Wednesday, August 21, 2013

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Lib Dems face ‘guerrilla war’ with Tories over green power plan - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary Ed Davey is facing a time-consuming “guerrilla war”, driven by Tory party climate sceptics who are determined to undermine his attempts to green Britain’s electricity supply.
Warmist Bloomberg editor Clive Crook: ‘Claim that climate science is settled and right policy is dictated by undisputed facts is false’ | Climate Depot
Climate science, a far-flung family of loosely related disciplines, is unusual because it has become closely aligned with a set of costly and controversial policy proposals. This political orientation raises a question: Which comes first — the science of climate or the art of persuasion? -- 'The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which will release its fifth assessment report on global warming next year, is likewise seen by many as an advocacy organization rather than a neutral compiler of scientific evidence. This has done great harm: The scientist-advocates overreached and diminished their own effectiveness.'
Twitter / kate_sheppard: Gist of emails from new haters: ...
Gist of emails from new haters: "Ms. Sheppard, perhaps you should consider that climate change is not real." Thanks! I'll consider it.
Twitter / RyanMaue: Last 5-minutes of Weather Channel ...
Last 5-minutes of Weather Channel is global warming policy advocacy based on this IPCC "leak". Must be no weather going on -- shame.

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