Obama’s Biggest Backers Are ‘Hollywood Hypocrites’ - Washington Whispers (usnews.com)

Mattera says he wanted to focus on the duplicity of Hollywood stars who he says often preach environmental stewardship or equality, but fail to practice it in their daily lives.

Take Barbra Streisand, who called attention to a "Global Warming Emergency" in 2005 but pays $22,000 annually to water her lawn, or Harrison Ford, the vice chairman of Conservation International, who owns seven airplanes and admits, "I often fly up the coast for a cheeseburger."

"Not even Obama's biggest backers oblige to the same policy standards as they try to force on the rest of Americans," Mattera says.

Die Klimazwiebel: The decline of public concern on climate change in the US

While these studies are somewhat inconclusive as regards the effect of weather, they agree in one important aspect: it is not the sceptical propaganda which influences public perception of climate change

Gleick and the HP “Pretexting” Scandal « Climate Audit

The HP pretexting scandal offers an interesting precedent to Gleick’s case. Because Gleick’s case did not involve information from a public utility and did not use U.S. federal identification documents or numbers, some counts do not apply. But a number of offences charged in the HP pretexting appear to carry over with relatively little modification to Gleick’s case and, in addition, the elements of some other offences closely related to the HP offences appear to be satisfied in the Gleick case.

No need to panic, speaker tells Aussie climate forum | JunkScience.com

TALK that Green activists would undermine a conservative-run climate change forum in Warrnambool last night proved to be a lot of hot air.