"If science wants to redeem itself and regain its place with the public’s affection, scientists need to come out every time some politician says, “The science says we must…” and reply, “Science only tells us what is. It does not, and can never tell us what we should or must do.” "

". . . the investigations will be among the final nails in the coffin for the global warming alarmist movement . . .

Most likely, this was the tipping point. Global warming zealots have lost. It's only a matter of time until they realize it and move on to a new contrived catastrophe, where doubtless they'll be warmly received by a compliant press and amply rewarded with more tax-subsidized grants. It seems there are insatiable appetites and never-ending tax dollars for the proper causes." --Orange County Register

For now. Will it be ba-a-a-a-aahck?

Any doubt why two universities cleared its Climategate scientists? "Readers of both earlier reports need to know that both institutions receive tens of millions in federal global warming research funding."

Wonder why thenews is all alarmist? "Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama, Huntsville, has noted that it's becoming nearly impossible to publish anything on global warming that's nonalarmist in peer-reviewed journals." Because of pressure unveiled in the Climategate emails.

Curious as to why the latest panel exonerated the CRU scientists? "That's because they only interviewed CRU people, not the people whom they had trashed."

Vindication or Whitewash? Don't rely on the headlines. Read the full stories before you decide.

From the unlikeliest of sources: "On what principle is it that, when we see nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us."

Just saying is all.

Climategate a "Game Changer." Critics say the emails reveal evasion of freedom of information law, secret deals done during the writing of reports for the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a cover-up of uncertainties in key research findings and the misuse of scientific peer review to silence critics.

Concerns with the IPCC reports have "far less to do with the individuals involved than a deeply flawed process." Flaws include reports of Himalayan glacier melts based on wild claims rather than science.

"Spain admits that the green energy as sold to Obama is a disaster"

That headline is from a Spanish newspaper, folks, not Fox News, not the editor of RM. Report: "admits the ominous economic consequences of betting in favor of renewable energies"

Excerpt:

"The owners of solar plants make 12 times more than what they pay for the energy coming from fossil fuel combustion. The majority are subsidies charged to the consumer.

The conclusion is that with the economy at the point of bankruptcy, it is not possible to keep injecting money in such a costly sector. And the government seems to realize this now."

Home Star bill moves through US House

"Even as China has set ambitious goals for itself in clean-energy production and reduction of global warming gases, the country’s surging demand for power from oil and coal has led to the largest six-month increase in the tonnage of human generated greenhouse gases ever by a single country. "

"The Italian-style house has six fireplaces, five bedrooms and nine bathrooms," LA Times reports, breathlessly.

Scientists, not Fox News, find that Greenland was warmer during Medieval Warming Period. Even minimizing study of ice cores doesn't change the facts. Warming now is not unprecedented, scientists say.

“We're in a position to assess whether the IPCC followed or broke any other rules. Now that we’ve seen how (not) seriously they took the peer-reviewed rule, we suspect that there are numerous other guidelines, that they themselves established, and boasted about following, that were also violated."

Stone-Age tools prove Arctic areas were warm before it cooled. And warmed again. Finds suggest this warming period is no more than another in a cycle of cycles.

"As we see with the current unprecedented shut-down of all air travel in Europe, nature in a second, not mankind in years, determines what we puny humans will and will not do."

Giving new meaning to the term: Political Scientist

"Utility officials say they need those higher (electricity) rates to help cover the costs of investing in renewable energy, such as wind and solar, that are mandated by state and municipal laws. "

"In a world where climate change has always been the norm, climate change is now taken as punishment for sinful levels of consumption." Richard Lindzen, MIT

Phil Jones is the director of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, a key "consensus" institution. Asked by the BBC what it means when scientists say "the debate on climate change is over," the keeper of the flame sounded chastened. "I don't believe the vast majority of climate scientists think this," Jones said.

"Given the inescapability of weather, it's no wonder global warming gripped the public mind as long as it did. And there's always some extreme-weather event happening somewhere to be offered as further evidence of impending catastrophe. But even weather gets boring, and so do the people who natter about it incessantly. What this decade requires is a new and better panic." Excerpt from Wall Street Journal

You probably didn't read about it in your US newspaper. Business Week also reports this as the longest ice season in years.

"Are the new EPA regulations on auto emissions the precursor to regulating carbon dioxide by executive order?"

"The earth was warmer in the Middle Ages." the admission of Phil Jones, climate scientist at the heart of climategate, raises doubt that humans cause climate change. - Thomas Sowell

EPA Gave Energy Star Certification to ‘Gas-Powered Clock Radio’ and 14 Other Phony Products, GAO Says

"NASA was able to put a man on the moon, but the space agency can't tell you what the temperature was when it did. By its own admission, NASA's temperature records are in even worse shape than the besmirched Climate-gate data."

"If the president is successful in passing what I call a 'cap and tax' bill, which is something that's already passed the House last year, I think all Americans will see their electricity rates go sky high," Sen. Barrasso (R-Wyo) said.