Climate Change Debate...« Chaos Manor – Jerry Pournelle

I have considerable experience in attempting to measure temperatures to a tenth of a degree, and I know how difficult that is; yet we are shown graphs and told to be alarmed by warming in the tenths of a degree. Attempts to question the consensus scientists on this subject have not resulted in any answer that satisfies me: that is, the data gatherers concede my point and say that they don’t really know how to get results accurate to a tenth of a degree over a wide area, and the modelers simply assume they have that data. When I point that out, I am usually given a lecture about oil company sponsorship of skeptics.

Holiday spots hit record low temperatures | Stuff.co.nz

Niwa last week revealed Wellington did not record a single hot day in the cloudiest summer on record.

Virginia Court Rejects Climate Skeptic's Demand for Records - NYTimes.com

The attorney general criticized Friday’s ruling in a statement. “From the beginning, we have said that we were simply trying to review documents that are unquestionably state property to determine whether or not fraud had been committed,” he said.”Today, the court effectively held that state agencies do not have to provide state-owned property to state investigators looking into potential fraud involving government funds.”

Reached by e-mail, Dr. Mann said he was pleased by the ruling. “It’s sad, though, that so much money and resources had to be wasted on Cuccinelli’s witch hunt,” he wrote.

Redding.com Blogs: Doug Craig's blog

It is a sad day for journalism when Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, two comedians on Comedy Central, are the most reliable challengers of the rampant corruption of the sick alliance between our government and the most powerful polluters on the planet.

Nederland's Frozen Dead Guy Days too cold, events delayed - The Denver Post

A bank sign near the festival read 19 degrees in the late morning, but it felt well below zero with gusting winds reaching 45 mph.