The world needs to prepare for a climate sceptic defeating Obama | Leo Hickman | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Barack Obama is losing his grip on the White House - and climate sceptic Rick Perry is favourite to succeed him
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A year or so ago, the very idea that the most powerful person on the planet could, within just a couple of years, be someone who refuses to accept the science that underpins our knowledge of anthropogenic climate change was almost laughable.
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After Obama's victory in late 2008, many around the world let out a collective sigh of relief that the era of climate intransigence and indifference under George W Bush was finally over. Sadly, it now appears that Obama's brief window for action is over and he is unlikely to ever regain the political capital he needs to implement any serious climate policies. But, most alarming of all, the whole world – not just the US – needs to start seriously preparing for the very real possibility that a staunch climate sceptic could, within 16 months, have his cowboy boots under the desk in the Oval Office.

Perry, Romney both twist facts in debate | Capitol Hill Blue

PERRY: On global warming, “The science is not settled on this. The idea that we would put Americans’ economy at jeopardy based on scientific theory that’s not settled yet, to me, is just, is nonsense. … Find out what the science truly is before you start putting the American economy in jeopardy.”

THE FACTS: The scientific consensus on climate change is about as settled as any major scientific issue can be.

NationalJournal.com - For Huntsman, a Night to Shine - Thursday, September 8, 2011

Huntsman's most memorable moment might have come when he squared off with Perry about climate change, an issue he has mockingly derided the Texas governor for dismissing as a fraud.

“All I’m saying, in order for the Republican Party to win, we can’t run from science,” Huntsman said. “We can’t run from the mainstream conservative philosophy. We’ve got to win voters.”

Flashback: Warmist survey confirms what you should already know: People in the US are just not that into the global warming hoax

--page 8: Assuming global warming is happening, only 46% of those surveyed (and only 43% of Independents) said it is mostly caused by human activities

--page 10: Only 9% of those surveyed (and only 7% of Independents) said they were "very worried" about global warming.