U.S. watchdog: EPA took shortcut on climate finding

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took a shortcut in laying the groundwork to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, a government watchdog said on Wednesday in a report that could fuel Republican efforts to block the agency's new rules on climate.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/28/us-usa-epa-climate-idUSTRE78R4H220110928 

Ivar Giaever Resignes from APS over AGW position

Norwegian born Nobel prize winning physicist resigns from APS.  He must not know about the sad plight of Norwegian lemmings.

On 13 September 2011 Giaever resigned from the American Physical Society over its official position that "the evidence is incontrovertible."

Giaever in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_Giaever

When your done calculating your Carbon Footprint make sure you calculate your Slavery Footprint

It seems to be the next absurdity, but it actually makes a good point (especially when compared to the uselessness of a carbon footprint.)

http://slaveryfootprint.org/

The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?

A long story by AP on AGW "deniers."   However, they had no room to discuss the actual theories of the deniers.  Just that they tend to be increasingly right-wing.  It does talk about the "millions of dollars" spent by ExxonMobil and others to fund "denier" research, but does not discuss the billions of dollars in government grants used to fund (and direct) pro-AGW research.

Link: HERE

EDITOR'S NOTE: Climate change has already provoked debate in a U.S. presidential campaign barely begun. An Associated Press journalist draws on decades of climate reporting to offer a retrospective and analysis on global warming and the undying urge to deny.

The Australian scholar Hamilton sought to explain why in his 2010 book, "Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change."

In an interview, he said he found a "transformation" from the 1990s and its industry-financed campaign, to an America where climate denial "has now become a marker of cultural identity in the 'angry' parts of the United States."