Record day for Duke Energy | Salisbury, NC - Salisbury Post

Duke Energy customers in the Carolinas set an all-time record for winter power use Wednesday, and the utility says next month’s bills could increase significantly because of it.

The utility generated 17,570 megawatts of electricity for the hour ending at 8 a.m.

That’s around the same time Rowan County’s temperature set a new record low of 9 degrees.

Feel the chill: Temperature hits 50F - Bermuda Sun... Beyond the Headlines - Hamilton, Bermuda

Kimberley Zuill, of the Bermuda Weather Service, said: “Our low yesterday morning in a cold shower containing small hail was 50F. This was colder than the coldest temperature last winter — 51.6F in Feb 2010.
“This also ties our all-time record low for the month of December, which occurred late in the month back in 1955 and again in 1962.

“The previous record low temperature for December 15 was 57F, set in 1971. The record for December 16 was also 57F, set in 1973.

Florida and Caribbean Low Temperature Records | Cuba News Headlines. Cuban Daily News

At San Juan Puerto Rico, it was the coolest (if you can call 76 F "cool") Dec. 15th afternoon in 112 years

Opinion: Key pact in global warming fight - John Podesta - POLITICO.com

As a result, we now have an agreement on critical areas of carbon mitigation and adaption to climate change. While not yet solving the global warming problem, Cancun advances substantive areas of agreement — and vindicates a process that many were ready to abandon.
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John Podesta is president and chief executive officer of the Center for American Progress.