The climate [hoax] bill in six acts | Grist

The last two years saw the protracted death of climate change legislation. Here, in an exclusive new comic, we tell the sordid tale.

EU Referendum: The cavalry rides to the rescue?

The ships are ice-hardened and are used to working in Arctic condition. They are big enough to weather all but the most furious of storms. For the Sodruzhestvo to have been caught out, therefore, conditions must have been exceptionally severe – strengthening the suggestions that we are beginning to see a dramatic turnaround in the weather in the region.

Despite its size and power, the Admiral Makarov will have its work cut out rescuing the Sodruzhestvo. In the exceptional conditions prevailing, where the sea is so cold that the ice closes immediately behind an icebreaker, the Russians have developed a technique called the "close coupled tow", where the following ship is lashed directly to the icebreaker's stern.

US science faces big chill : Nature News

A battle over energy policy may well be inevitable because several incoming Republicans have expressed scepticism about climate change.

Arnold yields the stage to Jerry | schwarzenegger, state, brown - Opinion - The Orange County Register

In the end, Mr. Schwarzenegger's most significant accomplishments, if they can be called that, were political successes Californians dearly will pay for in the years to come. The much-touted Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 has set the stage for Draconian regulations to hamstring the private sector in its competition with out-of-state businesses.