US researchers fight to reclaim climate science message | Environment | guardian.co.uk

[Associate professor of mechanical engineering John Abraham of St Thomas University]  set up the rapid response unit with Scott Mandia of Suffolk County Community College in New York, and Ray Weymann of Carnegie University. The three say they will serve as a conduit for media seeking contact with climate experts.

"The scientists I talk to are really scared. We are scared because we see a window for opportunity closing and it may be too late. I am not going to say the window is closing because of the election though. It's a physics problem," Abraham said. He has previously countered inaccuracies in lectures and congressional testimony from the Ukip deputy leader, Viscount Monckton.

News of the initiatives, first reported in the Chicago Tribune on Sunday, brought strong reaction from climate sceptic websites. "Bring it on!" said Climate Depot.

University of St. Thomas : School of Engineering : John P. Abraham, Ph.D.

Ph.D. 2002, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
M.S. 1999, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
B.S. 1997, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota

Record heat for Northwest US and record cold for Florida coming to an end

On Saturday, November 6th, many more low maximum temperature records were shattered across the Sunshine State. These included a 67 in Fort Myers (tying the record set in 1954); a 62 in St. Petersburg (tying the record set in 1939); a 62 in Tampa (breaking the record of 63 set in 1954); and 67 set in Naples (breaking the record of 72 set in 1969).

Although the magnitude of this weekend’s chill didn’t match that of January 2010, it is still a reminder of what could be coming during this La Nina winter.

Record morning lows were reported in Victoria, TX (35: breaking record low of 38 set in 1993) and Parkersburg, WV (23: tying the record set in 1973).

Europe fears US midterm result represents Cancun "setback" - 08 Nov 2010 - BusinessGreen.com

Stoltenberg conceded that the midterm results could make it harder for the US to endorse some of the recommendations contained in the UN climate financing report, which was released on Friday and contains a series of proposals on how to raise $100bn a year from 2020 to help poorer nations cope with climate change.
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However, Jos Delbeke, director general of the European Commission's climate team, told Reuters that he now feared the US was "disappearing as a partner in achieving meaningful climate [swindle] action" as a result of the Democrats' midterm defeats.