U.S. Shale Revolution Is Killing Coal

Inexpensive natural gas is the biggest threat to coal. Nothing else even comes close.

Are Yellowstone's grizzly bears new face of global warming? | Alaska Dispatch

In some ways, the court ruling clashes with a prevailing public perception that Yellowstone grizzlies no longer need the ESA. Since the Yellowstone bear population came under federal custodial status in 1975, numbers have tripled to about 600.

Government officials say the ruling ignores the fact that there are plenty of other natural foods for grizzlies to eat. Whitebark pine has all but vanished from Glacier National Park because of a disease outbreak 60 years ago, yet the bear population there today is a robust 900.

Ten Degrees Of UHI In Denver | Real Science

During the last week, downtown Denver has averaged almost 10 degrees warmer than outlying rural areas at the same elevation. This is largely due to snow removal.

Hansen says that UHI is unimportant, and often makes locations cooler than they would have been otherwise. He reports global temperatures within 0.01 degrees, despite the fact that his coverage of the Earth’s surface is less than 80%.

Merry Christmas Joe! | Real Science

Rutgers University data shows that December snow extent has been increasing, with the last four years all close to the record. December temperatures have been plummeting in the US since the start of the 21st century – at an astonishing  rate of 57 degrees per century.

In Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (written in the 1950s) – the whole point of the story was that is was very warm in Vermont (70 degrees) until Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Note how both Scrooge and alarmists get mad when we burn coal and spend our money on consumerism, or advocate throwing people who think differently in prison.