Don’t buy into global warming hysteria» Anderson Independent Mail

I urge the readers to not blindly believe alarmists (or me). Please research the topic. One of many excellent sources is Red Hot Lies. All of this hysteria leads to “cap and trade” legislation that will be the largest tax hike on Americans in history, impose many new laws/taxes affecting our lives and make green-investing hypocrites like Al Gore very rich. We need to slow down and have a thorough evaluation of the science before we act.

Kevin McCarragher, M.D., Anderson

Food waste should have mandatory collection say MPs | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The government should bring in "mandatory collection" of food waste from homes and a ban on leftovers going to landfill to help reduce the amount of rubbish dumped in England, according to a report by MPs which is released today.

Pathologist: Official cause of death of 9-year-old giraffe Amira is hypothermia - KRMG Local News on krmg.com

...it is now official that hypothermia was the cause of death of the giraffe named Amira at the Tulsa Zoo, the second giraffe to die at the zoo in as many months. As the zoo itself points out, giraffes are physiologically built to expel heat and so are vulnerable to cold weather. But it says zookeepers and vets worked throughout the night January 9th to try to keep Amira warm. The Tulsa Parks Department has requested an outside group to do a special independent review of the zoo.

The Global Warming Religion | FrontPage Magazine

...the public is not informed about counter-alarmists facts such as: Over long periods of time, there is absolutely no close relationship between C02 levels and temperature. Humans contribute approximately 3.4 percent of annual C02 levels compared to 96.6 percent by nature. There was an explosion of life forms 550 million years ago (Cambrian Period) when CO2 levels were 18 times higher than today. During the Jurassic Period, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, CO2 levels were as much as nine times higher than today. Contrary to what educators are brainwashing our children with, polar bear numbers increased dramatically from around 5,000 in 1950 to as many as 25,000 today, higher than any time in the 20th century.

Streak of cold weather could be bad for peach crop - Georgia

Pearson Farm grows about 1,300 acres of peach trees around Fort Valley. The Easter freeze of 2007 cost the operation a majority of its crop with a yield of about 12 percent, Pearson said.