US Senator Kent Conrad said that it would be a “distant hope” to expect the climate change plan to pass unless it includes help for industries that would be hit hard by limits on carbon emission production. Read more here.
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Skeptics Conference in New York, Session 1
Richard S. Lindzen … delivered a biting attack on what he called the “climate alarm movement.” … Dr. Lindzen also criticized widely publicized assertions by other skeptics that variations in the sun were driving temperature changes in recent decades. Read more here in the New York Times. Bob Carter’s report on Session 1 is here.
Conference Delegates Described as Deniers
UK Guardian reports on Climate Conference in New York and argues “climate change denial, although the view of a minority, has damaged efforts to introduce policies to address the changes.” Read more here.
European Union President to Open Skeptics Conference
THE President of the Czech Republic and the current president of the European Union, Vaclav Klaus, will give the keynote address this evening at the opening of the second international Conference on Climate Change – billed as the world’s largest-ever gathering of global warming skeptics.
The President is expected to be blunt when he addresses the 400 strong-audience who have flown in from around the world.
The theme of the conference is “Global warming: was it ever really a crisis?”
President Klaus has remarked that there is no climate crisis, but the consequences of a belief in “the crisis” are indeed frightening.
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Steig’s Antarctic Heartburn
For those who enjoy the technical, there is more on Antarctic temperatures, with information on the reconstruction by Eric Steig, at Anthony Watt’s blog, click here.
Cyclone off Queensland Coast
Tropical Cyclone Hamish, is a category 5, that’s big, with the potential to cause as much damage as Cyclone Larry in 2006. Read more here.
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.