Early snow in The Alps!

The 2010/2011 ski season is almost upon us and sooner than we expected. Up to two feet of snow has fallen on some of the highest slopes in the Alps, which is highly unusual for this time of year.

Why from now on I'm flying Ryanair – Telegraph Blogs

Problem is, no one who flies Ryanair gives a stuff about their carbon footprint. What they want is cheap flights – something government eco-taxes levied in the name of “combatting climate change” render less and less attainable each year.

Still, every cloud has a silver lining. If Michael O’Leary’s remarks prevent even one Independent reader climbing aboard one of his Carbon-Spewing Horror Machines of Winged Planetary Insta-Death, then it will have done both their moral conscience and that part of the world which doesn’t believe in drivel like carbon footprints the most mighty favour.