TreeHugger has posted an unusually pensive item, Debunking the Great Global Warming Conspiracy Conspiracy:

One of the strangest things about the ongoing non-controversy over the hacked climate emails is that it’s revealed how irrational much of the thinking behind global warming denial really is. It’s always been understood that people have fundamental reasons for resisting the idea . . . → Read More: Explaining deniers

Sometimes the news delivers things that I could never have predicted if you gave my a thousand chances. Witness this mind-bender about the kind of climate change denier who will be part of the negotiations in Copenhagen:

Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National party, is to represent the European parliament at the UN climate . . . → Read More: Deniers on parade

The news flow about Copenhagen is really ramping up as the event itself approaches. A sampling:

Foundation for a Low Carbon Future: Essential Elements of a Copenhagen Agreement:

In December 2009, twenty thousand people, including about 40 heads of state, will converge in Copenhagen to decide how the world responds to escalating climate change over the next . . . → Read More: Copenhagen roundup

China Announces Emissions Reduction Targets (But They’re Not Really Reductions) : TreeHugger:

Well, everyone has their cards on the table now. Following the US’s announcement yesterday that it will bring an emissions reductions target “in the range” of 17 percent of 2005 levels to Copenhagen, China has announced its own commitment: a 40-45 percent reduction of 2005 . . . → Read More: Reforming the Three Stooges

The Copenhagen Diagnosis:

It is more than three years since the drafting of text was completed for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). In the meantime, many hundreds of papers have been published on a suite of topics related to human-induced climate change.

The purpose of this report is to synthesize the most . . . → Read More: Doc alert: The Copenhagen Diagnosis