Michael E. Mann retweet

[Christopher Hayes] I am stunned by how low on the list of priorities global warming is for most progressives.To me it's the most important issue by quite a bit

Climate dogma stops Americans being informed about threatening disasters – Telegraph Blogs

There is of course a legitimate, vigorous debate to be had about whether most – or indeed any – of last year’s disasters were due to global warming. No-one can prove that they were – or weren’t, for that matter – and it is foolhardy to promote a firm view either way. Most scientists believe that such events will increase as the world warms up, but even that is open to argument.

Fidel Castro - Old Watermelon

 "Many dangers threaten us, but two of them, nuclear war and climate change, are decisive and are drifting further away from a solution," he wrote in an article entitled "The March Towards the Abyss."

The Wind Turbines That Can't Cope With The Wind

The impact of the devastating weather which has swept the country is shown by the state of these wind turbines - which couldn't withstand the strength of the gales. The huge blades - 15ft long - flew off three turbines including one on the aptly-named Windmill Lane in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The firm which made the turbines in the Hepworth and Upper Cumberworth areas of the town has promised a full investigation. Concerned villagers in Hepworth, where the blade from one turbine was flung across a road, warned: 'Someone could have been killed'.