[Pure farce in the Arctic: Japanese man arrives in winter on fossil-fueled snowmobile; shows video of himself wearing tight underwear and rapping; tries to convince them that carbon dioxide is dangerous]

He lowers temperature recorders into the hole. Over five years, he has set up more than eighty permafrost observatories next to schools scattered across the far north. Kenji, along with everyone else who understands permafrost and climate change, expects the ground temperatures to increase. But this will not happen quickly. So far, most of his holes have not warmed at all. A few have warmed by a tenth of a degree. The kids need more action.

Global warming boosts Anglesey fruit firm

“I started growing tropical plants because I liked to be different, not because of climate change or fears over food security.

“However global warming is definitely doing us a favour!”

Climate [Swindle] Activists Wait for an Obama Speech to Call Their Own - NYTimes.com

As President Obama delivered a possible make-or-break speech on health care last night, climate change activists said they were waiting patiently for a similar rhetorical moment.

For now, advocates said, there is broad acceptance about the president's decision to push their key issue to the back burner. But many argue that Obama needs to grant climate change equal attention on prime-time television in coming months. With international climate talks in Copenhagen in December and 2010 congressional elections looming, time for a major speech is running out, they said.