Climate Change May Not Be Causing Tornadoes, But That's No Reason to Ignore It - Ecocentric - TIME.com

The risk of extreme weather is one of many reasons we need to cut carbon, but improving detection and disaster resilience will save far more lives and far more quickly than going solar or becoming more energy-efficient. As long as we're thinking about tornadoes or cyclones or hurricanes or floods, adaptation needs to be kept in the foreground—the disaster gap between poor countries and rich ones shows what a difference preparation can make in human lives.

NPR.org » University Of Virginia Agrees To Release Some Global Warming Documents

That finding and that graph became focal points when hackers stole and then released e-mails between prominent climate scientists that put into question the credibility of the data used to arrive at those conclusions.

Ethanol: A Tale of Two Candidates | The Weekly Standard

Ethanol fever is far from being a partisan affliction, though. The latest diagnosed case is Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich. In his most recent speech in Iowa, Gingrich declared his commitment to make America energy self sufficient, in part through ethanol. The applause line/press lead of his speech: “if my choice is Iran, or Iowa, I prefer the money in Iowa. If my choice is Saudi Arabia, or South Dakota, I prefer the money in South Dakota."