Saturday, January 24, 2009

Refusing to Feel Europe's Pain - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online
A policy colleague from Washington state just left me a message to let me know a state official there just publicly insisted that Europe had actually suffered no costs from its failed experiment with cap-and-trade. Let's leave it to the natives to have some fun with it, but while keeping an eye peeled for the fallout, because that's a . . . what's the word I'm look- . . . oh, right, a lie.
Letter: Don't blame CO2
I have taken note that of late the editor of The Daily Astorian is pushing this hoax, "global warming." He makes a statement to the effect that global warming is almost universally accepted, and well it should be, with every media outlet singing its praises, and an endless number of shills with respected names in science and other fields lending their names to it.

Let me be blunt. I am tired of the editor, and others, bashing and vilifying my favorite gas, carbon dioxide. It can put out fires, keep things really cold, it is the breath of life to my chlorophyllic friends and it is the bubbles in my beer.
Cold snap could cause more flooding: official - Peterborough Examiner - Ontario, CA
The weather forecast calls for the relatively warm period over the last couple of days to be replaced by -12 C to -22 C temperatures this weekend, which could create frazil ice and cause more flooding, said David Johnston, a flood forecasting and warning duty officer with the conservation authority.
Fish farms reel from cold | 10connects.com | Tampa
Lakeland, Florida - Tropical fish farmers are reeling from the recent freeze.
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Despite their efforts, a lot of fish died as a result of the recent freeze.

"My son is estimating maybe a 20 to 30 percent loss right now," said Drawdy.

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