The GOP is now a party of know-nothing flat-earthers | Cynthia Tucker

One of the greatest crises of our time is climate change, which threatens to create food shortages (as the Russians learned this summer), change geography, eradicate entire eco-systems and even wipe out cities and towns in coastal areas. (NOTE: If you are an anti-science know-nothing, don’t bother to comment. The clear scientific consensus indicates a warming climate caused by human activity.)
But we’ve reached the odd and depressing point in American politics where not a single Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate supports aggressive action to mitigate climate change. The last science literate, Delaware Congressman Mike Castle, was defeated by tea party favorite Christine O’Donnell.

'Cap-And-Trade,' Linda McMahon and Christine O'Donnell - Rick Green | CT Confidential

Nowhere in Linda's voluminous literature does she mention the point behind cap-and-trade, which is to control deadly carbon emissions -- and address global warming -- by creating economic incentives to reduce pollution. That means we let the free market make the choice instead controlling emissions with taxes.

For the fringe, this is all about denying climate change and the connection between greenhouse gases and climate change.

Western Canada avoids killing frost overnight | Canada | Reuters

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Western Canada escaped killing frost overnight into Thursday morning, but temperatures cold enough to end crop growth were on the way for Thursday night, an Environment Canada meteorologist said.

Frost is an acute concern for Western Canadian farmers this year because many crops are one to two weeks behind normal growth, leaving them vulnerable to damage that reduces quality.
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Environment Canada expects crop-killing temperatures on Thursday night in parts of Saskatchewan and Alberta, said meteorologist Sandy Massey. The Edmonton, Alberta, area could get as cold as minus 8 degrees Celsius (17.6 Fahrenheit), she said.

UN Climate [Hoax] Chief Figueres Favors `Transformational' [Climate Hoax] Projects as HFCs Ebb - Bloomberg

United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres vowed to expand the world’s second-biggest carbon market by favoring “transformational” energy and transport projects over industrial-gas credits.
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“The potential perverse incentive was recognized very early in the development of the methodology and it was already addressed in the first revision of the methodology,” Figueres said. “So what the board is doing now is it’s looking at all these safeguards and trying to determine whether that set is enough or whether they need to introduce any other safeguards.”
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The confidence of the carbon market in the CDM is at a “very low ebb,” the International Emissions Trading Association said last month. Climate campaigners including CDM Watch have criticized the UN market for lack of transparency in decision-making and poor environmental integrity.
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“There’s an undeniable low in the market right now,” she said. “However, let’s not forget what is there,” she said. “We do have almost 2,400 projects in almost 70 countries and these projects are up and running.”
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“The natural anomalies that we have seen again this year - - floods in Pakistan or heat waves and fires in Russia -- are very clear reminders to governments that time is running out,” Figueres said.