Crops across Finland suffer from cold and wet weather

The threshing season is starting in Finland but crop growth is late across the country...In southern and central Finland crop growth is from half a week to one week late compared to average. In northern Finland crops are 8-12 days late.

Global warming Chicken Littles

So, I really don't think that all those actors, activists and alarmists should declare with any finality that the earth is ending due to global warming or impose billion-dollar fixes for a problem that doesn't seem to exist.

Environmental groups faltered this year - Erika Lovley - Politico.com

Former Vice President Al Gore may have made global warming a household term, but this year’s tactical mistakes by the green army may have set the cause back just when it seemed to be on the brink of a legislative breakthrough. While pushing for sharp emission reductions, a number of environmental groups failed to adapt their pitch to acknowledge rising energy costs, experts say, leaving voters to believe that saving the planet will mean unaffordable energy prices.

Scientists dispute global warming - Paradise Post

The Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine say they have a document signed by more than 31,000 scientists (including 9,000 PhD's) that says, " there is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane or other 'greenhouse gasses' is causing, or will cause in the future, catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate."

The petition represents a direct challenge to former Vice President Al Gore and his allies' contention that arrogantly claims, " an overwhelming number of scientists have determined that catastrophic manmade global warming is real and that any further debate over the science is pointless."

When confronted with the petition, White House press secretary, Dana Perino reportedly said, "everyone is entitled to an opinion next question!"