Barbara Boxer relied heavily on both the IPCC and Pachauri « ClimateQuotes.com

I wonder if Boxer would still agree with that tired 'gold standard' claim. Notice that since 2007, she has consistently used the IPCC as a source for her knowledge, and has invited Pachauri to give presentations and testimony multiple times. The question is, why did she make the statement that she only used American scientists yesterday? If they've been good enough for the past several years, why aren't they good enough now?

An Excellent News Article [But With One Very Important Error] In The Baltimore Sun By Timothy B. Wheeler Titled “A New Smokestack Cleans Baltimore’s Air” « Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.

The white clouds rising from the stack are almost entirely water vapor. A pair of 700-foot stacks nearby, which until recently belched toxic, acidic smoke from the power plant, are quiet.”

There is an other gas in this relatively clean effluent and it is carbon dioxide! I am unclear why this is not recognized in the article, but it is an important oversight. 

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Decarbonization of the Colorado Economy

...the bottom-line result of this analysis -- that it appears unlikely and even impossible for Colorado to meet its 2020 emissions reductions target -- seems pretty robust.

FOXNews.com - EXCLUSIVE: U.N. Climate Panel to Announce Significant Changes

In the wake of its swift and devastating fall from grace, the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) says it will announce "within the next few days" plans to make significant changes in how it does business.