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This is a great set of video and other resources from London's science museum about climate change and its mitigation. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

"WWF's goal is for the world to develop an equitable low carbon economy by 2050, which is resilient to that level of climate change which is unavoidable. All efforts should be undertaken to keep warming of global average temperature below 1.5°C (compared to 1850). "

"The longer-term effects of Moylan's hoax on Whitehaven Coal and the fossil fuel industry more broadly have yet to be seen. It may prove to be no more than a cri de coeur, but it does raise afresh the question of the use of civil disobedience in climate campaigns."

"Researchers have ruled out climate change as the cause of extinction of most of Australia's giant animals, including giant kangaroos, three metre-tall flightless birds and the Tasmanian tiger, around 50,000 years ago."

MacArthur "genius" grantee Richard Muller, a highly respected physicist and self-declared climate change skeptic has changed his mind in precisely the way a scientist should: He examined the evidence.

"For one thing, nine of the 10 hottest years on record have happened in the last decade. So I'll discuss just two facts - how carbon dioxide causes global warming, and where this heat is going."

2014 had its fair share of landmark scientific accomplishment .. there was also no shortage of high-profile figures eager to publicly and shamelessly denounce well-established science-sometimes with serious consequences for public policy. So without further ado, the most egregious science denial of 2014: