The Reference Frame: Doha, Qatar will host a climate conference

I could go on and on and on. A vast majority of all these things has been paid, is being paid, or will be paid from oil revenue. But the climate warriors are going to transform Qatar to a global symbol of the fight against fossil fuels next month, anyway. The number of psychiatrists in the world is clearly insufficient to deal with this overload of cases. ;-)

Shell attacks 'ridiculous' effects of European energy policy - Telegraph

Royal Dutch Shell has attacked the “ridiculous” impact of European energy policy, warning that governments are erasing the environmental benefits from expensive renewables by allowing coal use to increase.

The "Frankenstorm" and Global Warming - NYTimes.com

But there remains far too much natural variability in the frequency and potency of rare and powerful storms — on time scales from decades to centuries – to go beyond pointing to this event being consistent with what’s projected on a human-heated planet.

Al Gore’s Current TV is Going Out of Business

Al Gore’s Current TV, former home of Keith Olbermann, current home of such stellar cable news personalities as Gavin Newsom, Elliot Spitzer, Jennifer Granholm and every failed left-wing politician who couldn’t get a job as a lobbyist, is “fielding offers from interested buyers.” In other news, Enron is looking to bring in fresh blood and Madoff is looking to diversify his portfolio.

BBC to feature Climategate for Halloween | Watts Up With That?

I’m told that Roger Tattersall (aka Tallbloke) was interviewed for this. I was not, which is probably their loss since the issue started with WUWT and I have some unique insight. OTOH it is probably just as well, as I have about as much respect for the BBC as I do PBS, being cast from the same government media mold.