“We Were Second And They Were Next To Last” | Real Science

Translation : Temperatures have been cooling for 13 years, and 2011 is looking to finish as the first or second coldest year of the millennium. Did the UN hire a bunch of writers from Pravda when the Soviet Union collapsed? Cooling is the new warming .

Chance of frost worries Gaza Agriculture Min... JPost - Headlines

The Ministry of Agriculture in the Gaza Strip warned farmers on Tuesday of a potential frost Tuesday overnight throughout the Palestinian Territories and Israel, Hamas affiliate Al Resalah reported.

Watching The Wheels Come Off The Green Machine - Forbes

One of the key tenets of activist government is that the failures of central planning can always be solved with more central planning, just as failed spending programs can be fixed with more spending. All it takes is the will to reallocate resources from the private sector to the state, along with the courage to forge ahead no matter how many failures pile up. President Obama has made this approach the centerpiece of his “We Can’t Wait” campaign, issuing a stream of executive orders to demonstrate his leadership abilities.

Iceland Review Online: Minister Cancels Plans for Carbon Tax

Minister of Finance Steingrímur J. Sigfússon decided yesterday to cancel plans for a carbon tax on electrodes and mineral substances in solid form which was supposed to increase the income for the state in 2013. The move was highly disputed.