Do Climate Shocks Make Poor Nations Poorer? / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

Ben Olken and Ben Jones have a new NBER Working Paper that merits mentioning.

We find that a poor country being 1 degree Celsius warmer in a given year reduces the growth rate of that country’s exports by between 2.0 and 5.7 percentage points, with no detectable effects in rich countries.

Some Michigan farmers 'believe' [they'll cash in on climate swindle], and want legislation | The Mudpuppy - - MLive.com

A group of Michigan farmers has declared its support for federal climate change legislation they say would boost clean energy production in the United States.
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The farmers discussed how their industry could contribute to greenhouse gas reduction through carbon sequestration in the soil, low-impact practices and leasing land for the placement of solar panels and wind turbines.
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All this while the American Farm Bureau Federation doesn't "believe" in human-induced climate change.

Enjoy the snowpocalypse? Get ready for more big storms, scientists say | Michigan News - - MLive.com

National Geographic quotes scientists who attribute the rise of massive snowstorms to global warming, El Nino, cyclical ocean heating and cooling patterns or some combination thereof.

More Mega-Snowstorms Coming -- Global Warming to Blame?

As snowstorm-ravaged states on the U.S. East Coast dig out, scientists say the past week's "Snowpocalypse" could be a taste of harsh winters to come—and that, strangely enough, global warming may be to blame. Others aren't so sure.