Richard Stuebi: Weather Does Not Equal Climate

I concede that Al Gore and others have been guilty at times of overpromoting the cause: being a bit too flippant in describing the state of climate science as bullet-proof, and a bit too hyperbolic in suggesting impending ecological disasters as certain and imminent.

That being said, that doesn't mean that Gore et al don't have the story directionally-correct.

Conserving energy with the Obamas: Helicopter to the Chicago airport, Air Force One from Chicago to DC, then another helicopter to the White House

On Monday the Obamas boarded Marine One near Hyde Park, which carried the family to O'Hare International Airport. There they boarded Air Force One, which brought them to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. They then boarded Marine One to return to the White House.

If Obama doesn't curb his own energy use sometime soon, I just may start to eat as much as I want again

Pitching his message to Oregon's environmentally-conscious voters, Obama called on the United States to "lead by example" on global warming, and develop new technologies at home which could be exported to developing countries.

"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK," Obama said.

"That's not leadership. That's not going to happen," he added.