BBC News - Chile cold snap kills two as homeless deaths rise to 16

Freezing temperatures in central and southern Chile have led to the deaths of 16 homeless people so far this year, officials say.

...Cold weather led to more than 150 deaths in 2010, while last year there were some 50.

Energy Loserville: U.S. DOE Picks in an Artificial Industry — MasterResource

Of the $10.7 billion in green-energy commitments, detailed below, approximately $3.2 billion is to companies that are in bankruptcy, and another $7.1 billion is committed to teetering firms.

Can Heavy Rain Cure The Hayhoe/Dessler Intellectual Drought? | Real Science

The torrential rain which has been falling in Colorado is spreading into West Texas, on the one year anniversary of Dessler declaring the permanent Texas drought.

Will the rain clear out their minds, and convince them to stop spreading nonsense for a living?

Climate concerns forgotten in carbon tax anti-climax

If any message from the Government has been heard, it is not that this is the far-reaching and enduring reform promised by Gillard or a response to the greatest economic, political and moral challenge of our times, as identified by Kevin Rudd; it is rather that actually you'll hardly notice it.

Energy rationing: Tory MP calls for personal carbon-trading scheme | JunkScience.com

The chair of the British Parliament’s energy and climate change committee has called for the launch of a pilot personal carbon allowance (PCA) trading scheme, which could be based in his own constituency, and funded by the private sector and possibly the EU.

Citizens whose emissions fell beneath an agreed cap would receive a rebate while those living more carbon-profligate lifestyles would have to pay to offset their emissions.