New York City Girds Itself for Heat and Rising Seas by Bruce Stutz: Yale Environment 360

By the end of the century, New York’s climate could resemble that of present-day Raleigh, North Carolina and its harbor could easily rise by two feet or more.

July 31, '09: In New York, It’s the Summer That Isn’t - NYTimes.com

But this summer has been conspicuously different in New York City. Not one 99-degree day in Central Park. Not a single day that the temperature even approached 90. For just the second time in 140 years of record keeping, the temperature failed to reach 90 in either June or July.

Metro - EU countries step up diplomatic [fossil-fueled travel to fight fossil-fueled travel]

Five EU foreign ministers have been travelling to European capitals for the last week to press the issue...
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The prime ministers of Sweden and Denmark, meanwhile, were travelling to South Africa and India, two of the world's major polluters, to discuss the climate change treaty.

National Post editorial board: UN climate change fantasies - Full Comment

There are almost no scientific discussions of note going on over the new Copenhagen accord. Money has become the dominant topic for the upcoming conference, which isn't surprising. The UN has never been as concerned about preventing global warming as it is about using the issue for social, political and economic ends.