Obama’s Backing Raises Hopes for Climate Pact - NYTimes.com

American negotiators were limited in Kyoto by a Senate resolution saying that the United States would not accept numerical caps unless China did as well. But Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, said, “There has been a sea change in the Senate,” and he added that he believed that there were enough votes — Democratic and Republican — to ratify a strong treaty.

theblogprof: Global Warming? "Harsh winters push lake levels back to near normal"

Uh - excuse me, but weren't the Great Lakes supposed to be drying up because of the runaway greenhouse effect caused by SUVs and cow farts? From The Muskegon Chronicle via MLive:

This has been one of the hardest winters on record, but it will produce one of the best summers, at least in terms of Lake Michigan's water level. Above-average snowfall and below-average temperatures this winter and last year have boosted water levels in Lake Michigan closer to the long-term average, according to government data. The lake level has risen nearly 3 feet over the past three years, according to government data.