French Revolution! Carbon tax ruled unconstitutional just two days before taking effect

This new French carbon tax was scheduled to go into law on Jan1, 2010. The tax was steep: 17 euros per ton of carbon dioxide (USD $24.40).  In a stunning…

Satellite measurements show our quiet sun is cooling the upper thermosphere

From NASA News. New measurements from a NASA satellite show a dramatic cooling in the upper atmosphere that correlates with the declining phase of the current solar cycle. For the…

Met Office and CRU bow to public pressure: publish data subset and code

Just over a month after Climategate started, we have breaking news from Climate Audit Steve McIntyre writes: The UK Met Office has released a large tranche of station data, together…

Texas State Climatologist: "IPCC AR4 was flat out wrong" – relied on flawed WWF report

Even though these clean cut dudes (by today’s standards) may be favorite sons of 60’s alarmism, at least they can add years correctly. Their signature song telling tales of doom…

Video: McIntyre-McKitrick on Fox News Global Warming Special – Mann chickens out

All six parts of the hour-long special aired during prime time Sunday night on Fox News featuring Steve McIntyre and Ross McKitrick are now online below. Both Phil Jones and…

CSIRO climate researcher resigns rather than be censored

From news.com.au it seems bullying those who have an unpopular opinion about climate issues isn’t limited to the Climategate actors. Clive Spash resigns from CSIRO after climate report ‘censorship’ SCIENTIST…

NOAA launches new website: climate.gov

While still carrying the label “Development Prototype”, the website looks mostly functional. www.climate.gov It is the effort of the new NOAA Climate Services division – your tax dollars at work. …

Science Museum Prove It! poll now closed – surprising results

Today (1 December 2009) Professor Chris Rapley CBE, Director of the Science Museum and Professor of Climate Science at UCL said: “More work needs to be done to convince people…

UK Prove It! poll – still taking votes

From WUWT Tips and Notes comments by Robert E. Phelan: Ric Werme has been tracking the Science Museum “Prove It!” poll since October 29th here: http://wermenh.com/proveit.html Starting November 2 the…

Hansen: "The fraudulence of the Copenhagen approach" – "must be exposed."

There’s an essay by Dr. James Hansen in the Guardian, the header of which is shown below. Next time people accuse of “big oil” connections for skeptics, point out that…

The CRUtape Letters™, an Alternative Explanation.

By charles the moderator Rodin’s The Thinker at the Musée Rodin. Author CJ. Licensed under Creative Commons. I have a theory. With the blogosphere all atwitter about the emails and…

Der Spiegel Online: stagnating temperatures a puzzle

Stagnating Temperatures Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out By Gerald Traufetter Global warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are puzzled as to why average global temperatures have stopped rising over…

Wall Street Journal on McIntyre: Global warming's most dangerous apostate

Revenge of the Climate Laymen   Global warming’s most dangerous apostate speaks out about the state of climate change science. By ANNE JOLIS Barack Obama conceded over the weekend that…

Monckton climate change video goes viral

Video of Lord Monckton Warning of Copenhagen Climate Treaty Exceeds 3.5 Million Views in a Single Month Lord Monckton giving a presentation – photo by Derek Warnecke   Minneapolis –…

Winds of change – Gore gets booed – maybe they shouldn't have billed him as "president of the planet"

Gore’s presentation on climate change draws 800 as 200 protestors gather outside By George Bennett Palm Beach Post Staff Writer   Confused Palm Beach County voters helped thwart Al Gore’s…

American Physical Society rejects climate policy plea from 160 physicists

From Physics World: APS rejects plea to alter stance on climate change The American Physical Society (APS) has “overwhelmingly rejected” a proposal from a group of 160 physicists to alter…

Democrats throw in the towel on climate bill

Excerpts of: Climate Bill Likely on the Shelf For Rest of the Year By IAN TALLEY WASHINGTON — Key Senate Democrats Tuesday said it is unlikely there will be any…

Pachauri claims Indian scientific position "arrogant"

From the : India ‘arrogant’ to deny global warming link to melting glaciers IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri accuses Indian environment ministry of ‘arrogance’ for its report claiming there is no…

Lindzen and McIntyre's Finnish TV interview – issues that US journalists fail to investigate

The video showing the climate research work of Dr. Richard Lindzen of MIT and Steven McIntyre of Climate Audit is now up on YouTube. One of the most compelling portions…

MIT takes on the politics of climate fixes

Judith Layzer says there’s no easy way out when it comes to climate change — but that geo-engineering might be a last-ditch solution. From David Chandler, MIT News Office In…