Saturday, June 06, 2009

Climate change--China's [Alleged] Perspective
...climate change is mainly a consequence of the traditional economic development pattern and extravagant life style.
California summer: Rain, snow and a rescue from cold - Local - The Modesto Bee
Unseasonably wet and cold weather Friday resulted in fender benders, heavy snow and a rescue effort for schoolchildren who got cold on a Tuolumne County hike.

Medics treated four children after they suffered hypothermic symptoms while on a camping trip with their Napa Valley charter school in the Pinecrest Reservoir area, according to the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Department.
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The California Highway Patrol is advising drivers to behave "as you would if you were driving in December." Chains are required on Highway 108 east of Strawberry, and the California Department of Transportation closed Tioga Pass on Friday because of snow.
Have it your way: Burger King franchise cites cockroaches and Oz in defense of 'global warming is baloney' signs | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Me: But "Global Warming is Baloney" is certainly a different sort of message, a more political viewpoint?

McNelis: I would agree that it's a viewpoint, but not necessarily a political one. But we're not sheeple around here, and while Barack Obama would like to have you believe that no one is entitled to have a view other than his, if someone wants to stand up and say "Global Warming is Baloney", then I'm all for it. It doesn't matter to me, whether I believe in it or not. They have first amendment rights to say whatever's on their mind. And nobody dictates otherwise.

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