EU fails to broker climate [hoax] deal: presidency

Britain's Chancellor Alistair Darling delayed his flight to try and salvage a compromise agreement, which would have seen the nine legitimise European Commission figures that say the EU will need to cough up some 100 billion euros (149 billion dollars) each year from 2012 to meet developing world needs.

20 Oct, 2009 - [Across the northern hemisphere], ski resorts open (very) early

At least a dozen ski areas in at least six countries have opened earlier than expected because of heavy snow, or consistent low temperatures to allow snow making, or a combination of both.

Austria saw the most of the heavy snowfalls in the latter half of last week with the glacier ski area of Tux claiming the biggest accumulated snowfall of an incredible 1.8 metres (six feet) over the past week on its posted snow report at www.skiinfo.co.uk , with the Molltal glacier not far behind with 1.4m (nearly five feet).
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Across the Atlantic at least five resorts have opened in the US on both East and west costs.
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Elsewhere fresh snow has been reported in Japan, Canada and the Indian Himalayas. In Scotland temperatures have been dipping below zero in the Highlands with precipitation expected over the next few days.

Moonbattery: Gordon Brown: 50 Days Before Global Warming Doom Descends

Since some of the biggest polluters have no interest in deliberately crippling their own economies — i.e., China, India, Brazil — the chances of bureauweenies substantially reducing harmless CO2 emissions are close to nil. The chances of them affecting the weather in any way are exactly nil. Make the most of your last 50 days!

Kevin Grandia: Portraits of P.O.'d Prius Owners

Prius owners are happy with their fuel-sipping cars, but are steaming at Toyota.

So far over 700 Toyota car owners have submitted photos to MoveOn.org's campaign calling for Toyota to withdraw its membership from the US Chamber of Commerce.

Toyota Chided for "Gas Guzzler"

April 17, 2007
Freedom from Oil activists at the New York Auto Show unfurled a 20-foot banner inside the front entrance to the Jacob Javits Center, challenging Toyota to become a true environmental leader. The banner parodied Toyota's current Tundra full-size pickup truck advertising blitz with a picture of the truck driving over a globe with the tagline, "Toyota: The Truck That's Changing the Climate." The banner flew at the entrance of the exhibition hall for several minutes before police arrested the two Freedom from Oil climbers who placed it.