'Brainwashing' children with 'climate propaganda': what did Johnny Ball really mean? | Leo Hickman | Environment | guardian.co.uk

But that was 2007. What about today? A DfE spokeswoman said it is very unlikely any school is still using this educational pack containing An Inconvenient Truth because teachers are warned on the website that this is old teaching material and could be out-of-date. She said no other climate change-related film has been distributed to schools by the department since 2007.

Have You Ever Watched a Pheasant Freeze? | StarTribune.com

Most of us, in our insulated and comfortable lives, will never witness a pheasant freeze to death. But it happens, as this video shows and explains.

Time Mag Warns 'Climate Change Lengthens Allergy Season,' Ignores Benefit of Longer Growing Season | NewsBusters.org

With commodity prices on the rise all across the world, aren't longer growing seasons a good thing? Mightn't Canadians, Chinese and Russians be better able to feed their populations with longer springs and summers?

Pollution tax rebates little help for low-income workers

Although policymakers believe the regressiveness of pollution taxes can be offset by returning revenue to the low paid through a reduced labor tax, that approach may not work, and also could have the unintended consequence of shrinking some workers' overall real net wages, according to research by a University of Illinois energy policy expert.