Presidential debate: Candy Crowley almost asked a question "for you climate change people."

Except that climate change and the economy are not two separate issues. The problem with climate change isn't that we're going to sweat a little more on sultry August afternoons. It's that species are going extinct, cyclones and tsunamis are wiping out cities,* entire island nations are sinking, and Kansas can no longer grow corn. How's that for an "all of the above" energy policy?

*Correction, Oct. 17, 4:32 p.m.: Andy Revkin at the New York Times' Dot Earth blog is careful to point out that there's little scientific support for the claim that warming is already affecting cyclones or tsunamis. While some climate models do predict more intense hurricanes, others question that conclusion, and evidence for a link to tsunamis is speculative at best (though it stands to reason that sea-level rise won't help).

Obama and Romney on Oil and Science - NYTimes.com

It’s not surprising that the first substantive energy exchange between the two candidates dealt with gas prices, given — as a national poll by the University of Texas just found — that this is by far the most pressing energy issue on voters’ minds (to the consternation of climate hawks).

UK Winter to be colder than normal as chances of white Christmas increase by WeatherWeb | Climate Realists

Britain will shiver through winter with snow, bone-chilling -18C (0F) temperatures and transport disruption, forecasters have warned.

Claim: CO2 makes you stupid? Ask a submariner that question | Watts Up With That?

We try to keep CO2 levels in our U.S. Navy submarines no higher than 8,000 parts per million, about 20 time current atmospheric levels. Few adverse effects are observed at even higher levels. – Senate testimony of Dr. William Happer