Midstate gets freeze warning several weeks early | tennessean.com | The Tennessean

What’s raised a few eyebrows for meteorologists, Matson said, is that the freeze warning is several weeks early.

Wisconsin’s growing season is over after hard freezes | Hudson Star-Observer | Hudson, Wisconsin

The growing season is over in much of Wisconsin after the ground got a hard freeze the past couple mornings.

Coldest winter in 1,000 years on its way - RT

Forecasters say this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last 1,000 years.
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In order to meet the harsh winter head on, Moscow authorities are drawing up measures to help Muscovites survive the extreme cold.

Most of all, the government is concerned with homeless people who risk freezing to death if the forecast of the meteorologists come true. Social services and police are being ordered to take the situation under control even if they have to force the homeless to take help.

Paul LePage Campaigns Against Climate Change Science But as Mayor He Supported It

As the much-loved gubernatorial candidate of Maine's Tea Party, Republican Paul LePage has made it clear in his campaign that he wants to loosen environmental regulations, opposes big government, supports states' rights and considers the science behind global warming "a hoax" and "a scam." But as mayor of Waterville, LePage has signed onto the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement, something that runs counter to his publicly expressed position on climate change.