When the warmest year in history isn't

San Francisco Chronicle by Debra J. Saunders | Dec. 1, 2008 (Opinion)

When it comes to global warming, newspapers play up stories that reinforce the prevalent the-sky-is-falling belief that global warming is human-caused and catastrophic. But if a study or scientist does not portend the end of the world as we know it, it rarely rates as news.

In that spirit, many papers (including The Chronicle) have reported on a UC San Diego science historian who reviewed 928 abstracts of peer-reviewed articles on global warming ... Full Story »

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 by Walter Cox - Dec. 1, 2008

For those whose minds remain open to scientific evidence that conflicts with global warming orthodoxy, Debra Saunders presents an overview of the topic that conscientious folk can use to deepen their understanding of the issues. As someone who is convinced that the development of clean energy is a good idea, Saunders, like many others, questions the extreme position that catastrophic climate change is in play.

I have been impressed by the work of Dr. Roy Spencer, Principal Research Scientist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. Dr. Spencer calls himself a "Climate Optimist" and he backs his claim that global warming dangers have been vastly overstated with hard scientific evidence. For those wishing to learn more: http://www.globalwarmingheartland.org/expert.cfm?expertId=163 http://www.globalwarmingheartland.org/article.cfm http://www.weatherquestions.com/Roy-Spencer-on-global-warming.htm

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