OUR VIEW: Even more defections from global warming | warming, - Opinion - Colorado Springs Gazette, CO

Carbon-cutting schemes losing favor

Considering how rapidly momentum escalated in the global warming movement, it’s fascinating to watch it lose speed, if not reverse direction.

Do climate change sceptics give scepticism a bad name? | Adam Corner | Environment | guardian.co.uk

There is a crucial difference between scepticism and non-belief in the face of overwhelming evidence [like what, specifically?]

Climate change could be accelerated by 'methane time bomb' - Telegraph

After a decade of near-zero growth in methane levels, the two scientists will reveal that: "globally averaged atmospheric methane increased by [approximately] 7 ppb (parts per billion) per year during 2007 and 2008."

Cold weather stalls Top Fuel, Funny Car at Firebird International Raceway

When it was deemed track temperatures were too cold to allow for safe traction, NHRA officials threw the red flag Sunday following completion of the Top Fuel and Funny Car semifinals in the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird International Raceway.

Budget debate could turn into global warming fight at Senate hearing - TheHill.com

A Senate hearing this week ostensibly to review the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) budget request is likely to turn into a broader debate on global warming, with Republicans seizing a chance to challenge the administration’s push to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in an open forum.

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is scheduled to testify before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Tuesday.
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Matt Dempsey, a GOP spokesman for the committee, said Jackson’s appearance gives the minority a chance to press her about recent controversies relating to climate research that skeptics say undermine the science behind climate change.