top US newspaper the Payson Roundup defending his honour...

The Payson Roundup / Research data is not false

Mr. Putnam attacks the integrity of researchers at the UK’s University of East Anglia “Climatic Research Unit” (CRU), misrepresenting the content of stolen e-mails to falsely accuse them of “falsifying data.” He fails to note that seven separate external investigations in the U.S. and the U.K. have absolved the scientists of claims of wrongdoing manufactured by climate change deniers.
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Readers interested in the truth behind the science, rather than the falsehoods and smears perpetuated by people like Mr. Putnam, should consult the scientist-run Web site: http://www.realclimate .org, or scientifically-based books on the topic like my “Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming.”

Michael E. Mann

Catlin Arctic Survey

The last two days have been pretty miserable on the weather side, cloudy, blowy but warm so the nights were pleasant but today we have clear, cold, crisp with temps in the range of -30C.
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The most challenging times for me are getting into bed at night and out again in the morning. Thankfully my experience last year has given me a head start on some of my colleagues. But still it is the middle of the night pee is still a brutal experience but as our guide Carolyn says, always have a system and now I do!

Ross Garnaut's carbon pricing plan 'naive', say energy producers | The Australian

JULIA Gillard's chief climate change adviser has been lashed by the $120 billion energy sector, which says his latest advice is a risk to investment and could lead to a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against the government if followed.

As the opposition seized on Ross Garnaut's latest report as evidence that Labor's carbon policy would lead to brownouts and insufficient electricity production, the sector slammed it as "naive", "commercially unsophisticated" and "undergraduate".

Mass. House approves $50M to help defray snow removal costs from harsh winter :: The Republic

BOSTON — The Massachusetts House voted Wednesday to spend nearly $50 million to replenish the state's depleted snow and ice removal budget, even as a late-season storm was bearing down on the region with the potential for up to a foot of snow in some areas.

NH House votes to repeal cap-and-trade program - BusinessWeek

The New Hampshire House voted Wednesday to end the state's participation in a cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing carbon emissions.

The House voted 251-108 after less than five minutes of debate to pass a bill that would repeal the law under which the state joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The vote margin was similar to the House's vote last month to support repeal in asking its budget committee to review the bill. The Senate next considers the bill.

Pajamas Media » EPA Air Chief Is CO2 Clueless

Nations such as China, India, and others are unburdened by the carbon dioxide ball-and-chain.

They are forging ahead with a clear vision of the future while we are regulating ourselves into mediocrity.

The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : What Does Pawlenty Believe Now?

One troubling view that Pawlenty held, even as he disavowed himself of cap-and-trade, was that he apparently considered carbon dioxide a pollutant, as shown in this interview when he visited New Hampshire in December 2009:

Fremantle thanks PM for carbon tax : World News Australia on SBS

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been showered with praise by Fremantle residents for her government's proposed carbon tax during a community cabinet meeting in the West Australian port city.

But that was to be expected at Australia's only carbon neutral high school in a state electorate held by a green independent MP.

On Wednesday night Ms Gillard chatted with people wearing T-shirts calling for action on climate change and posed for photos in front of a banner which read: "Thank you for the carbon tax".

Debbie Stabenow amendment would block EPA climate [hoax] regulations | The Washington Independent

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) has proposed an amendment to small business legislation that would suspend U.S. Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas regulations for two years.

2009: Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Energy Leader - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online

“Climate change is very real,” she confessed as she embraced cap and trade’s massive tax increase on Michigan industry — at the same time claiming, against all the evidence, that it would not lead to an increase in manufacturing costs or energy prices. “Global warming creates volatility. I feel it when I’m flying. The storms are more volatile. We are paying the price in more hurricanes and tornadoes.”

Carbon dioxide tax raises street temperature - On Line Opinion - 31/3/2011

So, for example, when elites assure us that Julia will help the poor through the carbon dioxide tax, we simply don't buy it. After all, we're aware that Julia isn't looking after struggling families now, so why would we trust her later?

Besides, many people want less government, not more government. They want to be left alone.

They're also tired of the end-of-the-world global warming campaigns sold by frequent flyer Al Gore and cashed up Hollywood celebs. Western suburbs MP Bernie Finn who addressed the anti-tax rally, has written,"The former vice-president of the United States has a carbon footprint that spreads nonsense wherever he goes. As we know, there is no global warming -- but if there was, it would possibly be caused by Mr Gore's propensity to spout hot air wherever he travels in his jumbo jet." And yet, the views of beach house-loving stars are treated like a sacred science today.

