FWC extends snook harvest ban | news-press.com | The News-Press

Harvest and possession of snook has been prohibited in Florida since Jan. 16 as a response to the extended cold weather in January, during which hundreds of thousands of snook died throughout the state.

Climate Change Is for Real, Y'all | Fast Company

Deke Arndt, chief of the Climate Monitoring Branch of NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center and co-editor of the report, says, “The temperature increase of one degree Fahrenheit over the past 50 years may seem small, but it has already altered our planet.” He continues, “Glaciers and sea ice are melting, heavy rainfall is intensifying and heat waves are more common. And, as the new report tells us, there is now evidence that over 90% of warming over the past 50 years has gone into our ocean.”

Waxman supports keeping 'very useful' House climate [scam] committee intact - The Hill's E2-Wire

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said he would support continuing the separate global warming committee helmed by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in the next Congress.

Waxman, a political ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), said the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming created in 2007 “served a very useful purpose and I wouldn’t object to it being continued.”
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His comments are the latest indication that House Democrats plan to push strongly for a global warming fix next year, even though climate legislation has stalled in the Senate and its political prospects are likely to dim further with expected Democratic losses in the mid-term elections.

Emily Murgatroyd | Regina Newspaper Calls on Skeptics to Put Their Money Where There Mouth Is

Local Regina publication, Prairie Dog Magazine, is laying down the gauntlet by asking climate change skeptics to record their doubts on paper.

The magazine has created a declaration that outlines various scenarios for rejecting scientific consensus and has mailed it to several public figures who have openly expressed skepticism on the issue of global warming, including Stephen Harper, Margaret Wente, Rex Murphy, Tim Ball and Ross McKitrick amongst others.

The plan to check in with the skeptics in 10 years is all about "accountability" and the magazine states that should they be wrong they will give credit where credit is due. And if they're right.....it's a sad bet to win.