UN climate summits 'more about exotic locales than anything else': Climate Depot's Morano: 'The United Nations knows how to throw a party'

Morano: 'I've been to Bali, I've been to Cancun, I've been to Kenya, S. Africa twice, to Rio, South America -- exotic locations, very nice places. I've stayed at five-star resorts on the ocean. The UN picks exotic locales in order to attract people to come because not many people would want to go to one in Trenton, NJ' -- 'Morano notes that while he worked for the U.S. Senate, his round-trip, business-class airline ticket (paid for by U.S. taxpayers) was $16,000 in 2006'

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Climate Change Threatens Ski Industry’s Livelihood - NYTimes.com

In the Rockies, where early conditions have also been spotty, average winter temperatures are expected to rise as much as 7 degrees by the end of the century. Park City, Utah, could lose all of its snowpack by then.

In changing climate, ski industry should take action, report says | GreenBiz.com

"The bitter irony is that the response to climate change is to use a lot of energy and further cannibalize the climate. Surely there is a better approach than that,” said Auden Schendler, vice president of sustainability for Aspen Ski Company, about contemporary snowmaking.

Severe Storms, Record Snow Cripple Parts of US - US - CBN News

Monster storms and heavy snowfall has wreaked havoc across the Northern Plains, upper Midwest, and parts of the South.

Snow fell in Minnesota at such a heavy rate that the region met its monthly record in just one day