Winter strikes with a vengeance: News24: South Africa: News

Cape Town - Winter has struck with a vengeance in the Western Cape with some towns recording their first snow falls in almost 20 years.

Brenda Ekwurzel, Ph.D.: Preparing for Global Warming's Rising Tides

Recent research has shown that the major ice sheets (those of Greenland and Antarctica, which contain 23 feet and 197 feet of sea-level rise, respectively) are shrinking at a faster rate than they were a decade ago.

John Kerry, Joe Lieberman tout EPA projection on climate bill - Darren Samuelsohn - POLITICO.com

“There’ll be some people who will want to demagogue that politically, but that’s less than $1 a day,” Lieberman told reporters. “Is the American household willing to pay less than $1 so we don’t have to buy oil from foreign countries, so we can create millions of new jobs, so we can clean up our environment? I think the answer is going to be yes.”

Kerry: We Don't Have 60 Votes For Climate [Hoax] Bill...Yet | TPMDC

With only days to go before Majority Leader Harry Reid unveils his forthcoming energy legislation, the Senate's lead climate change negotiator acknowledged today that he's shy of the 60 votes he'd need to overcome a filibuster if it includes provisions meant to mitigate global warming.

"Are we there? No," said Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) in response to a question from TPMDC this afternoon. "We don't have the 60 votes yet. I know that. But we're close, enough to be able to fight for it, and we'll see where we wind up."