Australia: Record cool and wet over north « Where’s my Global Warming Dude? By Global Freeze

Burketown is averaging at 29 degrees - the coldest start to a year in at least 29 years.

Mt Isa, Comooweal, Winton and even locations as far south as Boulia are averaging more than 7 degrees below average - the coldest start to the year in decades.

December 2008 Update on Sunspot stats « Digital Diatribes

We are truly in a remarkable time as it relates to the current solar cycle. By a number of measures, we are witnessing a once-in-a-lifetime event… maybe.

'Environmental revolution' promised by David Cameron - Telegraph

An "environmental revolution" in energy policy under a Conservative government would save the average household £160 a year from the cost of electricity and gas, David Cameron has promised.