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Australian astronomical Society warns of global COOLING as Sun’s activity ‘significantly diminishes’

See also: Sun: Still quiet, over two months since a cycle 24 spot seen Australian astronomical Society warns of global COOLING as Sun's activity 'significantly diminishes'

Comic Relief: Newsweek’s Begley: Global Warming Is a Cause of This Year’s Extreme Weather

Note: here are 3 quick rebuttals to this Newsweek's latest silliness. 1) Sharon Begley of Newsweek unhinged. She really is trying to outdo her previous shoddy reporting. Her track record for climate reporting is comical. See: Newsweek's Climate Editorial Screed Violates Basic Standards of Journalism - August 2007

More Inconvenient Truth’s about Hansen - Heinz foundation money and political endoresments

1) EPW Report on Hansen - July 11, 2006 Hansen Recieved $250,000 from partisan Heinz Founation & Endorsed Dem. John Kerry for Pres. in 2004 Excerpt: For example, Brokaw presents NASA’s James Hansen as an authority on climate change without revealing to viewers the extensive political and financial ties that Hansen has to Democrat Party partisans. Hansen, the director of the agency's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, received a $250,000 grant from the charitable foundation headed by former Democrat Presidential candidate John Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz. Subsequent to the Heinz Foundation grant, Hansen publicly endorsed Democrat John Kerry for president in 2004, a political endorsement considered to be highly unusual for a NASA scientist. Hansen also has acted as a consultant to Gore's slide-show presentations on global warming, on which Gore’s movie is based. Hansen has actively promoted Gore and his movie, even appearing at a New York City Town Hall meeting with Gore and several Hollywood producers in May. Hansen also conceded in a 2003 issue of Natural Science that the use of “extreme scenarios" to dramatize climate change “may have been appropriate at one time” to drive the public's attention to the issue --- a disturbing admission by a prominent scientist. (link)

Big Coal Fires Back at NASA’s James Hansen:

He 'should be pounced upon by everyone who advocates free speech' (Peabody Energy)

Global Warming Movement Turns Cool

Excerpt: Two years ago, it seemed like nothing could stop the global warming train. Most of the media, those in Hollywood, politicians (many on both sides of the cultural divide), and “enlightened environmentalists” were all telling us that man was causing runaway warming of the earth’s atmosphere, meaning global catastrophe only decades ahead for all of us. Scary stuff. The problem is that a majority of those in this almost religious movement have little training in atmospheric science, and little understanding of the issue.

U.S. Government Climate Report Called ‘Biased’ - Debunks Itself – Media Hypes

[Note: Below are two critiques of the media hyped new report from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) released an assessment report titled "Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate. Amazingly, real world data is not cooperating with the virtual world of dire global warming models.

Gore’s electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” renovations

Adam King, Tennesseepolicy.com NASHVILLE - In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.

Dems Running on Empty - Nearly 30% of Dem Senators Opposed Climate Tax Bill

Excerpt: What a difference three years makes: In 2005, I led the charge against a massive global warming cap-and-trade bill. It was a lonely battle with few GOP members willing to join me on the Senate floor to publicly oppose it.

RIP: Renowned Atmospheric Scientist Dr. Reid Bryson Dies At 88

[Note: Dr. Reid Bryson is prominently featured in the U.S. Senate’s report of now over 500 skeptical scientists of man-made global warming fears. (See: [url=http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.SenateReport]http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.SenateReport[/url] ) Senator Inhofe frequently cited Dr. Bryson and he was always available to answer questions or email with me personally during the climate change battles. Whether it was posting comments on the New York Times blog or emailing data, Bryson was razor sharp to the very end. One of Bryson’s most cited quotes on his man-made global warming views was: "You can go outside and spit and have the same effect as doubling carbon dioxide.” (New peer-reviewed studies are validating Bryson’s views.) Bryson was a legend in his field and we will be greatly missed and appreciated. God Bless you Dr. Bryson. ]

Boy Scout Tornado Deaths blamed on Global Warming by Center for American Progress!

[Note: The Alarmists are getting really desperate now with global cooling and the resounding defeat of the climate bill in DC. What happened to no single event could be tied to global warming? For mounting evidence of global cooling see here and here: Global Warming Takes a Break for Nearly 20 Years? & Cooling Underway: Global Temperature Continues to Drop in May ]

Boy Scout Tornado Deaths blamed on Global Warming by Center for American Progress!

[Note: The Alarmists are getting really desperate now with global cooling and the resounding defeat of the climate bill in DC. What happened to no single event could be tied to global warming? For mounting evidence of global cooling see here and here: Global Warming Takes a Break for Nearly 20 Years? & Cooling Underway: Global Temperature Continues to Drop in May ]

Senate Climate Bill Fails -  ‘Largest Tax Bill Ever’ Defeated

Excerpt: This week’s Climate Tax Bill debate revealed many useful insights into why the American people will remain skeptical of a global warming cap-and-trade system. The Wall Street Journal aptly noted on June 6 that environmentalists are "stunned that their global warming agenda is in collapse" after the Climate Tax Bill debate.

‘Global Warming Mad House’ – ‘Agenda in Collapse’ – ‘Foibl

Weblink to Release: Click Here For Senator Inhofe's Statement on Demise of Climate Tax Bill:

Boxer’s Math Does Not Add Up

Click Here to Read Letter: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) claimed today that Democrats had the support of 54 U.S. Senators for the Climate Tax Bill. Directly contradicting Boxer’s assertion is a letter signed on June 6 by ten Democratic Senators explicitly stating they “cannot support final passage” of the Climate Tax Bill. The letter indicates that Boxer would apparently only have had at most 45 votes today to support final passage of the bill. (Democrat Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who was absent for today’s vote, had previously voted against bringing the bill to the floor on June 2.)

Cooling Underway: Global Temperature Continues to Drop in May

Global temperatures continued to slide in May 2008. Meteorologist Anthony Watts details the cooling temperatures in a report titled “Global Temperature Dives in May.” The new global temperature data reveals a whopping three quarters of a degree Celsius drop in temperatures since January 2007. Watts reported late yesterday that the cooling is “equal in magnitude to the generally agreed upon ‘global warming signal’ of the last 100 years.”

We Don’t Need a Climate Tax on the Poor

By James Inhofe With average gas prices across the country approaching $4 a gallon, it may be hard to believe, but the U.S. Senate is considering legislation this week that will further drive up the cost at the pump.

Boxer Claims Recession is Best Time to Raise Energy Costs

Excerpt: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), the chairman of the Environment & Public Works Committee, declared in her opening floor speech today that a “recession is the precise time to" enact the Lieberman-Warner global warming cap-and-trade bill because it “brings us hope.”

Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer: Sacrifices to the Climate Gods - Beware Lieberman-Warner

Excerpt: Now, the Senate is preparing to debate the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, which aims to limit carbon-dioxide emissions in the belief that more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is disrupting the Earth’s climate and ecosystems. Since we now have the scientific method, we rely on computer models to predict these future catastrophes rather than on our fears and prejudices.

Global warming skeptics plot ‘Carbon Belch Day’ to use as much energy as possible!

Excerpt: Conservative grassroots group Grassfire.org wants people to waste as much energy as possible on June 12 by "hosting a barbecue, going for a drive, watching television, leaving a few lights on, or even smoking a few cigars." The point: the group wants to "help Americans break free from the 'carbon footprint guilt' being imposed by Climate Alarmists."

Lieberman-Warner’s Window Dressing Reveals Largest Pork Bill in U.S. History

“Lieberman-Warner bill offers nothing new except more pain at the gas pump and more expensive consumer goods.”