Weather History: January 4: Record Warm, Cold, Snowstorm, Ice, High Wind & Flooding

2007
Unusually cold weather covered northern districts of Bangladesh that produced temperatures as low as 41°, the coldest in 38 years. At least 130 fatalities result from the cold weather.

2008
On this date through the 6th, Iran's heaviest snowfall in more than a decade left at least 21 people dead, some buried under avalanches, some frozen to death and others killed in traffic accidents. As much as 22 inches of snow in areas of northern and central Iran forced schools and government offices to close, blocked major roads and lead to the cancellation of all domestic and international flights.

Religious leaders are divided on global warming | tennessean.com | The Tennessean

From a radio studio at the Southern Baptist Convention offices in Nashville, Land points to the recent "Climate-gate" scandal as proof skeptics are right. In November, e-mails from the Hadley Climatic Research Unit at Britain's University of East Anglia — a leading climate science program — were leaked online. Some appear to show scientists talking about manipulating data. The British scientists also reportedly tossed out data that backed up their findings.

"I have never heard of scientists destroying data before," Land said. "I think that Climate-gate throws all the whole thing into question.''

The Fiction Science of Global Warming | John Leonard

We are human and therefore prone to mistake. I can forgive my scientist friends the honest error, provided the debate is honest and the facts fairly presented. Using "Mike's Nature Trick" and black-balling honest men with competing opinions isn't fair, honest, or scientific by nature. It is thuggish.

Evidence of warming strong but not yet irrefutable - The Whig Standard - Ontario, CA

What we need now is more data. To have definitive proof of global warming before we put all of our eggs in the Copenhagen basket seems prudent by any standards. We have seen quite recently how cap and trade in Europe has turned into a billion-dollar industry for swindlers and cheats. Schemes like cap and trade could work if the time is taken to iron out laws and loopholes properly.

Energy investors will want the answer to just one question in 2010 - Telegraph

Will President Barack Obama manage to sweet-talk US Senators into passing his carbon emissions trading bill in the spring?

More Spin Will Cause, Not Cure, Public Mistrust of Science » Wesley J. Smith | A First Things Blog

Advocates like Chris Mooney view science as a splendid weapon for furthering their political aims, which are shared by many politicized leaders of the science sector. But pushing better spin isn’t the answer to improving public respect for science. Indeed, such tactics are actually counter productive. The more scientists listen to the likes of Chris Mooney–the more they use sound bites, denigrate opponents, stifle heterodox views, and employ the other tools of big time PR–the less the public will trust them.