Step Forward for Genetically Engineered Salmon - NYTimes.com

The salmon contain a growth hormone gene from the Chinook salmon and a genetic switch from the ocean pout that turns on an antifreeze gene. That allows the salmon to make growth hormone in cold weather, whereas salmon usually produce it only in warm weather.

Poscard from an allegedly overheated planet:  Dallas church celebrates roof replacement after record snowstorm

DALLAS (CBS 11 / TXA 21) – A Dallas church held Sunday services for the first time in its own building since February, when its metal roof collapsed under the weight of a record snowfall.

The Reference Frame: Lesser minds react to Bob Laughlin's climatic blasphemy

To summarize, it's kind of shocking that these cheap screams are what the climate "establishment" - despite being paid billions of dollars for nothing else than the production of the climatic fearmongering propaganda - offers as a reply to Laughlin's relatively detailed, extensive, and semi-quantitative essay. But you know, in the sects of the AGW type, excrements produced by the prophets have to be swallowed by the believers more enthusiastically than a tasty, fractionally Hall pizza from an infidel.

The Great Chicago Fire Was The Little One That Day | Real Science

On October 8, 1871 (before global climate disruption) the city of Chicago burned to the ground. What is less known is that several other much larger fires occurred the same day.

The Peshtigo, Wisconsin fire burned 1.5 million acres (82 Manhattans) and killed about 2,000 people. That same day, fires destroyed the cities of Holland, Manistee and Port Huron, Michigan.

Democrats fighting election battles ask environmentalists, 'Where are you guys?' - latimes.com

Energy companies and businesses are ramping up spending on candidates and issues, while environmental groups face lagging donations and enthusiasm for campaigns key to climate change action.
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Key donors, citing the fate of the global warming legislation, are not contributing as much money as they did in 2008. "One of them said, 'I thought our side won the last election, and it doesn't seem to make any difference,' " said Rodger Schlickeisen, president and chief executive of the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund.

At the same time, some Democratic leaders accuse environmentalists of failing to back members in tough districts who took a risk voting for controversial legislation to cap carbon emissions.

"They promised to support candidates who took a tough vote for climate change. Where are they? Where's the cavalry?" asked one Democratic Party official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk publicly.