Adding Insult to Injury – Bankruptcy Judge OKs Plan that Could Allow Solyndra’s Investors to Recoup $341 Million in Tax Breaks

Investors with Close Ties to the President, Including Billionaire George Kaiser, Sought “Tax Avoidance” and Left Taxpayers Holding the Bag for Half a Billion Dollars

IPCC Check Kites Gergis « Climate Audit

A few days ago, WUWT pointed out that the American Meteorological Society webpage showed that the Gergis et al paper had been officially “withdrawn”. However, readers should know better than to presume that this would have any effect on IPCC use of the reconstruction.

The withdrawal of the Gergis article hasn’t had the slightest impact on IPCC usage of the Gergis reconstruction, which continues to be used in the recently released AR5 Second Order Draft, thanks to academic check kiting reminiscent of Ammann and Wahl. Tim Osborn of CRU is a Lead Author of the AR5 chapter (as he was in AR4) and would be familiar with the technique from AR4.

The NO CARBON TAX Climate Sceptics Blog: Increased CO2 Increases Rice Crop! Good? No - Bad!

So, because of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide, we will have increased food and that increased food will increase Greenhouse gases.

Ken Haapala: Climate experts uncertainty vs EPA bureaucrats climate certainty « Tallbloke's Talkshop

Highly unlikely scenarios should not dominate political decision making.

10 to 18 inches of snow expected in Sierra