James Delingpole versus George Monbiot on climate change

The BBC hosted a debate between Climate Change believer George Monbiot and skeptic James Delingpole who writes for the Daily Telegraph.

They begin with a puff piece by Monbiot (which Delingpole calls “George’s greatest hits), and end with letting Monbiot having the last word. But what the hell, it is the BBC, and they are allowing debate.

95% chance that you’re a climate killer, and they have your fingerprints

Have you noticed that warmers have started to fight back?  Today, the Times UK tells about a study that has reduced to 5% the probability that skeptics are right.  Oh, and get this: the IPCC UNDERSTATED the effect of mankind on climate change. The evidence that human activity is causing global warming is much stronger [...]

Al Gore’s latest global whopper

Tuesday Alan Reynolds of the NY Post fact-checked what he says is the biggest whopper of Al’s lies.

If only Global Warming were dinosaur science…

It’s obvious where this is leading. Not to science, but to anecdotal “evidence.” Frank goes on about what his friend is telling him about disappearing this and that. And then laments on how Climategate has stopped science in its tracks.

Where has all the carbon gone?

Carbon is going missing. We know to a reasonable approximation how much carbon is being emitted to the atmosphere by burning fossil fuel and land use changes.

James Hansen doesn’t want you dealing drugs to his grandchildren

Dr Hansen, of course, said the answer to climate change must include a rising carbon tax. And he also had something to say about coal.

33 historical Climate Change scares

33 tales and predictions, during the past 140 years, describing climate changes, and often predicting catastrophic cooling or warming.

Man is so powerful, he can lengthen the Earth’s day

Global Warming: Yep, you heard right. It’s one more way our civilization is changing the planet — by making our day longer.

Inhofe accused of turning climate row into ‘McCarthyite witch-hunt’

The Guardian: US Senate’s top climate sceptic accused of waging ‘McCarthyite witch-hunt’ The US Congress’ most ardent global warming sceptic is being accused of turning the row over climate science into a McCarthyite witch-hunt by calling for a criminal investigation of scientists. Climate scientists say Senator James Inhofe’s call for a criminal investigation into American [...]

2001-2010 was snowiest decade on record

Now that we have reached the end of the meteorological winter (December-February,) Rutgers University Global Snow Lab numbers (1967-2010) show that the just completed decade (2001-2010) had the snowiest Northern Hemisphere winters on record.