My friend Tom Harris is inviting people to attend a conference sponsored by his International Climate Science Coalition and others in Paris at the same time as the big UN affair. Even if you don't find yourself in Paris this coming week, it's well worth pondering the questions Tom and his colleagues are asking about the orthodox view. Most fundamentally, the ICSC and others ask for proper evidence on these three points:

• Recent climate change is unusual in comparison with historical records;
• Human emissions of carbon dioxide and other 'greenhouse gases' are dangerously impacting climate;
• Computer-based models are reliable indicators of future climate.

If the consensus is as solid as alarmists claim, it should be easy to provide. If they can't or won't provide it, something very unscientific is going on here.

In my latest National Post column, I explain why I can't vote for the Green party either.

Our friends at the Canadian Constitution Foundation are asking for help in the case of two Ontario farmers at odds with the Canada Food Inspection Agency. You can read their appeal here and Brigitte's post about it here. And I'm asking you to consider chipping in to the Indiegogo defence fund for Montana Jones and Michael Schmidt. I'm not familiar with the detailed facts of the case. But it certainly sounds as though they're being ground down by the bureaucratic machine in a way that undermines the rule of law. Especially as Karen Selick of the CCF inform us that there's some sort of publication ban on the whole business.

Magna Carta guarantees access for all to the justice system. But when enormous regulatory agencies with the financial resources of the state behind them go after the little guy, or gal, the latter just can't fight back unless we rally round them. This case has already dragged on for nearly three years, an eternity for defendants but just more time on the clock for the system.

If you can spare even a few bucks, please read the CCF appeal and consider helping out.

In my latest National Post column I argue that Asteroid Day is one trendy cause worth embracing... while we still can.

In my latest National Post column, I tell the government waiter I didn't order this patronizing rubbish.

NBC has a remarkable story about a simple idea to help the environment. Not exactly a breath of fresh air... but it will lead to many of those. Sometimes it's not the big grandiose projects that matter.

My latest post for the IRPP takes on critics of my skepticism about man-made global warming.

My take on the latest definitive ending of the debate on man-made global warming, on the IRPP Policy Options blog.