Stanford Daily | Earth Day and Fossil Fuel Divestment

We can afford to burn only one fifth of fossil fuel companies’ existing reserves if we wish to avoid internationally agreed upon two-degree warming benchmark of catastrophic climate change [which was plucked out of thin air, to put it politely].

Twitter / m4gw: Just think, in less then 2 ...

Just think, in less then 2 months the days start getting shorter. pic.twitter.com/3nORJofpuY

Heartland Institute Celebrates Earth Day with Release of New Book | Heartland Institute

In celebration of Earth Day, The Heartland Institute – a free-market think tank The Economist magazine calls “the world’s most prominent think tank promoting skepticism about man-made climate change” – is sending 100,000 copies of The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatismby Steve Goreham to educators, business and civic leaders, judges, environmental journalists, and elected officials across the country. Enclosed with the book is a 10-minute DVD titled Unstoppable Solar Cycles: Rethinking Global Warming.

Sceptic talks on warming | New Zealand

Speaking before the talks, Otago University sciences pro-vice-chancellor Prof Keith Hunter said he did not have ''a particularly high opinion'' of Lord Monckton and declined an invitation to debate the issue of climate change yesterday.

''It ... [would have invited] the conclusion that the person who has the best-sounding argument is the one who is right and that isn't the way science works. He understands the principles of debate. The problem is you don't decide the laws of physics on debate,'' he said.

Prof Hunter said people should remember Lord Monckton did not have a scientific background.

''Put it this way, would you accept advice on open surgery from the local butcher?''