Graduates, lend them your ears - Opinion - USATODAY.com

Cal: This is not the place to debate climate change, but let me say this: Question anyone who tells you with certainty what will happen 10 years from now, let alone 100 years out. Skepticism about global warming is a sign of independent thought, which I believe is supposed to be cultivated in academia. The cry of the young in the '60s was, "Never trust anyone over 30." I would suggest another slogan: "Never trust a politician." Don't get caught up in their causes.

American Chronicle | Jim Himes Paves the Way for Burdensome Taxing and Spending

The budget Himes supported will pave the way for Congress to enact a devastating national energy tax:

"…every single one of us will see higher energy prices as a result of his budget. By hiking taxes on energy companies and imposing a gigantic global warming tax, Obama virtually ensures rising costs for the energy we need." (Op-Ed by Andrew Moylan, National Taxpayers Union, "Obama budget will increase energy costs," Detroit News, April 16, 2009)

Twitter / FUTURE Patrick Dixon

Lecturing in Switzerland today for UBS: how innovation / green technologies will help solve global warming and the $40 trillion carbon boom

Skiers welcome cold snap - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The ski season will start five weeks early at Mount Buller in Victoria's alpine region - the earliest start to the season in the resort's 45-year history.
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Today Melbourne recorded its coldest April morning in more than 50 years.