Occupy DC prepares to spend ‘thousands’ ahead of cold snap, possible snow - The Buzz - The Washington Post

With bitter cold weather’s impending arrival in D.C. and snow seen as increasingly likely for the surrounding area, the need for warmth is becoming a top priority for Occupy DC protesters in McPherson Square.

Romney’s Very Slow Flip-Flop On Climate Change | Election 2012

So, it was more of a gradual refinement than a flop. Or, if you like, it was a very slow flop. Still, it doesn’t really matter when Romney decided to conform to the GOP party line on climate change. What does matter is that he has gone from being one of only two candidates in the GOP field to affirm that climate change is real and caused by human action to being just another climate skeptic.

Peter H. Gleick: Bad Science Leads to Bad Policy, No Matter Your Political Beliefs

Anti-science mania is sweeping parts of the United States. This isn't new -- there is a long history of irrational, pseudoscientific, or downright anti-scientific thinking and political culture here -- ironic, given how much our founding fathers like Benjamin Franklin valued science. Examples include creationism, moon-landing denialism, claims linking vaccines to autism, denials that tobacco causes cancer long after the science was in, and especially the denial of climate change and global warming. This anti-science mentality is especially discouraging given how vital America's scientific and technological strengths are to our economic and political strengths.

For reasons that a political scientist or sociologist would have to explore, this is a problem especially of the Republican right.
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Dr. Peter Gleick considers himself a scientist, an environmentalist, and a liberal Democrat.

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[October snowstorm may hit Mann's Penn State] - chicagotribune.com

Penn State is warning that a potential early-season snowstorm could force changes in parking lots around Beaver Stadium for Saturday's game against Illinois.

The Associated Press reports that a National Weather Service forecast called for 3 to 7 inches of snow possible Saturday with high temperatures in the mid-to-upper 30s.