How to teach ... Polar meltdown | Education | guardian.co.uk

now there are alarming reports of a reservoir of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which could be released in Antarctica if the ice continues to melt so quickly there.

Washington County facing a perfect storm in coping with winter’s icy winds — Down East — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

MACHIAS, Maine — Poverty, high oil prices, limited fuel assistance and a cold winter could converge to create a long winter of discontent for low-income residents of Washington County.

[Three-minute video:  This is what people who travel to South Africa to save you from CO2-induced bad weather look like] - YouTube

Every wondered what the inside of the United Nations climate change negotiations looks like? Let Barry and his mesmerising Irish hips guide you through the conference centre of the 2011 negotiations in Durban, South Africa, accompanied by friends from the youth constituency (YOUNGO).

California - Energy Subsidies Destroy Economy - Video

“San Luis Obispo County Supervisors approve of a $1.2 billion solar project with a bankrupt company that is owned by the French and subsidized by loan guarantees from the federal government,” says reader.
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“(The project) will create only 12 permanent jobs, will manufacture solar panels in Mexico, and will cease operations in 50 years. Consumers will be forced to pay 50% above market price for the energy it produces.” Does the word “screwed” come to mind?

Eastern US Shrinks | Real Science

Earlier in the year, the eastern US defined the global climate. Now it has shrunk back to its normal size.

Last year the same thing happened to Texas, and the year before that it was Moscow.