Climate change's ugly sister - On Line Opinion - 14/3/2011

Voters were happy to do something about climate change as long as the price for their carbon "sins" wasn't much more than a couple of Hail Mary's – say something like turning their lights off for an hour once a year – but if penance is to involve hair shirts, or worse, you can shove it.

Customs crackdown as smuggling of heating oil from the North soars - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

The Revenue became aware of an increase in the illegal movement of kerosene from the North after the introduction here of a carbon tax, which added €32 to the cost of 1,000 litres.

How Much Would You Buy? | Watts Up With That?

given that the EPA says that cooling costs two quadrillion dollars per degree … how much cooling would you suggest we buy at that price?

Huge Snowfalls Across US Ski Areas Continue

Over on the Western side of the continent, with nearly 30 feet of snow this winter, Steamboat in Colorado has reached another snow milestone, recording a four-wire winter, when the snow stacks up past the fourth row of fence wires. Yampa Valley ranchers have traditionally measured the severity of a Routt County winter by how high the snow stacks up against their four fence wires.