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Every year, as cold fronts hit Peru, dozens of children in Peru's highlands begin to lose their lives because of colds or infections. This has already been the case of twenty-six children in Puno. [Via Global Freeze]

U.S. climate [swindle] bill unlikely to pass this year: experts - washingtonpost.com

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. climate change legislation is unlikely to pass this year due to concerns about the recession and contention over the implementation of the program, according to energy and carbon market experts.

Climate change casts a cloud over nation's stately piles - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent

They have withstood centuries of war and decay and the fluctuating fortunes of their once super-wealthy owners, but now Britain's stately homes face a potentially more destructive force: climate change.

The National Trust says at least seven historic stately homes – some up to 600 years old – have been damaged by climate-change-related incidents, such as flooding, over the past five years, with repair costs running into millions of pounds.

Skeptic's Corner: Today's Thought

Global Warming: "An apocalyptic theory that every scientist believes in - except dissenting scientists who don't count - best bemoaned from one's Gulf Stream jet en route to an international conference on the environment."

Debra Saunders