Could a quiet sun cancel global warming? - Capital Weather Gang - The Washington Post

Michael Mann, professor of climate science at Penn State University, said the effect of the 11-year solar cycle on the global temperature is small.

“Studies that have looked at the longer-term impact of a potential 21st century grand solar minimum have found that the [temperature] response would be dwarfed by anthropogenic [manmade] warming [from the build-up of greenhouse gas concentrations],” Mann said.

For example, a recent study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters (Feulner and Rahmstorf, 2010) concluded a minimum in solar activity would shave just 0.3 degrees C off projected warming by 2100.

Obama Plans Another $2 Billion In Solyndra Style Boondoggles | Real Science

Obama is proposing to use $2 billion in revenue from oil and gas development to transition cars from fossil fuels.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds IPCC models underestimate cooling effect of clouds

A paper published today in the Journal of Climate finds that IPCC climate models underestimate the cooling effect of clouds in the Arctic. The paper adds to many other peer-reviewed publications demonstrating that climate models exaggerate warming by underestimating the net cooling and negative feedback from clouds.

Green Fantasies, Hard Realities | NoFrakkingConsensus

The only place wind energy is free and easy is in the minds of green activists.

Eugene Robinson: No New Coal Plants - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

[Robinson] The test of President Obama’s seriousness about addressing climate change is not hispending decision on the much-debated Keystone XL pipeline. It’s whether he effectively consigns coal-fired power plants — one of the biggest sources of carbon emissions — to the ashcan of history.