Australia: Heavy snow's all the go for spring

At Falls Creek, 54 centimetres of snow was reported to have fallen in 24 hours to late yesterday, taking accumulated snowfall to 226 centimetres this month - the best since 1992.

''The resort's natural snow depth is now a whopping 177 centimetres,'' said resort spokesman Ian Talbot.

American Thinker Blog: Silencing global warming critics

For some incredibly odd reason, the suicidal idea that a small group of people can manipulate the news and suppress criticism prevails, as opposed to a more logical approach where debate is won though the presentation of incontrovertible evidence.

Another global warming denier inches closer to Washington | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Politico points out that the potential new batch of western senators could include Sharron Angle of Nevada, Mike Lee of Utah and Carly Firoina of California. None of these senators is as moderate as Murkowski, and she isn’t really that moderate. But, while Murkowski has, at least, acknowledged that man-made climate change is real, Miller’s campaign website offers a completely different stance.

Hot Problems: Al Gore, Karl Dean and Others Weigh in on What Climate Change Means for Nashville and Middle Tennessee | Pith in the Wind | Nashville Scene

As former Vice President Al Gore told me via email: "I think it’s already clear that the climate crisis has very real and serious implications for middle Tennessee and the United States as a whole. Although scientists warn us that no single weather event can be solely blamed on climate change because there is a lot of variability in weather, including the occurrence of extreme events — it’s clear that long-familiar patterns are being disrupted and the extreme events are becoming both more extreme and more frequent. [Since it's so clear and all, does Gore have some actual evidence to back up that claim?] Moreover, the changes — like larger downpours — are absolutely consistent with what the scientists have long warned us would accompany global warming."