'It should be part of a rethink of the world's economy, in which green issues and social questions should be integrated into the search for profit...'The new capitalism which emerges from the crisis has to be environmental, or it won't be new...We are looking for a new kind of environmental governance, something more inclusive, in which all parties have a stake and it's not just governments which have the right to speak'

'Extensive study of corals spanning more than 1000km of Australia's coastline that the past 110 years of ocean warming has been good for their growth. The findings undermine blanket predictions that global warming will devastate coral reefs'

'The area right where [Gore, Hansen, Branson, Trenberth,etc.] are is running about 15°C (27°F) colder than normal ... and normal even in the summer is kinda cold to start with. Thank goodness for the Gore Effect. Just think of what rubbish those jokers would have written if it had been 27°F warmer than normal down there,or 54°F warmer than what they are actually experiencing '

'The German climate advisor has called for a carbon dioxide budget for every human being on the planet -- and Morano talks further about effor at UN conf. in Durban to recognize the 'rights of mother earth' -- 'White wealthy environmentalists are telling poor people of color worldwide that they are doing it right -- by remaining poor, with low life expectancy'

Kloor: 'The climate community is fighting a battle on Morano's terms...Climate scientists are the U.S. military presence & Morano & his like-minded band of ideologues are the Taliban...The Taliban, like Morano, are fiercely puritanical. They are not averse to cleansing their own side. Morano has shown that in GOP Pres. race, where he's gone after candidates...Not coincidentally, (AGW) has become a litmus test for GOP...The Taliban, like Morano, are excellent provocateurs'

Response: 'If my dentist tells me that my heart surgeon was caught emailing other surgeons about how to use tricks to hide declines, that he broke laws of reason, that his predictions are basically all wrong, or that his model of understanding is demonstrably wrong, then I'm listening to the dentist'

Climate Depot Response to Dan Weiss: 'You have your metaphors all mixed up. It should be: 'To accept these latest claims by quack doctors -- like James Hansen, Michael Oppenheimer and Kevin Trenberth -- is like ignoring reams of evidence that they should have their licenses revoked for repeated malpractice'

Sen. Inhofe responds to Nader and Rep. Markey

'Some, like the Weather Channel's founder John Coleman are vocal in their opposition: 'It is the greatest scam in history'

'This is what is known in the trade as a straw man. Nobody is arguing that temperatures have gone up, including the 16 signatories of the Wall Street Journal letter. Somehow one expects that Nobel laureates would be able to string together a logical argument'

'Data from Hadley shows that the temperature has in fact declined over the past decade'