UN IPCC's Dr. Madhav L. Khandekar: Claims re: Sandy such as McKibben's are 'absolute bunko' -- Explains how hurricanes are not on the rise worldwide | Climate Depot

'We shouldn't be discussing greenhouse gases reduction in a futile attempt to stop climate from changing or extreme weather events from happening. Instead we should be discussing how best to prepare our growing societies for extreme weather like Tropical Storm Sandy, events that will continue to occur no matter what we do'

Twitter / PaulREhrlich: Mitwitt and Sandy -- an idiot ...

Mitwitt and Sandy -- an idiot meets #climate disruption. Vote for him to ruin your grandkids lives http://bit.ly/RsSf2n

Thomas Friedman: The election story as told by my hometown | StarTribune.com

I was debating whether to go to the Turkish-Syrian border this week or to visit my old high school in Minnesota. I decided to make the exotic foreign trip and come to Minnesota.  [For a guy who's constantly lecturing us about the alleged dangers of carbon dioxide, he sure seems to take a lot of fossil-fueled breaks from the tedium of life at his mansion.  Does he buy carbon dioxide scam rip-offsets from Al Gore for each of these trips?]