Dude in 17-vehicle motorcade tells fed workers to drive less | Washington Examiner

There is also a tale -- told in hushed tones around the briefing room -- that the last time some annoying know-it-all wrote about the excessive motorcading habits of the presidency, the three press pool vans in the motorcade were condensed into two. Now we all cram in on top of each other, trying to remember who felt the need to do that story.
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Sigh. Eat healthier, say the Obamas -- as the president scarfs pastry and cheeseburgers. Vacation in the Gulf States, they say as they head off to Maine. Drive less and reduce pollution, they say as the 17-car motorcade travels four blocks to a speech.

[NY Times again confuses climate with weather] - Overcome by Heat and Inertia - NYTimes.com

Yet when United States senators and their aides file into work on Wednesday, on yet another 90-degree day, they may be on the verge of deciding to do approximately nothing about global warming. The needed 60 votes don’t seem to be there, at least not at the moment.
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According to NASA, 2010 is on course to be the planet’s hottest year since records started in 1880. The current top 10, in descending order, are: 2005, 2007, 2009, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2004, 2001 and 2008.
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All of this will be decided in the next few weeks, before the Senate breaks for its August recess, or in September, before the midterm election campaign takes over. Meanwhile, the temperature in Washington this week is supposed to hit 99.

Washington, District of Columbia (20001) Conditions & Forecast

Record [For July 20] (KDCA) 106 °F (1930)

Flashback: A New Leaderboard at the U.S. Open « Climate Audit

Four of the top 10 are now from the 1930s: 1934, 1931, 1938 and 1939, while only 3 of the top 10 are from the last 10 years (1998, 2006, 1999). Several years (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004) fell well down the leaderboard, behind even 1900.