Thursday, March 18, 2010

Christian Coalition backs Sen. Graham on climate [hoax] legislation | Grist
Could the Christian Coalition give fledgling climate legislation the leg up it needs? The organization boasts 2.5 million supporters, largely conservative Republicans; if they embraced the cause, they could give a big boost to efforts to build a bipartisan coalition for a clean-energy and climate bill.
USD Forum Discusses Effects Of ‘Global Warming’
Sweeney said trends are averaged over decades or more, and that even a trend might not accurately represent the state of the overall climate.

“For the last eight years, people have been saying that South Dakota has been cooler than normal,” he said. “While that is true, the climate has still been warming, the oceans have been warming, the atmosphere has been warming.”
A rough winter for global warming - NJ.com
Pay these errors no mind, we are told. There are bound to be minor gaffes in data so voluminous, and they do nothing to detract from the consensus. The "science is settled" is the common refrain, despite the fact that the phrase is, in itself, not a terribly scientific thing to say. And even they must admit there comes a point when we find enough unsettling revelations behind the science to legitimately question whether it is, in fact, settled.
Global Warming Heats Up at the Smithsonian - The Human Condition Blog - Newsweek.com
Greenpeace activists were staging a “climate-crime-scene investigation” at the entrance to the museum. We had to pass “climate-crime unit” squad cars (with flashing green signals) and emergency vehicles, yellow crime-scene tape, and a line of activists holding up WANTED signs for a billionaire by the name of David Koch and his brother Charles.

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