'Dirty' Energy Dwarfs Clean in China and India - NYTimes.com

So, yes, while China and India have become bold pioneers in clean technology, they are also enthusiastically developing new sources of the oldest, most polluting fuels. The investments in the latter often dwarf the new clean-tech commitments in terms of dollars and ambition.

Only intellectual cowards demand ‘gross intolerance’ | spiked

What do John Beddington, Britain’s chief scientific adviser, and Ryszard Legutko, leader of Poland’s right-wing Law and Justice party, have in common? Both believe that intolerance is a virtue, and that it should be celebrated.

It might snow in San Francisco -- and here | PressDemocrat.com

“One of our forecasters is saying the snow level could go so low we could possibly see snow in downtown San Francisco, which hasn’t happened since 1976,” Cross said.