National Climate Assessment: Plenty of Grist for the Media Mill | The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media

The report would be more balanced if it explicitly acknowledges the beneficial impacts that could result from climate change.

Skepticalscience.com, U of Queensland Assessing Consensus on Human Causation | The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media

Cook says the survey “adheres to the guidelines of the ethical review process” of The University of Queensland and suggests that questions can be directed to him at j.cook3@uq.edu.au.

Sen. Whitehouse destroys colleague who said God won’t allow climate change | The Raw Story

Whitehouse concluded that ignoring climate change was not only bad public policy, it was also immoral. He said God would not grant humanity amnesty from its own folly.

- Bishop Hill blog - No let-up for the Met Office

A new session of parliament began yesterday, and already parliamentary questions about the statistical analyses of Chief Scientist Slingo have been tabled in both houses.

The Carbon Tax Con

The (supposed) purpose of a carbon tax is to decarbonise the economy, by effectively shutting down most fossil fuel energy production. Once this is achieved, there will be no carbon tax revenue to redistribute.

And what happens then? The consumer will be faced with much higher energy bills, with no compensation.

Spiegel Report: “Greenland Melting More Slowly Than Expected” …Sea Level Rise Alarm Called Off!