OpEdNews - Quicklink: Is Climate Change Hell Now Inevitable?

The bottom line is, it would take an effort unlike any humanity has ever attempted for us to avoid catastrophic global warming and devastating ocean acidification. We would have to march in lock-step as a species, making carbon [dioxide] the obsessive focus of all we do, in every facet of our life, if we hope to awaken Scrooge-like, a changed species, filled with redemption, converted from history's greatest villain, to its greatest hero.

Poll deals climate change blow for Mitt Romney - New Scientist

...This suggested that Republicans, in particular, are likely to gain votes by taking "green" positions, and lose votes by expressing scepticism about climate change.

So why has the Republican party largely embraced climate scepticism? Krosnick speculates that it is due to the influence of wealthy donors who oppose action to limit climate change. Still, he doubts whether the votes gained through spending on campaign ads will counter those lost by taking a sceptical position.

September snow - Romania - Video

Early snow in Carpathian Mountains.

The One Who’s Name Must Not Be Spoken | Real Science

NSIDC continues to show record sea ice levels in Antarctica, but Antarctica is like Voldemort in their press releases (at least since the collapsing ice-shelf scam collapsed.)

How a broker spent $520m in a drunken stupor and moved the global oil price - Telegraph

PVM Oil Futures trader Steve Perkins bought 7m barrels of crude in late-night trading binge on his laptop, driving the oil price to an eight-month high.