Resolute Bay: Still really really cold

...Its average annual temperature clocks in at about -16 C.

On Monday, in late morning in dull sun, Air North landed with the Olympic flame on Resolute's runway headlong into a windy -44 C, so cold that once the Olympic torches hit the ground running, they wouldn't stay lit, their propane fuel instantly liquifying.
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If the sled dogs -- which are tied up to barrels near the water's edge, and running loose all over town -- keep the bears away, the cold is all-pervasive, so frigid that your extremities freeze within minutes. The ice is so thick on the windows of the torch relay convoy vehicles that visibility is virtually nil.

Canada's dirty oil needed on market: UN report

"Providing that current challenges can be overcome, Canadian oilsands have the potential to make a significantly greater contribution to global energy security for decades ahead by increasing the diversity of supply," the IEA said.

Canadian oilsands "represent one of the few growth areas" outside of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, a body dominated by countries in the Persian Gulf region and Africa.

Climate Industrial Complex

We now face the Climate Industrial Complex, where all powers involved want to impose their own version of a costly action as a solution to the misrepresentation of global warming.

Duke seeks more 'offsets' in climate [fraud] bill | cincinnati.com

Duke Energy Corp., DuPont Co. and Intel Corp. are among companies urging U.S. lawmakers to include more "international offsets" for pollution in Senate legislation aimed at capping greenhouse gases.