RealClimate’s over-the-top response | Watts Up With That?

Gavin, when somebody actually threatens you with a lawsuit, you’ll most certainly be able to know it by the inclusion of the key word “lawsuit”

CapitalClimate: Minneapolis Sets Single-Storm Snowfall Record

The 13.8" of snow on February 20-21 in Minneapolis was the largest amount for a single storm in February. It was also the first time more than a foot of snow fell in a single February storm. Some nearby locations reported amounts up to 20".

Of the top 5 February storm totals at Minneapolis, 3 have now occurred in the last 7 years. Climate records at Minneapolis have been collected for 140 years (since 1871).

Report: Californians paying too high a price for renewable energy | Grist

Are Californians forking over too much green for green energy?

A new report [PDF] from a ratepayers advocacy group found that the price of electricity in 59 percent of renewable energy contracts signed by the state's three big utilities exceeded the market price referent, or MPR for all you utility junkies.

Scholars hyped man-made climate change hundreds of years ago

CLEVELAND - Think the thoughts of man-induced climate change are new? Think again! Even back in the 1800s, there were scholars that were convinced that civilizations make climate milder as they progress. Read the words of Italian poet and essayist extraordinaire Giacomo Leopardi . He wrote about Anthropogenic Climate Change all the way back in 1832. These quotes come from two of his works titled “Thoughts” & “Pensieri.” Also pay close attention to paragraph #4. Leopardi quotes another scholar commenting on climate change back in teh 1600s!

"(39) [...] I think everybody will remember having heard from his parents several times, just as I remember hearing from mines, that years have become colder than they were, and winters longer; and that when they were younger, already around Easter they would leave the winter clothes for the summer ones; whilst such a change today, or so they say, is only bearable in May, and sometimes in June.