Climategate

There are quite a few more links at this address:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/20/do-hacked-e-mails-show-global-warming-fraud/

And The Whitewash Begins…
Climategate: the whitewash begins
1) Lord Rees (Royal Society) to be asked by UEA to investigate CRU leak.
The appointment of Lord Rees, if confirmed, is especially worrying. It’s the rough equivalent of appointing King Herod’s grand vizier to investigate a mysterious outbreak of mass baby killing in Judaea.
First, Lord Rees – formerly Sir Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal – is very much of the catastrophist mindset which helped launch the whole AGW scare in the first place.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100018144/climategate-the-whitewash-begins/

The following are Climategate-related articles at The American Thinker”, from 112109 through 113009:
1 – http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/the_ghost_of_lysenko.html
2- http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/the_mathematics_of_global_warm.html
3- http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/oh_my_another_warming_advocate.html
4 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/sen_mitch_mcconnell_remains_si.html
5 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/un_climate_expert_what_me_worr.html
6 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/warmists_and_a_wave_of_disease.html
7 – http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/global_warming_fraud_and_the_f.html
8 – http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/politics_and_greenhouse_gasses.html
9 – http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/crus_source_code_climategate_r.html
10 – http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/climate_fraud_and_the_environm.html
11 – http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/acorning_the_climate_change_mo.html
12 – http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/cru_files_betray_climate_alarm.html
13 – http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/deliberative_analysis_rip.html
14 – http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/the_evidence_of_climate_fraud.html
15 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/climategate_an_inconvenient_wh.html
16 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/cru_emails_were_leaked_before.html
17 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/the_warmist_pr_con_job.html
18 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/calls_to_ban_cru_scientists_fr.html
19 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/climategate_the_stones_cry_out.html
20 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/cru_scientists_shredded_vital.html
21 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/down_under_global_warming_is_a.html
22 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/greens_are_blue_about_black_fr.html
23 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/warmist_denial_wont_work.html
24 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/tear_down_the_warmist_wall.html
25 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/does_the_worlds_fate_depend_on.html
26 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/on_to_copenhagen_for_obama_and.html
27 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/mccain_silent_on_global_warmin.html
28 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/thanks_again_president_bush.html
29 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/technology_writer_charlie_mart.html
30 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/rnc_remains_silent_on_global_w.html
31 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/science_frauds_may_face_crimin.html
32 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/cru_emails_spur_lawsuit.html
33 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/warmists_using_suicidal_animal.html
34 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/violating_the_principle_of_sci.html
35 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/monbiot_phil_jones_should_resi.html
36 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/more_weather_hypocrisy_at_the.html
37 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/kiwi_challenges_gores_settled.html
38 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/drink_coca_cola_save_the_plane.html
39 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/climate_change_blamed_for_incr.html
40 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/climate_fraud_continues_unrave.html
41 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/climategate_heats_up.html
42 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/warmings_pentagon_papers_conti.html
43 – http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/todays_media_ethics_award_goes.html

Climategate: The Phil Jones University could break into children’s television, big time
Damian’s revelation that Futerra has gone so far as to train even CBeebies researchers in “green” communication may offer a lifeline to embarrassed academics at the beleaguered “University” of East Anglia. The ever-helpful BBC might be able to channel them towards a less challenging audience than those brutal sceptics who are holding the Phil Jones University up to so much painful ridicule. Might there not be very promising alternative careers for Phil Jones and Michael Mann if a happy collaboration between CBeebies and, say, Blue Peter could be devised?
“And now children, here are Phil and Michael to show you how to make your own global warming statistics at home.”
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/geraldwarner/100018373/climategate-the-phil-jones-university-could-break-into-childrens-television-big-time/

Fallout from ClimateGate?
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Australia opposition elects new leader, ETS laws set to fail
Mon Nov 30, 2009
CANBERRA, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Australia’s opposition elected a new leader on Tuesday, Tony Abbott, who is opposed to the government’s carbon-trade laws, ensuring the embattled legislation is almost certain to be defeated in a hostile Senate.
The carbon-trade scheme would be the biggest outside Europe, covering 75 percent of Australian emissions and start in July 2011.

