Man's death blamed on cold; 11th overall : Chicago

A Wisconsin man who collapsed on Chicago's West Side early Friday died in part because of cold exposure, marking the 11th cold-related death this winter in Cook County.
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Ellzey's is the 11th cold-related death this season and seventh this year in Cook County. Seventeen people died in the county at least in part from cold exposure between November 2008 and February 2009.

Heavy snow in Colorado: Conference center roof collapses under weight of heavy snow - KDVR

DURANGO, Colo. - One building in southwest Colorado just couldn't take all of the snow the region has received recently. The roof of the 7,000-square-foot ballroom and conference center at the Iron Horse Inn in Durango collapsed from the weight of heavy snow early Thursday.

Utah - Snow destroys Henrieville fire station

HENRIEVILLE, Utah -- Heavy snow has devastated the fire department in Henrieville, Utah.

Snow collapsed the roof of the fire station Thursday morning and bowed the walls of the reinforced-concrete block building.

The fire trucks are a total loss, the back of a Mack truck is completely smashed, and a roof truss went right through another other truck.

It's The Water Vapor, Stupid! | The Resilient Earth

Once again the limitations of our understanding of the mechanisms that control Earth's climate are revealed. Here is a plausible explanation as to why the period from 1980 to 1999 was one of noticeable warming, and why since 2000 things have leveled off or even cooled down a bit. Because the mechanisms that link water vapor to temperature regulation are complex and not well understood the climate change clique concentrated on CO2—and it has become obvious that treating CO2 as a form of planetary thermostat is simply not a viable explanation. It is no wonder that the IPCC's carbon dioxide centric climate models didn't get recent temperature swings right. To steal a phrase from American politics, “It's the water vapor, stupid!”

The greening of Davos | The Call

With this year's "green Davos," the issue of climate change is probably getting a solid third billing after the financial crisis and rising protectionism. Given the general disillusionment with any progress at an international government level, the debate is all tending towards the private sector.