Coldest August night on record for parts of the UK | ITV News

Bradford in West Yorkshire fell to 3C - breaking a record low temperature which had stood since 1908.  [Via Global Freeze]

Arctic Ice Still 12% Above The 2007 Minimum | Real Science

Almost no change since yesterday’s 1% increase.

Markey : “the arctic is now at its warmest state in history” | Real Science

People who say things like that should volunteer to live there. The entire summer was below normal temperatures in the high Arctic (as it has been for the last dozen years) and parts of Alaska and Siberia had one of their coldest winters and summers on record.

People were saying the same things 60 years ago, but unlike Markey they actually knew what they were talking about..

Wind farms — are 96% useless, and cost 150 times more than necessary for what they do « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax

Victoria’s windfarms have saved virtually no coal from being burnt.

South Australian windfarms have saved 4% of their rated capacity in fossil fuels at a cost of $1,484 per ton.

That’s only $1,474 above the current price of carbon credits per ton in the EU. They are 96% useless, and cost 150 times more than necessary for what they do (except for the times they are more useless and more expensive).