Welcome to another edition of Climate Cuttings, in which I round up some global warming links you may have missed.
First up is Judith Curry, who has had a letter from Congress following up on her earlier testimony. The theme seems to be - do you think we should listen to scientists who don't release their data?
Things don't seem to be going so well for the Campaign against Climate Change, who are suffering, along with many other charities, from a lack of donations.
David Whitehouse, writing at the GWPF site, notes that 2010's claim to exceptional warmth appears to be based largely on the effects of El Nino in the spring.
The UK's Department of Work and Pensions has spent all of its budget for cold weather payments to pensioners already. No doubt the budget was based on a Met Office forecast.
In related news, the country's grit reserve is half the size that is actually required.
UAH's temperature record for November is out, with 2010 running neck and neck with 1998 for hottest year, but the anomaly dropping off fast.
Now we know that the chief finding of the paper was wrong, people want to know if Damian Carrington will correct his puff piece on Steig et al.'s magnum opus on Antarctic temperatures.
Larry Solomon reports that Virginia legislators are drafting a bill to make it a sackable offence to thwart FOI laws.
Tony Newbery picks up on Brian Cox's lecture on TV science coverage and wonders if it presages the findings of the BBC science review itself.
And lastly, Donna Laframboise demonstrates her remarkable good taste by telling readers she's giving the Hockey Stick Illusion for Christmas.