Washington Post blogs:  It’s easy to keep U.S. carbon [sic] emissions flat. Sadly, that’s not enough.

It would be fairly straightforward for the United States to keep its carbon dioxide emissions from rising between now and 2040. All Congress would have to do is keep most current energy policies in place.

General Motors urges Obama and Congress to unite on climate change | Environment | guardian.co.uk

General Motors called on Barack Obama and Congress to work together on climate change on Wednesday, saying the effort would be good for business.

GM, which makes the plug-in Chevy Volt, was the first of the big three car makers to sign on to a new push from the business world for greater action on global warming from Washington, the Climate Declaration.

Flashback: Merry Christmas! Feds give GM corporate jets - Seattle Cars | Examiner.com

For those who have forgotten or never heard in the first place, the Obama administration told automakers who took bailout money their executives could no longer fly on corporate jets until they began to wean themselves off the federal teat. The stipulation came in reaction to a highly publicized incident in 2008 when then-CEO of GM, Rick Wagoner and his big three counterparts flew to Washington D.C.in company jets to make a case for whether they needed the money or not.

Twitter / RyanMaue: Jan - April 2012 was about ...

Jan - April 2012 was about 5.5°F warmer than this year.

Twitter / RyanMaue: Year-to-Date (Jan-Apr), rankings ...

Year-to-Date (Jan-Apr), rankings of 2013 is number 9 coldest since 1979 (n=35) -- on par w/1983, 1997, 2011.

Twitter / RyanMaue: Including March & April ...

Including March & April together, CONUS was 44.4°F in 2013, about 2.5°F below last-30 yr average, coldest since 1996 pic.twitter.com/qAc644qXKn