Thursday, September 15, 2011

CapitalClimate: Northern Minnesota's Coldest Temperature So Early in Season
The low temperature of 19° this morning at International Falls, Minnesota was the coldest ever reported so early in the season and an all-time record low for September. The National Weather Service reports:
The low temperature at 7:06 am this morning at International Falls was 19 degrees. This breaks the record low for a September 15th, 24 degrees, set in 1964. This is the coldest temperature reported for so early in the season. This also marks the first time in station history that a temperature in the teens has been recorded in the month of September.
Climate change 'will increase migration in Asia' - Telegraph
The average ground level is 1.5 meters (5 feet) above the sea level, making it [the Maldives] the lowest country on earth. The highest point in the country is only 2.3 meters (7 feet 7 inches), making it extremely vulnerable to inundation by sea.
CJR Rewind: Hot Air : CJR
...Those were the first two acts of Coleman’s career. On a Sunday night in early November 2007, Coleman sat down at his home computer and started to write the 967 words that would launch the third. “It is the greatest scam in history,” he began. “I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming: It is a SCAM.”
Don’t Be Fooled By the Solyndra Bankruptcy Circus — Solar Is Booming | Swampland | TIME.com
the Solyndra venture was barely 1% of the Energy Department’s $40 billion clean-energy portfolio, that there will still be over $2 billion in reserves for busted loans no matter how Solyndra shakes out. That’s politics.

But I do want to push back against the idea that Solyndra’s failure reflects some kind of failure of the solar industry. That’s just wrong. The solar industry is on fire, thanks to the same collapse in prices that doomed Solyndra.

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