BIASED LENDERS - THE CARBON PRICE CON

Dan Denning at the website The Daily Reckoner writes of the need for money by governments around the globe.

"The other big tax con game is the assertion that carbon needs a price. We have yet to see a compelling argument about why this is so."

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NEW SCIENTIST MAGAZINE SLAMS CLIMATEGATE INQUIRIES

An opinion article just published at New Scientist echoes the thoughts of many sceptical scientists.  And prompts the question: Why is it so hard to get to the truth in climate discussion?  The answer is provided in their article headline.

"Is Climategate finally over? It ought to be, with the publication of the third UK report into the emails leaked from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU). Incredibly, none looked at the quality of the science itself."

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BLACKOUT BRITAIN FACES BIG TURN OFF

Sarah Reynolds and Mark Westcott at the U.K. Express website bring the bad news to Britain's energy consumers.

"Britain faces years of blackouts and soaring electricity bills because of the drive toward green power, a leading energy expert warned last night."

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UAH GLOBALLY AVERAGED SATELLITE BASED TEMPS

View the latest graph [June 2010] on satellite based temperatures from the University of Alabama at Huntsville.

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WINDFARMS ONLY GIVING HALF POWER

Jenny Fyall, Environment Correspondent for Scotland On Sunday reports:

"Scotland's wind farms have produced only around half the amount of power they were expected to this year, Scotland on Sunday has learned.
The government blamed the low generation levels on unusually calm weather, but critics said the figures showed the danger of becoming too dependent on renewable energy."

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CLIMATEGATE AND THE BIG GREEN LIE

Clive Crook writes at the website Atlantic and makes his views on climate change clear and his views on the failure of Climategate inquiries even clearer.

"I had hoped, not very confidently, that the various Climategate inquiries would be severe. This would have been a first step towards restoring confidence in the scientific consensus. But no, the reports make things worse. At best they are mealy-mouthed apologies; at worst they are patently incompetent and even wilfully wrong."

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