In the last week I have written to Chris Huhne and to Prof Bob Watson accusing Watson of being a liar when he stated at the Guardian Debate that if you add CO2 to the atmosphere "it must warm".
At that same debate Watson said that he could not imagine a better system to advise on climate change than the IPCC. This weekend in the Telegraph he accuses the IPCC of atrocious handling of its mistakes. All that is now required is for him to admit (nudge nudge wink wink) that maybe they were not all mistakes :)

Please have a look at Private Eye 1269, page 9, "THE GREEN STUFF".
I can't capture it from the site - but it is an astonishing account of the proposals for a "Green Investment Bank". When I first read it I thought it was a spoof - it is too ridiculous for words. The amount of money involved in this venture is staggering - and it's all coming from the UK taxpayer. Maybe those in the UK would like to comment - I'm staying here in Australia.

Bish: It's August 30th and your report is due out by the end of August. Is it timed to come aout tomorrow, i.e. after the IAC review of the IPCC?

Stephan Lewandoski is surveying attitudes to climate science at

http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=HKMKNF_991e2415

As someone who in my time has worked with professional survey companies and Government statistics bureaux, the survey is moderately flawed - e.g. asking two-parter questions with a single answer, failing to define a few terms such as 'climate scientist', failing to account for perfectly plausible answers - e.g. does HIV cause AIDS? Correct answer is probably that HIV is a necessary but not sufficent condition (even that is wrong - some people have AIDS but no HIV, many people have HIV but not AIDS - with or without treatment).

Overall he is getting your ( American style ) political beliefs, then a bit of science - very badly worded and designed to turn honest answers into climate propaganda - and then a bit of lifestyle stuff.

With the science questions, the less you know the better, because Thinking Scientists™ look at the deeper questions, so they are as likely to answer 'wrongly' as any non-scientist

Ahoy Lad

I can see recruitment for the submarine service falling off sharply if this goes ahead. ^.^

I know there are some really off the wall ideas for generating energy, but this is surely taking the p*ss :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11023725

There is another reason for finding out how much climate change is to blame for various events. "Hundreds of billions of dollars are potentially available [in a UN fund] to help developing countries adapt to climate change," says Allen. Who gets what share of the funds depends on being able to say which regions have suffered most as a result of climate change. For now, at least, that remains an open question.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727754.200-time-to-blame-climate-change-for-extreme-weather.html

I assume this attribution process will be absolutely immune to corruption ... ?

Fascinating and compulsive story here and very relevent to our climate change debates. If oil and natural gas are not about to run out then some of the pressure to move to "clean energy" is removed.
Need one of our inhouse physics doctorates to review this :P

I found this on "GREENIE WATCH" can anyone comment?

The claim that oil is a fossil fuel is another great myth and folly of the age. They are now finding oil at around seven MILES beneath the sea bed -- which is incomparably further down than any known fossil. The abiotic oil theory is not as yet well enough developed to generate useful predictions but that is also true of fossil fuel theory

The Camp for Climate Action (web site) has put out a guide for dealing with the media. Here are some quotes.

… a lot of journalists are not bad people, just weak and cowardly.

Most journalists are convinced that people can’t concentrate for more than a few seconds. This is mainly because they themselves can’t concentrate for more than a few seconds.

Your key messages should be said over and over and over again … The more they get said, the more likely that they might actually lodge themselves into a journalist’s small mind.

Introduce [journalists] to the people who’ll get on well with them, and keep them away from the people who won’t be able to restrain their contempt.

This reminds me of a book that I read: How to Win Friends and Influence People. Not.