A Quick (Partial) Fix for an [Allegedly] Ailing Atmosphere

The world's air could use a quick scrubbing. So a group of scientists has come up with 14 practicable approaches to doing just that.

Summer snow all white - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times

A charity bike ride from Australia's highest peak Mt Kosciuszko to Batemans Bay was re-routed yesterday after snow fell on the Alpine region, burying paths.

And in the ACT the unseasonal cold snap created a new record. The temperature at Canberra Airport dropped to just 1.6 degrees early yesterday morning - the lowest January temperature ever recorded in the capital.

Glover & Economides: Getting Phony Science in the Media is Easy

In this excerpt from Energy and Climate Wars: How naïve politicians, green ideologues and media elites are undermining the truth about energy and climate, Peter Glover and Michael Economides explain how easily science can be corrupted for politically ends. Chicken little pundits then grab hold of this and use it to crush those who advocate caution and want more evidence to back up such dire claims.

Please, Global Warming Alarmists, Stop Denying Climate Change - And Science - Forbes

Reading Peter Gleick’s January 5 blog post here at Forbes.com, I experienced that empathy in full force. Gleick’s global warming beliefs are misguided and unsupported by sound science, but I nevertheless empathize with his pain and frustration that few people seem to agree with him. A person of thinner skin than me might be offended by Gleick’s frustration-induced rant, but I believe the best remedy is truth and understanding. Accordingly, I understand Gleick’s pain and I will present some truths that might ease Gleick’s anguish if he listens to them with an open heart and mind.