Monday, October 29, 2012

Second person in as many days dies in Calgary cold snap | Calgary | News | Calgary Sun
For the second time in as many days, cold weather has claimed the life of a Calgarian.
Solnit on Climate Change: Our Words Are Our Weapons | Mother Jones
We need to talk about climate change as a war against nature, against the poor (especially the poor of Africa), and against the rest of us. There are casualties, there are deaths, and there is destruction, and it's all mounting. Rectify the name, call it war.
Temps could be record cold tonight - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Palm Beach County’s all-time record low temperature for October – 46 degrees – was set on Oct. 30, 1968, but could fall on Tuesday. Fort Lauderdale’s cold record for this date, 52 degrees, set in 1953, also could be in jeopardy.
Environment ministers pour cold water on ‘hot air’ proposal | EurActiv
EU environment ministers abandoned plans on Friday (26 October) to limit excess supply of Kyoto-era carbon credits on the world’s markets after seven eastern European states backed Poland’s opposition to the measure.

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