Time to turn down the heat on the man-made climate change myth
Posted June 05, 2013, at 1:35 p.m.  Britain’s Daily Mail made
headlines by quoting the country’s “Met Office” as confessing
that the world’s temperature hasn’t increased in 16 years. This
was met with consternation by the “climate establishment,” led
by the granddaddy of climate alarmists, James Hansen of NASA.
Interpretation of a trend, of course, depends on when you begin
the temperature analysis. So, if we start the graph in 1960, by
golly, that temperature plateau just disappears into statistical
insignificance! Just about everyone agrees, however, that our
planet warmed just 0.7 degrees Celsius in the 20th century and
none, so far, in the 21st. Was the rise in temperature just part
of a natural cycle?  The intensity of the response of our
political “progressives” betrays a nervousness, many believe,
that the science behind “climate change” is shaky. Billions in
grant support and political influence are at stake. Even the
Economist — long a