Despair after climate conference, but U.N. still offers hope | Reuters

(Reuters) - At the end of another lavishly-funded U.N. conference that yielded no progress on curbing greenhouse emissions, many of those most concerned about climate change are close to despair.

As thousands of delegates checked out of their air-conditioned hotel rooms in Doha to board their jets for home, some asked whether the U.N. system even made matters worse by providing cover for leaders to take no meaningful action.

Record snowfall in Missoula

More than doubles previous record.

Stevens Pass Ski Area - 48 inches of snow in one day

That’s four feet! 1.2 meters! In 24 hours!

Date with a climate-change denier — High Country News

"How did you meet him?" my sister asked.
"A coffee shop."
"Climate deniers drink coffee?"
"Evidently."
"You need a better screening process," she said.  [I think he needs a better screening process.]