December 1986 « Watts Up With That?

By cooling the older record and leaving the current record unchanged, an enhanced warming trend is introduced. This is completely artificial, of course, because the actual December 1986 temperatures are available.

In this case, GISS got their eight heads in a row.

Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Is It Ethanol? Corn Harvest Up, Prices Too

Ethanol’s share of the corn harvest, the USDA says, will jump 37% this year, and will now swallow fully one-third of the 12 billion-bushel U.S. corn haul.
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Ethanol was already on the dock for a number of reasons, from the environmental to economics. But when a near-record corn harvest promises to keep corn prices high, is it time for a re-think?

Chamber Asks Congress to Bar EPA's Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Related Stories - AAIA SmartBrief

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week sent a letter to the U.S. Congress requesting that Congress enact legislation to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions. (08/12)