As well, we're commanded to embrace Noah-like prophecies.

Noteworthy also are reports that the anti-homelessness green activist, Kevin Rudd, also purchased a 3.1 million holiday home at Castaways Beach, near Noosa. In the Labor era, Joe Average is encouraged to scale down, while politicians live it up. Their beach houses grow bigger; while increasingly unaffordable working class units shrink. They travel in energy-hungry jets; while the commoners struggle to

Obama’s Pricey Electric Toys - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online

It’s fun to play with other people’s money.

With Washington groaning under record federal deficits, President Obama Wednesday unveiled another pricey plan to spend taxpayer dollars — potentially doubling the cost of the government’s vehicle fleet by mandating that all 600,000 cars be hybrids and electrics (so-called “advanced technology vehicles”) by 2015. But . . . under a clever loophole in the mandate, the Guzzler-in-Chief will still get to ride around in his big SUVs.

- Bishop Hill blog - Simon says - Josh 91

Simon probably did not mean to let this phrase escape from his mouth, but yes, he really did say the smart money was in Global Warming - oh dear.

- Bishop Hill blog - The Spectator debate

Here are some of the things that stuck in my mind. The first was the sense of anger in the auditorium. People were just very, very annoyed about what was going on. There were times when the warmists on the stage looked taken aback by the heat that they were receiving.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: US Taxpayers blow $529 million to produce play toys for Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio & other rich hypocrites

Architectural Digest reports Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio are among the first in line to receive the new $96,000 Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sports car. This vehicle features 400 horsepower, 0 to 60 mph in 5.9 seconds, "eco-friendly" leather seating, and your choice of oak, mahogany, or walnut inlays. AD reports this "fantasy car" was only possible due to $529 million in "stimulus money" courtesy of the Obama administration and US taxpayers.

Obama on energy today: Drill, baby, drill was stupid; we need to drill, baby, drill; we'll still need to generate electricity using fossil fuels in 2035; CO2 threatens to kill us all

RealClearPolitics - Obama's Speech on America's Energy Security

You remember that -- "drill, baby, drill"-- and we were going through all that. (Laughter.) And none of it was really going to do anything to solve the problem.
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Now, meeting the goal of cutting our oil dependence depends largely on two things: first, finding and producing more oil at home; second, reducing our overall dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency.

This begins by continuing to increase America's oil supply. ...in my State of the Union address back in January, I called for a new Clean Energy Standard for America: By 2035, 80 percent of our electricity needs to come from a wide range of clean energy sources -- renewables like wind and solar, efficient natural gas. And, yes, we're going to have to examine how do we make clean coal and nuclear power work.
... Every time we fill up at the pump, every time we lose a job or a business to countries that are investing more than we do in clean energy, when it comes to our air, our water, and the climate change that threatens the planet that you will inherit -- we're already paying a price.

Can you prevent hurricanes by using Internet Explorer 9?

Microsoft: IE9 more environmentally friendly than others

Energy consumption is currently an in fashion topic and Microsoft has put forward their Internet Explorer 9 browser comes out better than others in this regard.

This study conducted by Microsoft has come about following the Earth Hour, 60 minutes for the planet exercise which took place this weekend to make people aware of problems linked to global warming. The timing of such an event is ideal for Microsoft to put forward the benefits of Internet Explorer 9 in terms of energy efficiency.

Settled science: A list of links showing that global warming causes everything, and it also causes the opposite of everything

Settled Science | Real Science

No Joke! Possible April Fools' Winter Storm - weather.com

How much? As it stands now, a potential 6-to-12 inch snowstorm in highly populated Northeast cities. This is HIGHLY dependent upon the extent of the storm's explosive coastal development and track of storm.

Study: Climate-driven vegetation change by boreal forests is yet another positive, amplifying feedback « Climate Progress

Going back to the 2005 Science study, the point is that if you convert a white landscape to a boreal forest, the surface suddenly starts collecting a lot more solar energy.

Remember that time 20,000 years ago, when we lost that nice mile-thick ice at Chicago, and positive feedbacks resulted in the Earth becoming inhabitable?  Neither do I

When the glacier reached its southernmost limit about 20,000 years ago, the ice was a mile thick at Chicago--an enormous weight that depressed the land beneath.

