Q&A: Vying for a Role as Climate [Hoax] Chief - Green Blog - NYTimes.com

Christiana Figueres, the lead climate negotiator for Costa Rica, is a candidate to succeed Yvo de Boer as head of the United Nations climate secretariat.
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Q. What about the growing sense of skepticism or uncertainty among a lot of ordinary citizens with regard to climate change? Has the urgency of the problem been overplayed to any extent, or in a way that is now backfiring?
[Figueres] You know, I think it’s just one more piece of this lack of trust — the lack of trust in the science. But the overwhelming evidence is that it is a threat, that it is a growing threat. I don’t think it was overplayed. And I think if [any] of us lived in Nauru, we wouldn’t think it was overplayed. It’s all a question of where are you sitting and drinking your coffee. The small islands are seeing the effects of this every single day. They see the water coming up and washing away their houses. We’re going to have a major crisis on our hands.

Flashback: Munger: Obama's cap and trade plan "monstrously stupid" - FP Comment

President Obama’s proposal for a cap and trade system to head off global warming would be "monstrously stupid," according to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CEO Charlie Munger, in an interview with CNBC. “It would be a huge shock to the economy and it wouldn’t accomplish very much given the fact that the vast majority of the pollution, or rather the CO2, is coming from a place like China. And so I think it would be almost demented if we would rush into cap and trade right now in the middle of this economic crisis.”

Snow, cold temperatures expected until weekend | greatfallstribune.com

Snow accumulations of 15 to 25 inches are expected in the mountains with 2 to 5 inches of snow at lower elevations.