Britain’s Climate Research Unit, University of East Anglia, suffered a data breach in recent days when a hacker apparently broke into their system and made away with thousands of emails and documents. The stolen data was then posted to a Russian server and has quickly made the rounds among climate skeptics. Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. President Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen for a U.N. climate change meeting on December 9, hoping to add momentum to an international process despite slow progress on a domestic bill to cut carbon emissions.
On Thursday, November 5th, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a climate change bill crafted by Senators Barbara Boxer and John Kerry. Republicans boycotted the committee and did not participate in the vote. However, the bill is already being upstaged by a more conservative alternative coordinated by Mr. Kerry; Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent; and Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican.