Fiona News: [Northwest Passage Update]

Last night, 16 Aug, we got hopelessly trapped by the ice. Despite a favorable ice report we encountered 8/10ths ice, with many old, i.e. large, bergs. We spent the night tied to one of them but had to leave this morning when another 'berg collided with us and tipped Fiona over. We got away but the space around us is shrinking. I called the Canadian Coast Guard at noon and they are sending an icebreaker, due here tomorrow. We are NOT in immediate danger. Watch this space for developments.

C3: Climate Experts' Prediction About Thawing Tundra Greenhouse Gas "Time-Bomb" Found To Be Wrong; Another Climate Model Error

Experts have discovered that new tundra grasses and plant life are absorbing CO2 that will ultimately delay the "time-bomb" by 15 to 20 years (climate alarmists always seem to be saying "just wait"). Another simple example of how "expert" predictions have been so embarrassingly wrong. Unfortunately, the climate models use these wrong-headed predictions in formulating their own predictions. It's no wonder climate models can't predict accurately.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Good news: Obama backs off-shore drilling! Update: A Soros connection?

Obama, who has ripped American corporations for their supposed subsidies in American tax policy, now wants to use an empty Treasury to give cash to a Brazilian oil company.

Carbonfund.org is Launch Partner for First-Ever EPA Climate Leaders Approved Offset Project - Carbon Offsets Daily

Silver Spring, MD – August 18, 2009, Carbonfund.org, the leading nonprofit carbon offset and climate solutions organization, today announced the launch of the first-ever EPA Climate Leaders approved carbon offset project with Casella Waste Systems, Inc.’s Clinton County Landfill Methane Project.