The Associated Press: Russian ship frees itself from ice in Antarctic

MOSCOW — A Russian cruise ship that has been struggling through a huge mass of sea ice for days has finally reached clear water off Antarctica.

The Captain Khlebnikov icebreaker carrying 101 passengers got stuck in the ice earlier this week near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica. It has taken the ship five days to free itself, Fareastern Shipping Co. spokeswoman Tatyana Kulikova said Friday.

Who's the dude with John Kerry? - thestar.com

Most Canadians, let alone Americans, are unaware just how significant an energy player Saskatchewan has become – and as a big emitter of carbon pollution, it is very nervous about the climate cap-and-trade bill working its way through the Senate.

Wall, unlike Inhofe, is no flat-earther. He accepts the science and recognizes a climate law of some kind is inevitable.

But he's here to tell Washington "we need to rag the puck a bit" so that "cap-and-trade doesn't end up taking a pipe wrench to the parts of our economy that are still comparatively strong ..."

WORLD Magazine | The deal's off

Hopes grow cold for a landmark climate treaty at Copenhagen

Show leadership: Reject Copenhagen

As Mr. Harper and his Cabinet colleagues deliberate, they should understand that any effort to impose yet more energy taxes in Canada would redistribute scarce resources from productive to unproductive activities, reduce wages, kill jobs and leave families shivering in the dark with their budgets running on empty. Mr. Harper can show leadership by taking a stand against all this.