Climate theater (of the absurd) « Summit County Citizens Voice

PBS criticized for featuring a global warming denier with no scientific credibility
By Bob Berwyn
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Unfortunately, the furor over the segment has given Watts a wider audience than ever before. On his own blog, Watts said the reaction to the story drove a surge of visitors to his website, where web surfers find posts filled with inaccuracies and half-truths, along with a bunch of stuff [like what, specifically?] that’s clearly just made up and silly, but presented in a way that’s somewhat seductive to anyone who doesn’t want to believe that we’re poisoning ourselves with carbon dioxide.

Scottish islanders' wave power hopes sunk by 'massive costs' • The Register

The "massive costs" faced by developers in Scotland's first Marine Energy Park to connect their wave and tidal projects to the grid could potentially hold back investment, an industry body has warned.

New hottest-ever extreme temperature records now easier to achieve • The Register

...In any case, the decision is now final and the world record temperature figure has now dropped by more than a degree. This will naturally mean that a new world record can be expected to happen significantly sooner than would otherwise have been the case.

The EU's airline carbon scheme: America says no | The Economist

ANYONE who reckoned this summer's record heat might have affected American thinking about the threat of global warming should reconsider. On Saturday, the Senate unanimously passed a bill that aims to shield American airlines from an EU law requiring them to buy emissions credits under its carbon-trading plan. The House has already passed a different version of the bill, and either a compromise version or the Senate's version is expected to be sent to President Barack Obama sometime after the November elections, when Congress returns for what should be a very busy lame-duck session.

The White House has not said if the president will sign the bill. But the unanimous passage of the measure puts him in a tough spot during the election season—he'll have to choose between annoying the airlines and annoying environmentalists, many of whom vote Democratic. It will be especially tough to buck the airlines on a bill that not even one Democrat opposed in the Senate.