ARCTIC SEA ICE: GOING FOR A LONG TIME

Dr David Whitehouse writing at the Global Warming Policy Foundation website says claims about sea ice are not all that they seem.

"According to some sources the extent of sea-ice in the Arctic is at a record low this summer meaning that ice-free summers are in prospect in perhaps a few decades, or possibly sooner. But as is often the case with climate change, and seems to be always the case in the reporting of climate change in the media, things are not as simple as that."

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RAPID SEA LEVEL RISE? TO THE CONTRARY NATURE SAYS

Chip Knappenberger writing at the energy blog site, Master Resource ponders the reaction of the IPCC to new sea-level data.

"The short-term rate of global sea level rise has decreased by about 25% since the release of the AR4—and a new paper shows that some 15% of the observed rise comes not from global warming, but instead from global dewatering.

In light of all this, rather than raising its projections of sea level rise, perhaps the IPCC ought to consider lowering them once again (as it did from its from its First Assessment Report to its Second, and from its Second to its Third)."

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THE FALL OF CSIRO

Dr. Art Raiche worked for CSIRO for 35 years, the last 15 with the rank of Chief Research Scientist. This is a transcript of the speech he gave at the “Convoy of No Confidence” protest in Canberra and published at Quadrant Online.

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GREEN JOBS MANTRA WEARING THIN

David Brooks highlights the elusive nature of green jobs and their accompanying crippling costs in The Age.

"A wealth of other evidence suggests the green economy will not be a short-term jobs machine. According to Investor's Business Daily, executives at Johnson Controls turned $US300 million in green technology grants into 150 jobs - that's $US2 million per job."

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CAUTION: CLIMATE DEBT AHEAD

Michael Kile writing at Quadrant Online takes issue with Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet's explanation of the effects of pricing carbon dioxide.

"Had Combet been frank, he would have lifted the lid further on this murky brew. He would have explained precisely why Australia will have to pay about $60 billion annually to unidentified foreign entities by 2050 merely for the right to burn its own coal and to keep the nation’s lights on, and a cumulative $650 billion up to that date."

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MORE ON COSMIC RAYS & THE CERN STUDY

International Climate Science Coalition executive director Tom Harris explains in further detail the relevance of the findings of the CERN study [see previous article] in a TV interview in Canada.

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