Greenpeace video urges Facebook to go green

Greenpeace offices across the globe released a new campaign video urging Facebook to stop using coal and nuclear to power its services and asked it to pledge to go green by Earth Day 2012.

The video is part of a campaign by Greenpeace to turn Facebook green. It is subtitled in 14 languages and will be broadcast on television on many popular networks in California.

Nuclear | Greenpeace International

Greenpeace has always fought - and will continue to fight - vigorously against nuclear power because it is an unacceptable risk to the environment and to humanity. The only solution is to halt the expansion of all nuclear power, and for the shutdown of existing plants.

59-year-old in UK still believes in the greatest scientific fraud in human history

You can trust Kevin to help save energy - Edinburgh Evening News

Running a spin-off university company called Carbon Masters, Houston is on the warpath to get them to realise just how costly wasting energy is about to get, when the Government's carbon tax kicks in next year.

His company has already estimated that Edinburgh Airport, for instance, will have a £187,000 carbon bill on top of its £2.3 million energy bill while Edinbugh University will be forking out around £900,000 on top of the £11m it pays for gas and electric. Similarly Edinburgh City Council could be facing a bill of £1m in carbon tax - its energy costs are around £12m - and the Royal Bank of Scotland, nationally, could be asked to pay £5m for its use of £66m worth of energy every year.
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Houston is well aware of the climate sceptics, but is uninterested in debating the existence of global warming. "I have seen enough of the science," he says matter-of-factly. "Whether you're a climate change believer or denier, the fact is that most politicians now accept it's an issue and something needs to be done.
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He adds: "When I left university with my chemistry degree the orthodox science was that we were heading for another ice age, not that the world was heating up..."

Plain Talk: How corporate spin sets public agenda

When you read this book you come to understand how it was that the big tobacco companies were able for years to discredit mountains of medical research that cigarettes cause cancer and how today’s big conglomerates like those operated by the notorious Koch brothers are able to convince millions of Americans that the world’s scientific community is wrong about global warming.

The FINANCIAL - Iberia, Airbus and the Spanish Government launch bio-fuel initiative to reduce CO2 emissions

Biofuels are a must for aviation to achieve our industry's ambitious CO2 reduction targets. In fact, we believe that biofuels should primarily be reserved for aviation as our industry has no other viable alternative energy source,” said Tom Enders.

Nestle Chairman – Biofuels Are Immoral - Domestic Fuel

The Chairman of Nestle, who just so happens to sit on the board of ExxonMobil, Peter Brabeck-Latmathe, lambasted global leaders for their support of “immoral” biofuel policies that are starving millions around the world earlier this week. In particular, he attacked the Obama administration for promoting corn-based ethanol and reserved no kind words for U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack who he claimed is making “absolutely flabbergasting” claims for America’s ability to produce food, feed and fiber.

Where’s The Heat? « Musings from the Chiefio

We’ve been cooling off for at least 6 years.

So, pretty simple: We’re supposed to be into this whole “Global Warming” thing by about 100 years now. The whole darned industrial revolution and from the 1970′s to date of exceptional growth and development. Supposedly CO2 is running rampant and cooking the globe with “accumulated heat”. OK, where is it? I don’t see it in the graph.

Looks to me like the “hot ocean” of a few years ago has dumped that excess heat and is well on its way to becoming a cold blue ocean...

No news – the lull before the storm? | ScottishSceptic

So, unless the media can be convinced that there is something just as scary about the manipulation of the public and media, corruption of science and misuse of power then barring a few half hearted articles on the next warm summer, there will be no “other side” of the storm, it will just fizzle out like swine flu: the media will not turn on their political masters, and instead having eaten the carcass of the doomsday story to the dry bone, they will just fly off to the next story

A look back: If you're trying to pinpoint the peak period of global warming hysteria, consider this piece by Donald Kennedy

[July 2007]: Climate: Game Over « Climate Progress

Donald Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief of Science has a good op-ed:

With respect to climate change, we have abruptly passed the tipping point in what until recently has been a tense political controversy. Why? Industry leaders, nongovernmental organizations, Al Gore, and public attention have all played a role. At the core, however, it’s about the relentless progress of science. As data accumulate, denialists retreat to the safety of the Wall Street Journal op-ed page or seek social relaxation with old pals from the tobacco lobby from whom they first learned to “teach the controversy.” Meanwhile, political judgments are in, and the game is over. Indeed, on this page last week, a member of Parliament described how the European Union and his British colleagues are moving toward setting hard targets for greenhouse gas reductions.

