Climate Change Dispatch A push by a group of senior Republican statesmen for a tax on carbon to help lessen the effects of climate change is already meeting entrenched opposition from within their own party. Within hours of their announcement, influential conservative anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist took to Twitter to suggest any proposal that includes a carbon tax […] http://ift.tt/2kb4qa5

Climate Change Dispatch Congress is ramping up its investigation into a key climate study, now under further scrutiny after a federal whistleblower raised more questions about it this week. The scandal some are referring to as “Climategate Two” (you can learn about the first Climategate here) is quickly escalating after Dr. John Bates, a former top scientist with […] http://ift.tt/2kWMuzQ

Climate Change Dispatch Five Dakota Access pipeline activists have been indicted on federal charges, accused of setting fire to a bridge in order to stop authorities from reaching a protest camp illegally built on private property. The indictment unsealed Wednesday stems from one of the protest’s most chaotic confrontations, an all-day Oct. 27 melee that saw agitators set […] http://ift.tt/2kcppEH

Climate Scepticism   Wikipedia apparently has decided to ban news items from the Daily Mail as unreliable sources of information. Much gloating in the Guardian – naturellement. The news apparently inspired Richard Betts on Twitter to post this tweet: Hi @DavidRoseUK we updated your graph – hope it helps make your next article OK for Wikipedia 🙂 […] http://ift.tt/2kWOHv1