This report, from the Auditor General for Victoria, is as damning assessment of renewable energy "targets" as I've ever seen...

http://download.audit.vic.gov.au/files/20110406-FRED.pdf

Follow on from Woodentop's post on MET and BBC on April weather, 5 degrees warmer than normal and a water lake (can't spell the proper term) is 20% empty (why not say 80% full) on main BBC1 news at 6pm.

Problems with wind and nuclear in Germany says BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13257804

The BBC and the Met Office at it again with selective statistics for South West Scotland:

The Met Office said the monthly temperatures were higher than those which would normally have been seen in May.

A spokesman said: "April seems to be the month most affected by global warming, with the four warmest months in the past 100 all having occurred in the past eight years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-13265249

Ironically there is an adjacent headline on the page entitled "December 'coldest in a century'"...

Canadians say no to Carbon Tax and elect a strong Conservative government:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20110503/tts-uk-politics-ca02f96.html

http://joannenova.com.au/2011/05/climate-model-finally-produces-meaningful-results/

Fantastic satirical 'climate model' graphic at Jo Nova

There seems to be another good book "Facts about global warming. Rational or emotional issue?" reviewed by Prof Tom Addiscott, at http://thegwpf.org/the-climate-record/2927-global-warming-not-just-the-business-of-climatologists.html

Guardian in defence of Skepical Science website (strangest name ever for a site that supports the Status Quo)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/apr/28/climate-change-denial-skeptical-science

Meltdown of the climate 'consensus'
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/meltdown_of_the_climate_consensus_G0kWdclUvwhVr6DYH6A4uJ