The following article is dated 9th November but it is an interesting insight in to how GISS works (cooks the books):
http://chiefio.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/gistemp-a-human-view/
Go to the home page for up-to-date stuff on Climategate.
http://chiefio.wordpress.com/

Just my twopence worth.
I hope this will become a resource for TWO main categories:
(1) the human side of ClimateGate:
the news, the politics, the corruption, and the possibilities for sweeping reform
(2) the science issues:
basics for newbies (simple and advanced), refutations of the classic AGW “debunks” of “contrarians”, and specialized topics in detail.
I wrote my “Primer” (click my name) essentially for newcomers, people who were shocked and waking up, and though it has gotten a bit long and a tiny bit out of date, I think it can help people still – pictures help a lot. Also there may be lots of other relevant specialist issues written for non-specialists on my website if you look at the index – eg what really happened to the Wegman and North reports, and their misrepresentation by the MSM. And if you want any that need a bit of editing, please let me know, or please, feel free to edit yourselves.

Climate change: ‘Hefty taxes and monitoring needed’, says expert
The West must undergo a radical lifestyle change to prevent a global warming disaster, the world’s leading climate change scientist has said.
Rajendra Pachauri, the chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said imposing hefty taxes and increasing electrity monitoring is needed to combat the ways of adults who have been “corrupted” by their daily routines.
Dr Pachauri caused controversy last year after suggesting people should eat less meat due to the levels of carbon emissions associated with rearing livestock.
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Consumers unlikely to benefit from smart energy meters His latest suggestions include curbing car use, increasing London’s congestion charge to £25, putting electricity monitoring equipment in hotel rooms and implementing hefty aviation taxes to stop people flying.
In an interview with the Observer Dr Pachauri said: “Today we have reached the point where consumption and people’s desire to consume has grown out of proportion. The reality is that our lifestyles are unsustainable.
“I don’t see why you couldn’t have a meter in the room to register your energy consumption from air-conditioning or heating and you should be charged for that.
“By bringing about changes of this kind, you could really ensure that people start becoming accountable for their actions.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/6683735/Climate-change-Hefty-taxes-and-monitoring-needed-says-expert.html
and
The Great and Powerful Climate Oz
Global warming fearmongers say restaurants must stop serving ice water.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107104574569922635570260.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Lord Stern (economist) calls ‘deniers’ “confused and muddled over Global Warming”.
The comments after the short article make for interesting reading.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/6701828/Climate-change-sceptics-are-muddled-says-Lord-Stern.html

This may or may not be a stealth response to ClimateGate, but the EPA has delayed their E15 Ethanol decision until Summer 2010. They say they want to do more tests.
Excerpt:
Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen had a more negative view on EPA’s announcement. Speaking at the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association’s summit in Vancouver Tuesday, Dinneen said the EPA continues to send mixed signals about what it expects from the ethanol industry.
Dinneen said he doesn’t understand how EPA can push forward on a low-carbon fuel standard that penalizes ethanol for so-called international indirect land-use change effects, based on theory, yet also push for additional studies on a proposed move to E15.
An example of the theory of indirect land-use effects is that corn acres used for ethanol displace soybean acres, which boosts acres of soybeans in Brazil. Those increased soybean acres in Brazil displace pasture land, prompting cattle producers in Brazil to take down more rainforest land. Therefore, corn-based ethanol is a cause of rainforest depletion.
The EPA is considering land-use changes in developing low-carbon emissions standards for ethanol. Including ILUC calculations would make ethanol a more carbon-intensive fuel than if ILUC wasn’t taken into account.
“On one hand, we allow indirect land use to undermine ethanol on theory,” Dinneen said. “On the other hand, we have to test every weed whacker and lawn mower in the country. We’re not asking for the moon here.”
– http://www.dtnprogressivefarmer.com/dtnag/common/link.do?symbolicName=/free/news/template1&paneContentId=5&paneParentId=70104&product=/ag/news/topstories&vendorReference=cdc37f49-a12b-4710-8d92-f41326abfc58