Detroit: A ‘Green’ City Goes Black - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online

Ferndale’s green, hybrid-driving council members suddenly realized that their batteries don’t run on magic. They are coal-powered. So much for carbon independence — unless you want to push your plug-in to work.

Sure, Ferndale greens will says that their anti-carbon measures are necessary to prevent such heat waves — but after record cold temperatures in Michigan this spring and no global increase in temperatures in 15 years, it’s clear that summer happens and communities need to have the baseline coal generation to deal with it.

Drilling Jobs, Baby, Drilling Jobs - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

And this is from Daniel Yergin, not some oil industry lackey. Team Obama should take note of these numbers and act:

Gulf drilling could add 230,000 jobs

A body of evidence for bodily harm from air pollution | Grist

Once we start down the road of challenging basic scientific findings, there is no clear stopping point. What started out as criticism of climate models has expanded to questions about the basic science supporting public health protections. While understanding these studies may take a basic scientific education, any responsible commentator should take the time to do a review of the literature before making broad based assertions about agency bad faith. EPA shouldn't have to drag anyone to the morgue to make its point

Did an Unholy Trinity Kill Jesus? - ScienceNOW

Jesus' hypothermia could have been caused by his naked exposure to the cold temperatures of early April, when religious documents say the crucifixion occurred, Bergeron says.