If the world is warming, why were the past two winters so cold? | Environment | guardian.co.uk

There's also evidence that low phases of the sun's 11-year activity cycle might influence the NAO and thus bring cold winters to Britain.

Durban climate conference: Canada withdraws from Kyoto Protocol : Rest of the World News - India Today

The decision of Canada to exercise its legal right to withdraw from the protocol has dealt a blow to the spirit of the Durban deal.

Durban outcome(?) | Climate Etc.

JC comments:  With the spin on both sides, and not having read all the fine print, it is not clear to me exactly what the outcome is of the Durban Conference.  My main question at this point is whether the IPCC is relevant to what is going on at this point with the UNFCCC?  If the AR5 has higher confidence in its findings, does that matter?  Does it matter whether the sensitivity estimates move up or down?  I suspect that the answer is no.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Environmentalist Stick-Up

The clip below is an outtake from the environmentalist movie “Crude”, which purported to document the environmentalist’s case against Chevron in Ecuador.  Apparently, between takes of earnest and un-selfinterested environmentalists saving the world from greedy corporations, these self-same environmentalists discussed lying about the science and duping the courts in order to score a big payday for themselves.

Electricity Rates by State | The SPPI Blog

[ SPPI note:  Mar 18, 2009 · Barack Obama: “Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.”

Electric bills have skyrocketed in the last five years, a sharp reversal from a quarter-century when Americans enjoyed stable power bills even as they used more electricity.

Up to 3 feet of snow for Colorado