First major U.S. snowstorm, cold snap may harm some crops

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first major snowfall of the year and a cold snap set to sweep into the northern Midwest could harm some late-maturing corn and soybeans crops and delay the harvest, an agricultural meteorologist and the National Weather Service said on Thursday.

Seen a Better Headline than This One from Post Carbon Institute? Not Likely | The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media

“Obscure Expert Joins Little Known Think Tank to Battle Issues Most Prefer to Ignore.”

The gem in this case comes from a Santa Rosa, Ca.-based organization known as the Post Carbon Institute. It was announcing the naming of Paul Gilding, an Australian writer and activist and former CEO of Greenpeace International, as a “Climate & Business Fellow.”

‘GreenGrok’ Duke Dean Chameides on ‘Climate Conundrum’ | The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media

People rarely make decisions based on information

Fat polar bears chew on whale bones, chase dog | polarbearscience

A string of remarkable photos of polar bears at the Kaktovik whale carcass dump (leftovers from subsistence whaling) on Barter Island on the north slope of Alaska and a dog having some fun, by Wasilla photographer Bill Hess, posted at this blog here. Go have a look. Note the condition of the bears, nice and fat from the look of it.

U.K. Confirms Gas Role as EON, National Grid Open Heat Pipe - Bloomberg

Natural gas remains “absolutely central” to efforts to curb U.K. emissions, Energy Secretary Ed Davey said, as EON AG and National Grid Plc (NG/) opened a heat pipe to boost efficiency at a gas-fired power station.