James Lovelock: What's Eating The Godfather Of Global Warming?

What he was, to most people, was an alarmist more on the order of President Obama's Science Czar John Holdren, a doomsday zealot. And I don't mean 'alarmist' in the American political sense, i.e., anyone who accepts the science of climate change - I mean a real End Of The World Is Nigh prophet.  So silly even the hysterical poster child of Think Progress, Joe Romm, believed Lovelock was over the top.

Now Lovelock believes he was over the top also.

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SCHNEIDEREIT: Can environmentalists be pragmatic about climate change? | The Chronicle Herald

Insisting the science on global warming was settled was probably the dumbest thing certain environmentalists — or politicians — could have done.

For one thing, such a pompous declaration reflects profound ignorance about the nature of scientific inquiry.

Sir David King: quantitative easing should be aimed at green economy | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The billions of pounds the Bank of England is pouring into banks in a bid to get lending flowing should have strings attached to ensure that much of the liquidity is directed towards greening the economy, the UK's former chief scientific adviser has urged.

...King said trillions of pounds in investment would be needed around the world if the global economy is to be successfully shifted from a high- to a low-carbon footing.

[Before we spend the trillions of pounds attempting to prevent CO2-induced bad weather, maybe we should try moving the thermometers away from the Weber grills?]:  How not to measure temperature, part 14 | Watts Up With That?

The nearby air conditioner is just 10 feet from the temperature sensor. Then there’s the chimney. The contribution of the portable BBQ grill to the temperature record is unknown.