Now that the scientific consensus is clear, it’s time to ask what the U.S. Congress is doing to keep pace with this new reality...

NH House considers repealing cap-and-trade program - StamfordAdvocate

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House is voting whether to end the state's participation in a cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing carbon emissions.

Will climate change cause wars? | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The horrific violence in Darfur, Sudan, for example, followed decades of strained relations between nomadic herders and farmers, coinciding with a sustained drop in rainfall from the 1970s onward. However, the dramatic onset of warfare in 2003 doesn't appear to be directly linked to short-term dryness.

Calgary: Residents too cold to spend one hour per year trying to prevent runaway global warming?

Building on Earth Hour

The awareness-raising event has grown since it began in Sydney, Australia, in 2007; however, Calgary has repeatedly come under fire for its lacklustre participation. According to Enmax, the overall reduction in power Saturday "was so minuscule, that it couldn't even be attributed to that particular event," said spokeswoman Doris Kaufmann.

Edmonton's participation was even worse, with power rising 1.01 per cent over the same day and time last year, according to Epcor.

The success of Earth Hour, however, shouldn't be measured by the mere reduction in power consumption over a 60-minute period. Calgary's weak showings over the years perhaps reflect nothing more than the fact cold weather requires residents to keep warm. It's easier to win greater participation in warm climates, where turning off the power for an hour isn't particularly painful.

Sierra snow "piled up above the third story windows "

AGOSTINI: Sierra resorts celebrate bounty of snow - Columnists: Ron Agostini - Skiing - Modbee.com

The entire Sierra is covered in deep white all the way to the rooftops in some spots.

Boreal reported a snowpack of 25 feet and a total season dump of a record 702 inches, topping the 662 inches in 1995. Heavenly at South Lake Tahoe has received nearly 500 inches.

Northstar-at-Tahoe has recorded its most snow-filled winter in 25 years. Squaw Valley USA has checked in with more than 50 feet, only the third time it's reached that number since 1970.

"We're celebrating the best winter in decades," said Andy Chapman, director of tourism with the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association.

Near-record Sierra snow good news to parched Calif

"I'm out plowing driveways, and we can't even find the houses," said Norm Sayler, who used to run Donner Ski Ranch along Interstate 80 and now operates a snow-plowing business near the top of Donner Summit. "I've been up here since 1954, and personally this has been the toughest winter I've ever had here."

Snow is piled so high in some areas that it is causing some roofs to collapse and stressing others.
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They dumped so much snow at the University of California Central Sierra Snow Lab near Soda Springs that the 15-foot-tall measuring stake was buried. Researcher Randall Osterhuber had to extend the stake another six feet to keep up with the more than 18 feet of snow on the ground, the fourth-deepest since record-keeping began there in 1946. More than 47 feet of snow has fallen there this season.
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The snow piled up above the third story windows at the house 18-year-old Luis Rico is sharing with five other employees of the nearby Royal Gorge cross-country skiing resort, which closed all last week because of the storms.

Seals Disappear Due To Climate Change – Again | Real Science

This year it is due to too much CO2, but 90 years ago it was due to too little CO2.

New paper asserts atmospheric water vapour modulates incoming solar energy and is a negative feedback

water vapor acts with a negative feedback on temperature, not a positive one. That is, the data demonstrate that increasing the level of water vapor in the atmosphere results in a decrease of temperature, not an increase as predicted by the climate models. In essence, atmospheric water vapor acts as a thermostat.

Combet Praises China For Doubling Their CO2 Emissions | Real Science

Communist CO2 good. Capitalist CO2 bad.

Skeptic's Corner: WARNING!! Your underwear purchase may kill polar bears.!

Besides the absolute worthlessness of the proposal, what are the chances that either of these two esteemed academics have a clue as to the terrible regulatory and economic burden this would place on global industry. Not to mention the government bureaucracies which would need to be established to create, monitor and enforce it. All of which would be passed onto the consumer and taxpayers.

How narrow and and closed minded has this entire exercise in elitist academic gobbledygook thinking gone when obviously intelligent people would consider such destructive policies as somehow warranted. This is what happens when people whose sole purpose in life is to sit around and think of theoretical schemes and have virtually no clue of the real world in which they live.

