Sunday Silliness: 'Euthanise your old pet' to save the planet | Australian Climate Madness

The worrying thing about this whole yarn was the length of time it took me to work out it was a hoax. We have read stuff like this from genuine extreme-green advocates, so I wasn't entirely sure whether it was genuine or not.

- Bishop Hill blog - Quote of the day

However, [For the Pacific Insitute] I suspect the penny has dropped that their public credulity regarding an obviously fishy story, and the public excuses they made for Gleick's admitted dishonest tactics, let alone his unadmitted ones, sent the message to the public that they may also be credulous and tolerant of dishonesty when it comes to climate science.

Natalie Solent ponders the reinstatement of Peter Gleick. There is a lesson here for the IPCC when they consider how to respond to the Gergis affair.

Take away their hope | Climate Nonconformist

If Labor can convince voters that either way, they are stuck with the carbon tax, the choice becomes less clear. The government now has no choice but to take away our hope that the carbon tax can be repealed.By making the tax difficult to repeal and pledging to block any attempts to do so, they are increasing the hopelessness of the situation.

Deep sea hydrothermal vents discovered in Gulf of California | Watts Up With That?

underwater volcanoes spread lava across the seafloor and hydrothermal vents spout water heated by magma beneath the seafloor to over 550 degrees Fahrenheit.

Lawmakers avoid buzzwords on climate change bills | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Kris Allen, a Virginia Beach businessman, is one climate skeptic who believes sea level rise is real, is a problem and should be studied and acted upon. Indeed, he would prefer that state and local studies be labeled as such.

He gets upset, however, when government wants to prescribe economically harmful regulations on coal and gas and enact strategies such as cap-and-trade to combat a phenomenon that might be more about sinking land.

"It's a game about control," Allen said, echoing a sentiment that government is really after more control of property rights and individual liberty.