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Portlandia:  Mayor Hales says state should end fossil fuel investments

Mayor Charlie Hales urged the state of Oregon Wednesday to divest all state holdings in fossil fuel companies.

Hales, who said the city owns no fossil fuel stocks directly, also pledged that the city will begin implementing a 2012 resolution that instructs city bureaus to buy 100 percent of their energy from renewable sources.

Twitter / aDissentient: With all the big names in climate ...

With all the big names in climate alarmism flying to AGU meeting in Colorado, could be forgiven for thinking that AGW not a big worry.

The Obama climate move that nobody noticed | Grist

The federal government just bumped up the cost of carbon by 60 percent. This will, all things being equal, increase by 60 percent the amount of carbon mitigation that can be economically justified.

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: @billmckibben Do understand ...

@billmckibben Do understand the intrusion of colder air leads to faster condensation and hence more rain. Excess precip is a colder signal

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@billmckibben Most times heavy precip precedes or shows colder regime developing. Euro winters right out of the early 50s, pdo flip!

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@billmckibben Have you studied any weatherfrom last PDO flip at all. From hurricanes to floods to whatever its like you have never looked