Snowstorm slams city, wreaks havoc on roads, everywhere else

EDMONTON — Pedestrians fought winds gusting to 60 kilometres per hour and ankle-deep slush Tuesday while drivers battled poor visibility and slippery roads as 14 centimetres of snow blanketed the city.

Alberta climate change fund paid $63M

EDMONTON — Alberta’s biggest greenhouse gas producers paid the provincial government about $63 million last year to cover failures to meet carbon reduction targets, officials reported Tuesday afternoon.

Ice Cap Lies and Statistics | National Review Institute Blog

The recent record-low temperatures in northern Europe and Asia argue strongly against Mr. Hood and the study’s proposition that there is a self-reinforcing pattern of warming “on a regional scale.”
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In his next example of statistical abuse, Hood mentions that 2007 saw a record low extent for the Arctic ice cap, which is true. He then says it “thawed to its second smallest size in 2008, followed by the third smallest in 2009.” When worded like that, it sounds grim, but perhaps a more honest wording would be “After reaching a record low in 2007, the summer minimum ice level improved in each of the following two summers and is now at a decade-long maximum for the current time of the year.”