American Thinker Blog: IPCC scientist admits Glaciergate was about influencing governments

This is the most humiliating news yet for the IPCC. One wonders how much longer the chairman - and perhaps the organization itself - can survive given all the recent revelations.

Congressman Ed Whitfield Speaks Out on the Economy

Whitfield said he voted against the “cap and trade” bill because “it was the totally wrong thing to do. The glacier melting information proved to be wrong and studies by the United Nations always uses the worst case scenario.” Whitfield does not believe global warming is an important issue. He does not want to pass legislation that will make America less competitive.
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The irony of the latest environmental concern about fossil fuels causing global warming is that the argument against burning fossil fuels in 70’s led to the 1976 Clean Air Act. This act was passed by Congress to protect the Mother Earth from another ice age.

Climate change: give us science we can trust - Telegraph View

It becomes difficult to resist the climate-change sceptics if the IPCC's research can't be relied on.
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Two things are now required. First, when the fifth IPCC report is prepared for publication, any errors must be fully acknowledged and others removed. In addition, the report should contain contrarian evidence produced by scientists to demonstrate that this is a serious document, not a holy writ. Second, the chairman of the IPCC, Rajendra Pachauri, should step down. This will please environmentalists since he was appointed after the uber-sceptic George W Bush objected to his predecessor, Dr Robert Watson; but Dr Pachauri no longer carries the credibility that is required to take this hugely important debate forward.

Cold snap leaves 40 dead

Bucharest - A cold snap in eastern and south east Europe has left more than 40 people dead as temperatures plunged to minus 35°C, authorities said on Monday.

Snow has blanketed swathes of western Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania, while Poland has again gripped by a deep freeze that has killed more than 200 people since November.