Live chat on climate change | The Stump - - OregonLive.com

It's time to put the so-called "climate debate" to rest and talk about the real uncertainties that pertain to global warming, says Juliane Fry, an assistant professor of chemistry at Reed College. What level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is safe? Is "geo-engineering" an option? How do we find solutions that are globally equitable and cost-effective?

Fry answers those and other questions in the piece "How to stop doubting and love the climate models".

The Cap-and-Trade Bill Will Suffocate Next Generation of Entrepreneurial Innovators

The cap-and-trade bill passed by the U.S. House and now before the Senate not only will straddle future generations with a greater tax burden but also will effectively rob them of the opportunity to seek innovative solutions to climate change.

Meanwhile, back in cold reality... - Telegraph

For the third year running there are signs of an abnormally hard winter in many parts of the world, says Christopher Booker.
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The debate on global warming has truly become "a tale of two planets", as I say towards the end of my new book, The Real Global Warming Disaster: Is the obsession with climate change turning out to be the most costly scientific delusion in history? On one planet – where David Cameron proved himself to be at home on Friday – we see all these increasingly reckless attempts to keep the panic afloat. On the other, evidence piles up to show that this is the greatest scare story the world has ever known. Alas, it is those who inhabit that first planet who still control the high gound in politics and the media. As we shiver through yet another cold winter, it is high time reality began to break in on their mad dreams.

Vaclav Klaus, the only leader who dared stand up to Europe - Telegraph

Since Klaus is also the only world leader who is scientifically well-informed and highly sceptical about global warming, he merits our admiration as "Europe's last democrat".

The Migrant Mind: The Prevarications about Greenland

Selective use of data to propel a political agenda is a shameful thing for scientists to do.