Local power-plant upgrades aim not to leave manatees cold

Of particular concern were the hundreds of manatees that cluster around the warm-water discharges of the Riviera Beach power plant, where red and white stacks have towered over the area since the Kennedy administration. Having lost coastal habitat, particularly around warm natural springs, manatees have learned to escape cold weather by clustering around this plant and six or seven others around the state. But several of these plants are aging, calling into question whether manatees will be able to depend on them as a perpetual replacement for lost habitat.

Michigan: Bay area rocked by car and snowmobile crashes, frostbite cases and two deaths from hypothermia

Bay area rocked by car and snowmobile crashes, frostbite cases and two deaths from hypothermia

Althouse: "The Optimum Population Trust... says each baby born in Britain will... burn carbon roughly equivalent to 2½ acres of old-growth oak woodland...."

EDH, in the comments, prompted me: "higher atmospheric CO2 levels would help plant life." The new babies aren't harming the old-growth forest at all. They are feeding it! Tree lovers should appreciate the infusion of CO2. Now, supposing it's true and things do warm up. Won't the plants be happy? Antarctica could be re-forested.