El Nino is back with the Fury of a Woman Scorned! « Digital Diatribes

However, in any case, I think it looks very unlikely that we will see any record-breaking El Ninos for quite some time, in either persistence or in magnitude. We may, however, see some major La Ninas surface over the next few decades.

And that won’t be our fault, either.

Kerry and Boxer launch climate debate - TheHill.com

Kerry and Boxer gave an upbeat prognosis for their bill’s passage. But Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was noncommittal when asked whether it could be squeezed into the Senate’s crowded calendar this year.

“If I had my druthers, I would move to it just as quickly as we could,” he said. “But we have a number of important issues. We have climate [legislation], we have regulation reform, we have immigration. I’ll work with the White House and my colleagues as to what should move forward. I’m very impressed with the fact that we need to do a climate bill just as quickly as we can.

“Our nation cannot survive without energy from coal, and any viable climate policy must solidify our future by focusing on technology to make coal cleaner faster.”

North Branch legislator to chair White House group on climate change | StarTribune.com

The Obama administration has tapped a low-profile legislator from North Branch to lead a newly-formed coalition on energy and climate change legislation.

Two-term DFL Rep. Jeremy Kalin will head the White House Working Group, an organization of about 40 state legislators from across the country to push for passage of climate-change legislation in Congress.