Tory MPs threaten to send green image up in smoke with emissions vote | Business | The Guardian

Amendment to energy bill which would set new emissions standard could fail if Tory backbenchers abstain as expected

RealClimate: The Guardian disappoints

Over the last few weeks or so the UK Guardian (who occasionally reprint our posts) has published a 12-part series about the stolen CRU emails by Fred Pearce that are well below the normal Guardian standards of reporting. We delineate some of the errors and misrepresentations below. While this has to be seen on a backdrop of an almost complete collapse in reporting standards across the UK media on the issue of climate change, it can’t be excused on the basis that the Mail or the Times is just as bad. As a long-time Guardian reader and avid Guardian crossword puzzle solver, I’m extremely unhappy writing this post, but the pathologies of media reporting on this issue have become too big to ignore.

Reject sceptics' attempts to derail global climate [hoax] deal, UN chief urges | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Ban Ki-moon urges environment ministers to reject attempts by sceptics to undermine negotiations by exaggerating shortcomings in Himalayan glaciers report

Coal Rally on Chinese Demand Sparks $59 Estimates (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- A rally that has boosted coal prices 21 percent from their lows last year may have further to go as the coldest U.S. winter in nine years and China’s record imports increase demand and drain stockpiles

Climate change science is "robust", not a "house of cards" - Oneindia News

Edinburgh, Feb 24 (ANI): The head of the UK government's climate change committee has said that the science behind climate change is "robust", and not a "house of cards" that has come tumbling down due to the Climategate scandal.