It wasn't just cold, it was record cold | Yakima Herald-Republic Online

Thought it was colder than usual Thursday morning?

You were right. In fact, a record set more than a half century ago -- in 1956 to be exact -- was broken.

The temperature dropped to 15 degrees in Yakima on Thursday, 2 degrees lower than the previous record for that day.

DEP Chief Gina McCarthy Picked For EPA Climate-Change Post -- Courant.com

In the first departure of a Connecticut official for the Obama administration, Gina McCarthy, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection, has been nominated for a major position in Washington handling climate change, the White House announced today.

‘Global warming a global warning’

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Guess what a triple nine followed by a double nine means - its that magic number 99999 which will remind you to switch off lights for nine minutes at 9 p.m. on the 9th day of the 9th month of the 9th year of this millennium.

“This is not going to save you so much of electricity, but it will give you an opportunity to speak about global warming and its adverse effects and thus create an awareness," said M B Nirmal, founder and director of Exnora International at the Park Centre at Technopark here on Thursday.
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Pointing that global warming is also a global warning, Nirmal said that turning to vegetarianism will also help the cause.