Clermont chill hits record low | Mackay Weather | Australia

HOLD on to your winter hats, the chilly winter weather is giving the record books a bit of a nudge.

It was so frosty in Clermont yesterday the 1951 record for the coldest June minimum was almost shattered.

Residents were left looking for extra blankets when the mercury dropped to minus 0.45 degrees about 5.30am - matching the record.

Al Gore’s claims are discredited | INFORUM | Fargo, ND

I need to comment on Jim Chattin’s absurd reference to Al Gore’s debunked myth of man-made global warming. Notice Al Gore is not seen nor heard much anymore. Most people know that Gore and anyone who believes what he says is out in left field with the other loonies who want to protect everyone from everyone and everything on Earth.

Queen’s Paycheck Gets Lift From Crown Estate’s Wind-Farms - Bloomberg

The Crown Estate owns and manages the seabed around Britain extending to 12 nautical miles offshore. It plans to invest 200
million pounds to establish offshore sites for operators to install wind turbines.

The company has offered sites for lease since 2000 and the parks in operation currently generate 1.5 percent of the U.K.’s electricity production.

Rio another international talkfest: Abbott | News | Business Spectator

 "The prime minister should finally admit that Australia's carbon tax is an international orphan," he told reporters in Canberra.

"I think the prime minster should be waking up to herself and waking up to the fact that the rest of the world is not taking decisive action by way of carbon taxes or emission trading schemes."

He said implementing a carbon tax in Australia is the last thing the country needed at a time when the international economic situation was very fragile.

But Mr Abbott thought it was appropriate for the prime minister to travel to major international conferences, as long as she learned the "right lessons".