NOAA Determines Ribbon Seals Should Not be Listed as Endangered - say ice will continue to form « Watts Up With That?

“Our scientists have reviewed climate models that project that annual ice, which is critical for ribbon seal reproduction, molting and resting, will continue to form each winter in the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk where the majority of ribbon seals are located,” said Jim Balsiger, NOAA’s acting assistant administrator for fisheries.

Future of American Automakers - Congressional Motors - CopTool - Power Tool News Blog

All new for 2012, the Pelosi GTxi SS/Rt Sport Edition is the mandatory American car so advanced it took $100 billion and an entire Congress to design it. We started with same reliable 7-way hybrid ethanol-biodiesel-electric-clean coal-wind-solar-pedal power plant behind the base model Pelosi, but packed it with extra oomph and the sassy styling pizazz that tells the world that 1974 Detroit is back again -- with a vengeance.

We've subsidized the features you want and taxed away the rest. With its advanced Al Gore-designed V-3 under the hood pumping out 22.5 thumping, carbon-neutral ponies of Detroit muscle, you'll never be late for the Disco or the Day Labor Shelter. Engage the pedal drive or strap on the optional jumbo mizzenmast, and the GTxi SS/Rt Sport Edition easily exceeds 2016 CAFE mileage standards. At an estimated 268 MPG, that's a savings of nearly $1800 per week in fuel cost over the 2011 Pelosi....

Foreign student to make another long unnecessary fossil-fueled trip for the inauguration of an alleged fossil-fuel fighter

A Twickenham gap year student has been selected to make a trip to America to witness incoming President, Barack Obama’s inauguration into the White House.
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Ciara then received the news that she would be returning to Washington, this time to witness the historic occasion of America’s first black President.

She said: “When I received the news it was fantastic. We are heading out on the 17 January and there are loads of events that they are putting on. Al Gore is going to deliver a key note speech and Colin Powell is also going to be there. It’s all really exciting.”