AccuWeather's Bastardi Warns New Federal Climate Service Effort to 'Shut Down' Debate | NewsBusters.org

Bastardi explained the importance of having accurate weather and climate data and not have a monopoly on a government that could favor a certain policy measure. For example, he explained how this data is used in the private sector.

"I'll give you example what that means," Bastardi said. "You get this kind of guidance, someone that's a retailer, well we don't need any snow shovels; no big deal. Another company, say one of my companies, actually purchased more snow shovels this year because they felt it was - they trusted the forecast. So they made money."

However, with the federal government's entrance into the climate forecasting business, Bastardi said he fears the government would push out competitors and regulate thought.

Snow doesn't refute global warming :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Neil Steinberg

People are stupid. I hate to put it so bluntly, and certainly don't mean you, personally -- you must have something on the ball, since you're reading this.

Lexington: A refreshing dose of honesty | The Economist

This challenges the conventional wisdom in Washington, DC, that the only way to pass a global-warming bill is to disguise what’s in it. [One big problem nowadays: those rubes in flyover country have Internet access] Leading Democrats try to sell cap-and-trade as a way to create jobs and wean America from its addiction to foreign oil. (It’s about “jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs,” said Nancy Pelosi, the speaker, last year.) Focus groups say this message ought to resonate. Frank Luntz, a pollster, released a study last month showing that voters are unswayed by melting ice caps but will support an energy bill that sticks it to the Saudis and creates American jobs. In real life, though, voters hear counter-arguments. Sure, cap-and-trade will create jobs, but it will destroy them, too. If the goal is to reduce dependence on foreign energy, why not mine more American coal? The only sound reason for acting to curb global warming is to curb global warming. Ms Cantwell does not put it so bluntly, but her bill speaks for itself.

CapitalClimate: Monthly and Seasonal Snowfall Records Set in Pennsylvania, Delaware

The National Weather Service reports that monthly and seasonal snowfall records have been set in Harrisburg, PA and Wilmington, DE