Despite record drought, Australian farmers refuse to buy into climate change - washingtonpost.com

Yet along the Murray, there is a climate-change conundrum that responsible politicians and smart scientists have yet to solve: Most farmers, the biggest losers as the river shrinks, simply do not buy the notion that southern Australia's climate is changing in a way that is probably irreversible. Their skepticism has withstood nearly 13 years of unrelenting drought, falling incomes and daily encounters with a river that is dying in front of their eyes.

Naomi Klein on the 'new climate ball-game'

Naomi Klein, author and journalist, tells Al Jazeera why climate change has emerged as the single greatest barrier to human development, and why there is a critical need for a mass movement to tackle it.

'Stossel' Premiere to Take on Global Warming - Specials - FOXNews.com

The best energy policy, Stossel says, is the free market: If an energy source is affordable and makes sense economically, then people will buy it.

Also, Stephen Dubner stops by to discuss his chapter on geo-engineering in his latest book, "SuperFreakonomics" and why the global warming “church” reacted so negatively.

INFUSION OF ELEMENTS UNITE TO CREATE THE BLIZZARD OF A DECADE TO IOWA

The Ingredients were there and for the taking and this time around, everything came together.

Record Chills make SEA AND PRT want July again! Seattle 16 degrees and Portland 14 degrees, even the normally toasty Death Valley falls below freezing

The memories of Portland's 106 and Seattle's new all-time record of 103 degrees must have been a distant memory for both this morning when Seattle fell to 16 degrees and Portland a record 14 degrees.

Is Europe heading for a deep freeze?

I strongly believe we shall have a true, real period of winter starting NEXT WEEKEND and that will sustain itself through Christmas and lead us into a cold January for Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales... Record cold will strike Germany and Poland and down into the Alpine region starting early next week.

Comparison of CRU and GISS Temp Data « the Air Vent

A trend from 1945-2008 yields some very significant differences for the globe as noted below

The Blackboard » Steve McIntyre to Appear on CNN

Steve McIntyre will join John Roberts CNN tomorrow morning.

IPCC and the “Trick” « Climate Audit [Welcome to our new home!]

Returning to the original issue: climate scientists say that the “trick” is now being taken out of context. The Climategate Letters show clearly that the relevant context is the IPCC Lead Authors’ meeting in Tanzania in September 1999 at which the decline in the Briffa reconstruction was perceived by IPCC as “diluting the message”, as a “problem”, as a “potential distraction/detraction”. A stone in their shoe.

Why Climate Change is the A-Bomb of the 21st Century | ClimateBiz.com

In the end, the only thing that can save us from this new A-bomb in our living rooms is a renaissance of frugality. The only thing that brings us a bright future is intelligent innovations based on carbon and capital constraint.

Eat less meat and dairy: official recipe to help health of consumers – and the planet | Environment | The Guardian

The first official recommendations for a diet that is both healthy and good for the environment are published today, and they are likely to be seen as an assault on the UK's current food system.

To fight climate change and tackle the growing crisis of diet-related diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer, British consumers must cut down on meat and dairy produce, reduce their intake of processed foods and curb waste.

Twitter / The Brakeman: Right on! @JohnStossel jus ...

Right on! @JohnStossel just totally burned Al Gore. Has time for SNL, but not Stossel's show. LOL on the green bat phone!