Murkowski bashes Dems for linking her EPA plan to Gulf oil spill - The Hill's E2-Wire

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is striking back at Democratic attempts to politically tether her resolution that blocks EPA climate change rules to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and support for “big oil.”

“I am flabbergasted that they would be jumping to this conclusion, to make this suggestion that somehow or other a vote in support of this resolution of disapproval is a vote that means that what has happened in the Gulf is something to be condoned,” Murkowski told reporters Wednesday at a press conference in the Capitol.

Six impossible things before the sports bar: down the rabbit hole at Conspiracy Con 2010 | San Francisco Bay Guardian

Signing books in the vendor room, I caught Dr. Michael S. Coffman, PhD. Coffman's was the first presentation I watched that day, an assemblage of charts and graphs that highlighted why human caused global warming is a scam created by the government in order to control the world's energy usage.

Attired in a navy blazer with gold buttons, Coffman lacked the vitriol of Marrs -- even if his message that carbon dioxide “is not a pollutant,” did strike me as a little troubling. “I basically am a scientist leading a multi million dollar research outfit,” Coffman told me when I asked him how he made a living.

Spencer Wells: 'At root, we're still hunters' - Science, News - The Independent

Geneticist Spencer Wells believes that when our neolithic ancestors began farming, they set us on the road to ruin. He tells Steve Connor why agriculture is fatally at odds with our biological inheritance

Nasa launches its first ever 'global warming investigation' to the Arctic - Telegraph

Researchers from the space agency hope to provide the most detailed research yet on how global warming is devastating the ocean’s ecosystem.

Coldest day yet on Border - Australia

Bureau of Meteorology climatologist Blair Trewin said it was unusual for the maximum to dip so low.

“Eight degrees is a pretty cold day for Albury, you’d probably only have a couple of days get that cold each year,” Mr Trewin said.