DailyTech - Japanese Report Disputes Human Cause for Global Warming

Researchers debate each other in new study; most disagree greenhouse gases are the cause.

Kyrgyzstan's GDP growth slows to 7.6 pct in 2008

The impoverished Central Asian state relies on hydroelectric plants for its energy needs and has been suffering from energy shortages since last winter when it had to discharge too much water from its key reservoir due to unusually cold weather.

Lou Dobbs Tonight: The Ice Age Cometh: Experts Warn of Global Cooling

Another factor contributing to the global cooling period is the decline in sunspot activity according to Jay Lehr, a senior fellow and science director of The Heartland Institute.

“[I] think more importantly it is to look at the sun’s output, and in recent years, we’ve seen very, very low sunspot activity, and we are definitely – in my mind – not only in a cooling period, we’re going to be staying in it for a couple decades,” Lehr said.