Lindzen totally pwns the alarmists – Telegraph Blogs

Here is how he began his speech, which was organised on behalf of the Campaign To Repeal the Climate Change Act:

Stated briefly, I will simply try to clarify what the debate over climate change is really about. It most certainly is not about whether climate is changing: it always is. It is not about whether CO2 is increasing: it clearly is. It is not about whether the increase in CO2, by itself, will lead to some warming: it should. The debate is simply over the matter of how much warming the increase in CO2 can lead to, and the connection of such warming to the innumerable claimed catastrophes. The evidence is that the increase in CO2 will lead to very little warming, and that the connection of this minimal warming (or even significant warming) to the purported catastrophes is also minimal. The arguments on which the catastrophic claims are made are extremely weak – and commonly acknowledged as such. They are sometimes overtly dishonest.

Heartland’s Invitation to Gleick – Details « Climate Audit

[comment by Willis Eschenbach] Interesting that shortly before committing wire fraud to obtain and release the donor list, Gleick received a very clear and well-reasoned explanation of the reason that the donors were kept secret. These included:

• People who disagree with our views have taken to selectively disclosing names of donors who they think are unpopular in order to avoid addressing the merits of our positions. Listing our donors makes this unfair and misleading tactic possible. By not disclosing our donors, we keep the focus on the issue.

• We have procedures in place that protect our writers and editors from undue influence by donors. This makes the identities of our donors irrelevant.

• We frequently take positions at odds with those of the individuals and companies who fund us, so it is unfair to them as well as to us to mention their funding when expressing our point of view.

• No corporate donor gives more than 5 percent of our budget, and most give far less than that. We have a diverse funding base that is too large to accurately summarize each time we issue a statement.

Given that this had just been explained to him, and the cogency of the reasons adduced, I find Gleick’s release of the donor list even more despicable and disturbing. Is there nothing these folks won’t do for “The Cause”?

More than 10 feet of snow in Urbino, Italy

Most snow in 128 years

According to the Meteorological Observatory “Alessandro Serpieri” of Urbino, which began collecting data in 1884, was never recorded a similar level. That of February 2012 is therefore the most exceptional snowfall of the last 128 years.