EUtopia: Whatever Happened to Climate Change?

People give me that puzzled look when I explain that I switch off my engine at traffic lights to save petrol

The Blackboard » How are Models Tracking: GISTemp

But everyone should bear in mind, the ENSO charts from NOAA are showing “red” for El Nino influence. So, warming is anticipated. That said, at year end or when I get the tail end of the script double checked, I think we’ll be pointing out that the multi-model mean is outside the range consistent with observations. I’d say the result is getting to be robust to future data

Climate Alarmism: Our Sanity and Wallets Need a Break — MasterResource

“Pick up any 40-year-old science textbook – on chemistry, biology, geology, physics, astronomy or medicine – and you’ll find a slew of “facts” and theories that have been proven wrong or are no longer the “consensus” view. Climatology is no exception.

Energy Policy Divides Governing Coalition in France - NYTimes.com

Desperate to secure the votes needed to defeat Nicolas Sarkozy, the center-right incumbent, the Socialists agreed last year not to field any candidates in around 60 constituencies. In exchange, the Greens accepted the Socialists’ goal of reducing France’s dependence on nuclear power for energy to 50 percent from 75 percent by 2025 — far short of the Greens’ own goal of zero.
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“The Socialists are starting to realize that they gave a very generous gift to the Greens,” said Pascal Perrineau, director of the Center for Political Research in Paris, who noted that the Green presidential candidate, Eva Joly, was eliminated in the first round of voting, with a humiliating 2.3 percent of the vote. “The Greens are a small party, but they have been very well paid.”
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But the nuclear industry employs about 400,000 heavily unionized workers here, and French companies like Areva and Électricité de France are global leaders in the design and operation of nuclear technology.