Candy Crowley’s weird dismissal of climate change | Grist

When I hear “all of you climate change people,” I expect to hear this coming right after it: “Or whatever kids are into these days.” I see a dismissive wave of the hand, a little smile acknowledging that the speaker is treading into terrain that isn’t her own but that she recognizes as popular.

Twitter / AGW_Prof: Apparently Anthony Watts calendar ...

Apparently Anthony Watts calendar shows 1951–1980 as being current. My calendar shows 2012 and it is warmer than any time in past 2000 yr.

Judith Curry: Media Should Do Their Homework, Communicate Honestly With The Public | The Global Warming Policy Foundation

The Guardian strikes back against David Rose’s Daily Mail article. How does this refute Rose’s argument? No statistically significant positive trend, and it makes it look like SkS hasn’t done their homework with the latest data.

German Panic Button: Political Leader Calls For Abandonment of Green Energy Transition | The Global Warming Policy Foundation

The deputy leader of the parliamentary Christian Democratic Party (CDU), Arnold Vaatz, has called for a U-turn regarding Germany’s planned nuclear phase-out and for a complete revision of nuclear policy. On Tuesday evening, Vaatz questioned the Government’s entire green energy transition. Vaatz justified his push by pointing out the fact that renewable energy sources are incapable of generating base-load electricity. Therefore the “immediate repeal of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG)” was required, albeit while protecting legitimate expectations. “We will have to keep coal, gas and nuclear energy,” he said.

Global Warming Expert Attacks ‘Unhelpful’ Blogger | The Global Warming Policy Foundation

An eminent scientist has criticised the leader of Cambridgeshire County Council for denying man’s role in global warming. The politician had blogged on Met Office figures which showed there had been no discernible rise in global temperatures in the last 16 years.