Antarctic sea-ice extent 193,000 sq miles higher than average

193,000 square miles – That’s the size of Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Virginia and Maryland combined.

Again, I ask, Where are the breathless headlines?

Or is there an agenda here?

Solar-powered stupidity | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Another green scheme, another massive waste of money:

Stanwell Corporation, [Queensland’s] biggest power utility, has said the boom in rooftop solar installations has not resulted in any carbon emissions savings…

This was because generation of solar electricity did not automatically reduce carbon emissions at base load power stations.

Tobacco denial and pesticide alarm - Matt Ridley

In any case, the charge that climate scepticism goes with tobacco denial is false. The best example that Oreskes has produced is a 1994 paper written by the climate sceptic Fred Singer challenging some statistics about passive smoking. Yet Singer does not deny that smoking causes cancer, has served on the advisory board of an anti-smoking organization and dislikes passive smoking.

To conclude from this history that climate alarmists have more in common with tobacco deniers than climate sceptics do would be simply to repeat Mr Gore's and Ms Oreskes's egregious mistake. The true lesson is that arguments should be discussed on their merits, not tarred by tenuous association.

Flashback: The Island President: movie review - CSMonitor.com

Nasheed, who had been tortured by Gayoom, made a pullback in global temperatures his top presidential priority. He filmed public service announcements that included, only half in jest, a board meeting under water in scuba gear...(Irony alert: This man who rails so strenuously against global pollution chain-smokes his way through the movie.)