Spring Arrives In Siberia | Real Science

[-42 C] I can see the permafrost melting from my home.

Wacky Winter Weather May Be Global Weirding · OPB News

The results confirm what most people sense: winters are getting warmer as a result of an overall warming trend caused by air pollution with carbon dioxide, methane, fluorocarbon refrigerants and other greenhouse gasses. (OK. I’m not sure most people “sense” that last half of that sentence, but they should).

Guardian : No More Hockey Sticks In Canada | Real Science

Canada has been experiencing record cold, so the Guardian predicts that it will become too warm to play hockey.

Sorry – Yet More 2 Studies Show Significant Part Of Warming Since 1850 Is Caused By The Sun

Fritz Vahrenholt’s and Sebastian Lüning’s Die kalte Sonne website brings up another study that shows the sun plays a significant role in climate development. How many more of these are we going to need? I don’t know why there are still people out there who deny what ought to be obvious.

Above the Law « Climate Audit

People sometimes have to be careful what they wish for.

The University of Virginia “won” this case by arguing that they were a state agency and therefore not subject to Cuccinnelli’s CID. However, the decision will undoubtedly limit their ability to argue that they are not a state agency for the purposes of FOIA.

The idea that a state Attorney-General be unable to examine records of state agencies for evidence of fraud also seems very counter-intuitive to me. Does an Attorney-General even require a court order to examine records of a state agency? Why would he have to do anything complicated to look at records of the Motor Vehicle Licencing Bureau (or whatever the Virginia name is)? Can’t he just send auditors in without a court order? If the University of Virginia has convinced a court that it’s a state agency under FATA, why wouldn’t they be subject to the same fate?