Following landslide defeat Queensland architect of carbon schemes retained – to remove them | JunkScience.com

Mr Newman on Tuesday said Mr Withers, head of Queensland’s Office of Climate Change, would be asked to oversee the removal of carbon reduction schemes he had helped create, which the LNP has promised to axe.

Hate mail goes both ways | JunkScience.com

While Michael Mann and Katharine Hayhoe continually whine in the media about alleged “hate mail” they get, here’s an example that ClimateDepot.com just received:

- Bishop Hill blog - Beddington going

The Cabinet Office is advertising for a replacement for Sir John Beddington, the government chief scientific adviser.

The last three occupants of the post - May, King and Beddington himself - have been, to say the least, eccentric old coves. All of them have specialised in computer modelling and they have all seemed guilty of an unquestioning belief in the pronouncements of in-silico sybils, occasionally with disastrous consequences. Beddington has compounded these failings by appearing to work as a tax-funded lobbyist on behalf of the scientific civil service rather than someone who toiled for the public benefit.

Earth Hour: Corporations Preaching Morality « NoFrakkingConsensus

When you dim your lights for Earth Hour, you’re protesting in a manner approved by multinational corporations. You’re allowing banks and insurance companies to tell you how to spend your Saturday night.

1917 : Unparalleled Record Hot Streak | Real Science

The summer of 1917 had 43 consecutive days with a high temperature of 120° F or above.

Death Valley National Park – Weather and Climate (U.S. National Park Service)