Whistleblowers at CSIRO forced out and 'bullying rife' | brisbanetimes.com.au

TWO of three CSIRO employees who blew the whistle on alleged ''criminal or civil breaches of the law'' by the scientific organisation were later made redundant, it has been revealed.

But those officials who were the subject of the complaints remain employed, the CSIRO has confirmed.

The details have emerged after a group of former CSIRO employees began a campaign for a change in culture at the science agency, alleging mismanagement and bullying are rife.

Last Thursday, a parliamentary inquiry examining workplace bullying in Commonwealth agencies published the group's submission. It claims the group is aware of 60 cases involving top-flight scientists and other officials who were bullied or otherwise forced out of the organisation.

How the temperature datasets tell us extra CO2 has little effect « Tallbloke's Talkshop

But how come this energy being emitted into the atmosphere from the oceans isn’t being trapped by the extra co2 and then re-radiated back down to the surface and warming it up?

The answer is that it is trying its best, but the effect is much less powerful in relation to the effect of a more active sun in the warming period and a less active sun now, than the warmist theoreticians believed. This is because they didn’t take into account the effect of the active sun causing diminishing cloud cover, and so the sea surface and ground is cooling and the heat is escaping back to space now the sun has become much less active, but is keeping the troposphere at cloud level warm on its way.

Nissan Leaf battery degrades quickly in hot climates - Wry Heat

Heat isn’t the only problem suffered by Leaf owners. It seems also that cold weather and running the heater greatly decreases range also.
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American taxpayers have “invested” $1.4 billion in loan guarantees for the Nissan Leaf. Considering the poor sales record, the demand for electric vehicles appears so far to be only a niche market. The reduced range due to rapid aging of the battery in hot climates could become another embarrassing episode in the green car saga.  [Via Climate Change Dispatch]

Uncertainty in health impacts of climate change | Climate Etc.

This paper is an excellent example of application of postnormal science ideas to policy making. Relative to the UNFCCC/IPCC model, this method places uncertainty front and center, uses a carefully crafted expert elicitation (rather than a group consensus building process targeted at a specific policy, and matches the policy options to the level of uncertainty/ignorance.