Climate scientist fights back - The Green Blog -  Albany NY

“We are in a street fight with those who are attempting to discredit us,” Mann said to a crowd at Nott Memorial. “The findings of science are on a collision course with powerful vested interests.”

The author of the famous “hockey stick” climate chart, Mann outlines in his new book, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, efforts by a shadowy network with links to petrochemical and conservative groups to harass him over the last decade.

That army of ghosts shows up at the Amazon link above. Of the 177 customer reviews, there were 35 that rank him with the lowest possible score of one out of five stars.

Most of the attackers appear to issue book reviews only on climate science, always attacking the scientific consensus and defending those who brand it as a massive scientific conspiracy. Some had never filed any previous reviews.

US "expert" praises Australia's carbon [dioxide hoax scam swindle] | The Australian

Jeffrey Sachs, a professor at Columbia University and adviser to the United Nations Secretary General on its Millennium Development Goals, says Australia's implementation of the tax has set a good example for the world.

Radio New Zealand : News : Political : Farmers' ETS exemption progresses

Changes to the scheme would include keeping agriculture out of the scheme indefinitely, and allowing polluters to import unlimited foreign carbon credits.
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Opposition parties have criticised the Government's bill, saying it ignores the pleas of carbon farmers being hit by record low prices.

Why I Spent Some Time with Al Gore

You might ask why I, as a Buddhist minister and ivory tower theologian, chose to devote so much time to learning from ex-politicians, climatologists, tech wizards, professional storytellers, and others.
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Among other things, climate change is already playing a role in driving conflict and genocide, furthering the oppression of women, and undoing work to lift people in the developing world out of poverty. And the science of climate change portends worse still. Indeed, the vital first step in halting some of the worst problems in our world — war, hunger, inequality — will be coming together to address climate change.