Al Jazeera English - Europe - Ice-trapped ferry returns to Sweden

Sweden has suffered an unusually harsh winter this year, with temperatures across the country almost continuously well below freezing since December.

Private Emails: Global Warming Believers Desperate, Plan Retaliation

Nevertheless, like the famous emperor of legend, they continue to insist that their new clothes are oh, so beautiful. Perhaps they feel they have no choice but to double-down (or just audaciously bluffing would be a more appropriate term?), since they’ve dug their grave so deep with their years-long train of tripe. They thought the average peons of the world were too stupid to see through their elitist blatherings, but it was they who were the fools. Now their house of cards is crashing down, and they are hysterical in their attempt to save some sort of face.

Not the great green rip-off, by George | Alan Simpson | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

There is a strong case for having a full and open debate about what carbon emissions trading is going to deliver. My belief is that it is an intellectual and economic scam. The only people likely to benefit from creating a speculative market in a virtual commodity are the same speculators who have taken us into the current crisis.

Looming Climate Regulations Put EPA in Conservatives' Cross Hairs - NYTimes.com

"In an attempt by the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a national energy tax by circumventing the legislative process, the EPA (with the backing of the Obama Administration) is pushing emission regulations which will destroy jobs and further impact our already struggling economy," Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a prominent conservative voice, wrote in a blog post this week on townhall.com.