Q&A: With El Niño, fewer hurricanes - St. Petersburg Times

In the United States, El Niño has diminished hurricane activity in the past because of upper-level wind shear, and caused warmer winters in the Midwest and Northeast, wetter and cooler conditions in California and the Southwest, and dry and foggy winters and warm springs in the Pacific Northwest.

Climate Change Legislation Caps Poor, Not Emissions : David Rosales

The poor should not be neglected or suffer from careless legislation that punishes the weak in the name of questionable environmental policy. People and nature can and should flourish together. But this requires that we responsibly pursue innovative solutions to environmental challenges. True compassion fulfills God’s mandate to have dominion over the earth while caring for the poor. By following this mandate and rejecting ill-advised notions like cap and trade, we can be both doers and hearers of the Word.

Future of Colorado wildflowers starting to wilt - The Denver Post

The aspen sunflower, subalpine lupine and aspen fleabane are particularly vulnerable to a shifting weather pattern characterized by early snowmelt and hard frosts that can extend into July, he said. Those three species begin to grow and flower as soon as the snow melts.
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"This also applies to agricultural situations in Colorado," Inouye said. "There are no apricots in Paonia this year because frost killed the flowers."