Week in review

by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.

From my twitter feed:
Brendan O’Neill in Telegraph: It is vital that knowledge is controversial, even about climate change http://is.gd/7inGnX
It’s not a shortage of creative scientists, just agencies unwilling to fund creative ideas. http://ow.ly/B4UF7
Caleb Rossiter: Deserting the climate wars [link]
Naomi Klein: Big green is in denial [link]
WSJ: Climate change agenda needs to adapt to reality [link]
David Roberts (@drgrist) is back from digital detox. His reflection is a must read: http://shar.es/11GNPd
Mark Steyn: When science is settled by government [link]
Royal Society blog:  “retrofitting excellent science to a policy problem is all too common and unhelpful” [link]
Carl Wunsch on ocean’s changing temperature [link]
Italian scientists to appeal manslaughter conviction re Aquila earthquake; lay confusion over probability [link]
Un-muzzle the scientists?  Not so fast [link]
“Strategic use of science is fundamentally political” It’s a ‘tool of influence.’ [link]
New Senate report explains WHAT CLIMATE REGULATION IS ALL ABOUT [link]
Matt Ridley in the WSJ: Whatever Happened to Global Warming? http://wp.me/p7y4l-u79
Global Temperature Drops Below IPCC Projection Range [link]
Ban-Ki Moon’s Climate Summit Dead In The Water [link]
The 8% Consensus: Only 11 Of 144 Countries Have Backed The Kyoto Protocol’s Extension [link]
California’s 100 year drought [link]
Reconceptualising risk in research: The call to do no harm goes far beyond the field. [link]
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