Climate change deniers are real fakes (Socialist Worker) CLIMATE CHANGE deniers are on the offensive. They are using small sections of correspondence between climate scientists to claim that the evidence for global warming is faked. [News Source]

UN says nations’ greenhouse gas pledges too little. The reduction goals announced by the nations responsible for the bulk of the world's greenhouse gas emissions are likely to fall short of what many scientists say is needed to limit the disastrous effects of climate change, a U.N. official said Monday. [News Source]

Strange case of moving weather posts. A dispute over the location of 42 weather stations, and how it affects an important set of data on global warming, has led to accusations of scientific fraud and may yet result in a significant revision of a scientific paper that is still cited by the UN's top climate science body. [News Source]

Insurance regulators in Ind. reject climate regulation; some others appear ‘lukewarm.’ Indiana officials will not impose climate regulations on insurance companies, making it the first state to abandon the landmark measure before it goes into effect nationwide this spring. [News Source]

Proposed budget for U.S. EPA trimmed by $300 million. President Barack Obama's proposed budget would trim funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just as it tries to take on a larger role in New Jersey. [News Source]

UN says nations’ greenhouse gas pledges too little. The reduction goals announced by the nations responsible for the bulk of the world's greenhouse gas emissions are likely to fall short of what many scientists say is needed to limit the disastrous effects of climate change, a U.N. official said Monday. [News Source]

Strange case of moving weather posts. A dispute over the location of 42 weather stations, and how it affects an important set of data on global warming, has led to accusations of scientific fraud and may yet result in a significant revision of a scientific paper that is still cited by the UN's top climate science body. [News Source]

All smoke and no fire in Montreal carbon market. Four years ago, when he helped create the Montreal Climate Exchange, Léon Bitton thought it would be only a short time before the federal government introduced binding cap-and-trade legislation, allowing Montreal to become the centre of environmental finance and emissions trading in Canada. [News Source]

Obama budget drops revenue outlook for carbon trade. The White House on Monday dropped prospects for revenue from a climate cap-and-trade system opposed by many lawmakers, but its proposed budget still called for a "market-based" policy to fight climate change. [News Source]

Insurance regulators in Ind. reject climate regulation; some others appear ‘lukewarm.’ Indiana officials will not impose climate regulations on insurance companies, making it the first state to abandon the landmark measure before it goes into effect nationwide this spring. [News Source]

Wind energy job growth isn’t blowing anyone away. The wind energy industry had a banner year in 2009. But even though 10,000 megawatts of new capacity came on line, few jobs were created and wind power manufacturing employment fell - a setback for Obama's pledge to create green jobs. [News Source]