On December 9, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the Florida recount by a 5–4 vote, handing the presidency of the United States of America to George Bush.

Many of the loudest advocates for ClimateGate have questionable agendas. Ideologues like Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones, etc are banging their drums, so you can bet that something is amiss. “Progressive” media outlets including Media Matters, Crooks and Liars, Common Dreams, The Nation, Huffington Post and Democracy Now! have taken strong editorial stances against the ‘climate skeptics’; but then the BBC has...

Al Gore Lies about Melting Ice and Rising Sea Levels How much ambiguity does it take before the charade collapses? Keeping the people ignorant may take more effort than the autocrats imagine. ...

NASA’s own watchdog: Agency misled on global warming “NASA’s press office “marginalized or mischaracterized” studies on global warming between 2004 and 2006, the agency’s own internal watchdog concluded. In a report released Monday, NASA’s inspector general office called it “inappropriate political interference” by political appointees in the press office.” –...

Cleared: Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided yesterday. In a verdict that will have shocked ministers and energy companies the jury at Maidstone Crown Court cleared six Greenpeace activists of criminal...

Carbon’s Power Brokers By George F. Will Sunday, June 1, 2008 An unprecedentedly radical government grab for control of the American economy will be debated this week when the Senate considers saving the planet by means of a cap-and-trade system to ration carbon emissions. The plan is co-authored (with John Warner) by Joe Lieberman, an ardent supporter of John McCain, who supports Lieberman’s legislation and recently spoke about...

(*****, easily) Using the 1992 presidential election as his springboard, documentary filmmaker Brian Springer captures the behind-the-scenes maneuverings of politicians and newscasters in the early 1990s. Pat Robertson banters about “homos,” Al Gore learns how to avoid abortion questions, George Bush talks to Larry King about halcyon — all presuming they’re off camera. Composed of 100% unauthorized satellite...

Polar Bears Potential ESA Listing Called ‘Regulatory Monster’: For the second time in the past three months, the EPW Committee conducted a hearing on the decision to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The potential listing of the polar bear under ESA is being promoted by many activists as a way to save the bear. Today’s hearing also focused on the Department of the Interior’s failure to meet its...

Global Temperatures ‘to decrease’ By Roger Harrabin BBC News environment analyst Global temperatures this year will be lower than in 2007 due to the cooling effect of the La Nina current in the Pacific, UN meteorologists have said. The World Meteorological Organisation’s secretary-general, Michel Jarraud, told the BBC it was likely that La Nina would continue into the summer. This would mean global temperatures have not...