EPA Admin Defends Climate [Junk] Science | Mother Jones

EPA administrator Lisa Jackson said that, if successful, efforts to block her agency’s determination that climate change threatens human health would represent an "enormous step backward for science." Moves to block the agency run against "multiple lines of scientific inquiry" and widespread consensus among climate scientists, she told legislators.

"The science behind climate change is settled," Jackson said.
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Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), called CO2 "an essential element for plant growth and life here on this planet that the EPA should not "simply write it off as somehow a pollutant."

Photoblog: Scottish deer struggle through harsh winter - Scotsman.com News

Many deer are facing starvation due to one of the harshest winters in over 20 years.

Harsh Winter Makes Tomatoes Scarce, Pricey - 70% of Florida's crop is destroyed

Newser) – The unusually cold winter is leaving a lasting effect on Florida: a severe tomato shortage that has forced restaurants and supermarkets to ration supplies. The year's crop of tomatoes have been diminished by 70%, pushing the price of a 25-pound box to $30—a huge increase over the usual $6.45.

Yale Environment 360: Younger Americans Disengaged On Global Warming, Survey Finds

Sixty-one percent of younger Americans said that most of their friends were generally not taking actions to reduce global warming. And nearly two-thirds of younger Americans are unsure whether global warming is real, with 20 percent saying they didn't know enough to make a judgment and 40 percent saying that there is a lot of disagreement among scientists on the issue.