The Gillette News-Record: Wind, cold, snow, misery ...

Eric Goodart’s fingers stopped working correctly by the time he began to re-attach electrical parts to the car belonging to his sister, Erin on Monday morning.

A jelly of frozen acid from a broken battery covered his fingers while the two tried desperately to thaw a seized terminal clamp with warm coffee. Eric had to endure the cold, gooey mess on his hands because in addition to the car being disabled by the cold, the pipes in his sister’s home also were frozen. It was not a good start to the morning.

“It sucks,” Eric said. “It is like a less snowy version of Alaska.”

PR-CANADA.net - State Polls Show Voters Opposed to Federal Cap-and-Trade System

Key findings among national small business owners and managers include: -- 66 percent of small business owners and managers oppose a federal cap-and-trade system while 24 percent are in favor of such a system. (10 percent Dk/Na) -- 54 percent of small business owners and managers believe a federal cap-and-trade system would lead to more job losses while 15 percent believe it would have no effect and 17 percent believe it would create jobs. (14 percent Dk/Na) -- 71 percent of small business owners and managers believe a federal cap-and-trade system would increase energy costs while 14 percent say it would have no effect and only 5 percent believe it would lower costs. (10 percent Dk/Na) -- 58 percent of small business owners and managers believe a federal cap-and-trade system will limit economic growth while 14 percent say it will have no effect and 14 percent believe it will increase growth. (14 percent Dk/Na)

New book: Climatism

“Before your future disappears under piles of climate model print-outs and fraudulent carbon credits, read Steve Goreham’s new book Climatism!” –Dennis Avery, Hudson Institute

Lawrence Solomon: UK Parliament announces 6th Climategate Inquiry - FP Comment

A UK parliamentary committee, the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Commons, on Friday announced an investigation into the Climategate emails, entitled “The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia.” This is the sixth body known to have opened investigations into Climategate, and the first parliamentary body.

Climate Scientist Warns of ‘ClimateGate USA’

There is an overwhelming amount of information which points to natural and cyclic climate change over the course of earth’s history–change much greater than that seen today, and most definitely not caused by human industrial activity.