Urgent action needed to prevent England's rivers drying up | Environment | The Observer

New report by Environment Agency says river levels may fall by 80% as a result of climate change and the growing population

Climate skeptics gathering influence in Tory Senate seats

OTTAWA — Some of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s newly-appointed senators are emerging as global-warming skeptics in the wake of aggressive government positions to abandon the Kyoto Protocol, slam environmentalists and downplay potential damage caused by Canadian oil and gas exploration.

“I felt like it is kind of an insult to be a denier for a long time,” said Sen. Bert Brown, last month at a parliamentary committee studying energy policies. “It feels pretty good this morning.”

Cold unabated in North India

The cold wave sweeping north India showed no signs of relenting as temperatures settled below normal levels at most places on Saturday with Leh town in Jammu and Kashmir registering a record low of minus 21 degrees.

Waterloo Iowa breaks 108-yr-old snowfall record

The National Weather Service reported Waterloo received 7.1 inches of snowfall on Friday, breaking a record for Jan. 20 of 3 inches set in 1904.