Climate Common Sense: Kevin Rudd suffers twin setbacks to Carbon Reduction Scheme

With the Senate deferring any vote until May and the Australia Industry Group jumping ship,Rudd's ETS is looking like a lost cause. As public belief in AGW wanes it is unlikely that it will be re-presented this Parliament.

The AGW theory is dying yet the carbon market goes on | CLIMATEGATE

So, the solution is to form a massive new financial market dealing in an intangible product, already widely reported to be riddled with fraud?

Considering that the Copenhagen Summit fell dead on the floor, why is the UK government launching itself into massive cost penalties on our industry (which we consumers will end up paying) regardless? All this while our economy is fighting for survival.

The Reference Frame: Ben Santer vs Steve McIntyre

It's just completely crazy for Mr Santer to defend the indefensible in February 2010, three months after the old system really collapsed, namely that the data shouldn't have been accessible to people in a similar situation as that of Steve McIntyre.

Those times are just over. You're no longer in charge of what has to be shown, what can be shown, and what can't be shown about the climatological research.

Labour has pushed us to the brink of a blackout - Telegraph

The Tories must rescue Britain's energy policy after years of dangerous neglect, says Benedict Brogan.
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The global warming circus has stamped its carbon footprint on Bali, where tonight, behind closed doors, Dr Rajendra Pachauri will plead for his job. It is unclear whether the biggest gathering of environment ministers since the Copenhagen summit will have the courage to push the walking calamity who heads the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change into standing down, though it should. His credibility has been shredded, and he now resorts to matching the lurid abuse hurled at him by his enemies. Recently, he expressed a desire to smear their faces with asbestos.

The hysteria of the debate between an often secretive scientific establishment and the insurgents who reject its orthodoxies about man's role in whatever it is that is happening to the planet is trying the patience of voters – and readers of this newspaper – who are confused or angered (or both) by the lectures they get from each side. The healthy scepticism that should be at the root of any scientific debate is being replaced by a corrosive contempt for scientists and governments. This week, an Ipsos Mori poll found that the number who say that climate change is "definitely" a threat has fallen from 44 per cent to 31 per cent over the past year. Now, just one in five accepts that global warming is caused by man pumping carbon into the atmosphere – which is why ministers may well decide the time has come to invite Dr Pachauri to return to his business interests.

Climate scientists hope independent reviews will reverse public’s loss of trust - Times Online

The two most influential advisory bodies on climate change are planning independent reviews of their research in an attempt to regain public trust after revelations about errors and the suppression of data.

Investors.com - Investigate Climate Crimes

When you add up the costs of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill and EPA's finding that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, all in the name of fighting climate change, you have a scam that dwarfs Bernie Madoff's.