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Wow. Pokemon has become all preachy about global warming. Surprising.

John Harrigan: Requiem for the high country - Sunday, Apr. 26, 2009

The lament is that change is in the wind. It now appears likely that the state's Site Evaluation Committee will grant a permit for the construction of 33 410-foot tall, blinking-light-topped wind turbines across seven or so miles of horizon, and the huge road system needed to construct and maintain them.
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But the even bigger lament is that we have become a state willing to sell its scenery and its very skyline for profits and power going elsewhere, a state that already produces twice as much power as it consumes, much of it already "green" in the form of hydro.

We value our shorelines and beaches because we believe it's in the public interest to protect them. Hence our jealous guardianship of the people's right to walk the beach -- any beach. Likewise, we value our rivers, lakes and ponds, and protect them as public domain. What about the hapless high country and horizon?

Snow falls early. Spot the first to blame.. | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Global warming?

NSW has experienced its first snow of the year, with five centimetres falling in the state’s Snowy Mountains the earliest fall in more than a decade.

Of course, one bit of freak weather doesn’t prove blah blah blah. So where were all those caveats when outlets like The Age and ABC freaked over a poor snow season six years ago and swallowed alarmist nonsense like this...

But isn't it supposed to be parched and hot?: Corn planting is off to slow start in Midwest | pal-item.com | Palladium-Item

Nationwide, only 5 percent of the corn crop has been planted compared to 14 percent for the five-year average.

Wet, cold weather has slowed soil preparations for planting and other fieldwork across the Midwest, but planting progress may improve this week with the warmer, drier weather that arrived for the weekend.