Strange Weather: Is unusual pattern just bad luck or a sign of climate change? - Opinion Blog

Temperatures here in Syracuse during July were about three degrees cooler than usual. Temperatures never reached 90, with April 27 still highlighted as the day of our most recent 90 degree high.
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I wonder just how much this cool summer will affect the thinking of our Washington-based decision makers as they make their way to the summit in Copenhagen, Denmark. We are left again with the question. Is this recent spate of strange weather just a bit of bad luck or another major oscillation on the way to a global warm-up? This weather watcher is still firmly on the climate change fence.
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Tom Hauf is a local meteorologist working in energy efficiency sales with the Comfort Home Improvement Co. in Liverpool.

FROM OUR READERS: Congressmen don't read bills, and they don't care - Opinion - ReviewJournal.com

If "Obamacare" passes, your only option if you're too old will be to hop the next chunk of ice that breaks off of a glacier due to global warming, and float away to die.

Council in green driving bid - News - Manchester Evening News

COUNCIL workers in Salford will be trained to drive carefully in a bid to save fuel - and the planet.
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The measure is on a list of projects which make up of Salford's 'carbon management plan' which bosses say could save the authority £5m a year.

Called 'eco-driving', it entails 'training all drivers to drive in a conservative manner to save on fuel'. Devices will be fitted to all council vehicles to maximise fuel efficiency.
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Coun Karen Garrido, Tory opposition leader, said: "Why do our drivers need to be retrained? They just need to be told not to crunch gears and drive madly - they don't need retraining. This is loony."