[Shouldn't they set an example for the little people by using public transport?]: Members Collect Many Unpaid Tickets : Roll Call News

According to a Roll Call survey of vehicles parked on Capitol Hill and at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, as of mid-March, lawmakers were carrying at least $15,000 in outstanding tickets — ranging from expired meters to speeding camera violations — and potentially thousands of dollars more.

Anti-Nuclear Power Hysteria and its Significant Contribution to Global Warming | Watts Up With That?

The decline of nuclear power has had a significant effect on global carbon emissions and subsequently any anthropogenic global warming effect. To see the extent of this influence, let us first take a look at total U.S. carbon emissions since 1900.

Nuclear Exaggeration: Is Atomic Radiation as Dangerous as We Thought? - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

A mounting number of studies are coming to some surprising conclusions about the dangers of nuclear radiation. It might not be as deadly as is widely believed.

Another German “Will Soon Unveil A Master Plan For A Transformation Of Society”

A master plan for transforming society drafted by a climate scientist, a person who admits having no background in sociology. This plan no doubt will be asserted by authority, and not democracy. Schellnhuber has indicated many times that democracy is flawed and is a nuisance. It’s getting in the way of solving the ”world’s crises” (like zero temperature growth over the last 15 years).

Transportation Master Plan

The worst part is that all these “masterplans” are based on flaky, often times fraudulent and alarmist science – all designed to promote panic rather than reason. This has already led to disastrous results (biofuel induced global hunger or landscape desecration by windmills to name two) and will surely lead to even greater disasters.

Another example of a so-called masterplan that has come to our attention is the latest European proposal to ban all fossil-fuel-powered cars from cities by 2050 – again all this with little or no thought about the potential conseqeunces this junk-science-based regulatory hyper-zealousness may have...

Isle Royale moose population allegedly linked to CO2 levels; we know this because (cough-mumble)

Isle Royale down to 2 female wolves; extinction possible | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota

...Winter ticks, which posed a severe threat to the Isle Royale moose in 2007, have declined significantly since then.

Researchers say moose appear to have hit bottom at 385 in 2007, though their numbers remain less than half their historic, long-term average. Scientists speculate that warmer weather has spurred parasites and other problems for the moose.

“We’ve been thinking they are about to pull out of their really low period. And the habitat has rebounded, with lower moose numbers, so there’s lots of food for them to eat,” Vucetich said. “If they don’t come back stronger fairly soon, then the impact (from climate change) may be bigger than we had previously thought.”

Moose came to the island around 1900, peaking at 2,445 in 1995.

Prince Harry To Hike In The Unfrozen Arctic | Real Science

Good thing that the headline writer specified that the temperature is in Fahrenheit.

Redressing global climate hysteria - Washington Times

CLIMATE OF CORRUPTION: POLITICS AND POWER BEHIND THE GLOBAL WARMING HOAX

By Larry Bell
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For those who simply want an introduction to government-sponsored climate research and results or for the “old timers” in the air-science profession like me, this is a good synopsis of the latest fads and fallacies of the ill-advised “industry” of global-warming science.

Got Problems? Blame Global Warming - Larry Bell - The Bell Tells for You - Forbes

During a 2001 interview when he was asked how global warming would affect the scene outside an upper-level New York City GISS building 20 years hence Dr. Hansen replied, “Well, there will be more traffic.” He went on to say, “The West Side Highway [which runs along the Hudson River] will be underwater. And there will be tape across the street because of high winds. And the same birds won’t be there. The trees in the median strip will change”. Then he added, “There will be more police cars.” When asked why, he explained, “Well, you know what happens when the heat goes up.”

You gotta give him some credit. At least he was right about that traffic!

Shock News From Catlin : The Arctic Has Severe Storms | Real Science

The Catlin team hasn’t moved for a week due to the weather, despite the fact that leading experts tell us there isn’t enough energy in cold climates to produce storms.

Amazon Hit By Droughtflood | Real Science

Brazil is recovering from months of widespread floods and ravaged by widespread drought – at the same time.

Quadrant Online - "Without the CO2 we’d all be dead"

I heard some of the speeches at the rallies and thought them a bit technical. I think we need simpler messages, so to give it a go I wrote the following poem – a bit of doggerel to re-inforce just one point.

The Blackboard » Un-naturally Trendy.

A reader pointed me to a very interesting paper entitled,
“Nature’s style: Naturally trendy”, Timothy A. Cohn and Harry F. Lins. Evidently, this paper made the rounds as one that suggests the trend in temperatures in the 20th century might not be statistically significant.