Who’s ‘Most to Blame’ for Global Warming? - ABC News

[Warmist Bill Blakemore] there’s no debate among the world’s scientists about which country is “most responsible.” That is, about which nation has injected the greatest amount of the heat-trapping invisible gas CO2 into to the atmosphere, where a lot of it remains for years, piling up and only adding to the heat.

The answer: United States has, with China a distant second...Note that, after falling out of the atmosphere quickly during the first 50 years to about a third, the “decay” of the CO2 emissions slows dramatically.

Twenty-seven percent of it is still up there after 100 years, 17 percent after 500 years, and 14 percent after 1000 years.

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Krugman vs. Research, Who You Gonna Believe?

Here is Andreadis and Lettenmaier (2006) in GRL (PDF):

[D]roughts have, for the most part, become shorter, less frequent, less severe, and cover a smaller portion of the country over the last century.

Carney won't say if wildfires, climate change are linked | The Daily Caller

Twice in the last week, the White House has deflected questions on whether climate change is to blame for natural disasters like the Colorado Springs wildfires and the Midwest drought.

Poll reveals hostility to carbon plans | smh.com.au

ENTRENCHED negative opinion against the Gillard government's carbon tax is highlighted in a new poll, which also suggests voters have even greater doubts about the effectiveness of Tony Abbott's ''Direct Action'' climate change plan.

Taken just as the carbon tax was introduced, the ''Climate of the Nation'' poll found 61 per cent of people believed it would be bad for the economy and 65 per cent thought it would be bad for their own household.
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When asked whether Labor's carbon pricing scheme would be effective to meet the bipartisan target of reducing emissions by at least 5 per cent by 2020, 28 per cent of people thought it would be, 32 per cent didn't know, and 40 per cent thought it would not be effective.
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When asked whether Tony Abbott's policy would be effective, only 14 per cent thought it would be, 44 per cent didn't know and 42 per cent thought it would not be effective.

The research confirmed the deep hostility to Labor's carbon tax. Only 28 per cent said they supported the carbon pricing laws and 52 per cent said they did not....

Mr Abbott plans to spend $10.5 billion over 10 years on competitive government grants to reduce emissions.