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It looks more like an Ice Age than global warming.

There is so much snow in Oslo, where I live, that the city authorities are resorting to dumping truckloads of it in the sea because the usual storage sites on land are full.
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In many places around the capital there’s about a metre of snow, the most since 2006 when it was last dumped in the sea. Extra snow usually gets trucked to sites on land, where most of the polluted dirt is left after the thaw. Those stores are now full — in some the snow isn’t expected to melt before September.

Divorce allegedly adds to climate change

Divorce adds to the impact of global warming as couples switch to wasteful single lifestyles, Family First senator Steve Fielding says.

He told a Senate hearing on Tuesday that divorce led to a "resource-inefficient lifestyle" and it would be better for the planet if couples stayed married.
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However, one source said Senator Fielding's campaign could encourage couples to live together in sin to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Snow storm leaves 80,000 in the dark in Maine - The CNN Wire - CNN.com Blogs

CNN) — About 80,000 households and businesses in Maine remained in the dark early Tuesday, after a storm dumped up to two feet of snow on parts of Maine starting Sunday. [Via Global Freeze]