RIA Novosti - Russia - Northeast Siberia braces for extreme cold of -60C

YAKUTSK, December 15 (RIA Novosti) - Temperatures in the northeast Siberian republic of Yakutia could fall to minus 60 degrees Celsius (minus 76 degrees Fahrenheit) in the next few days, the local meteorological service said Monday.

The Day After (Inauguration)

The Associated Press warns that the new administration won't have much time to save the planet from a global warming apocalypse. Never mind that the "ticking time bomb" is a dud. [Via Marc Morano]

Rudd fails to match words and deeds on climate change | theage.com.au

Yesterday Mr Rudd described climate change as an elephant in the room that no government can ignore. Unfortunately, his government is doing just that.

Obama unveils climate change team - Yahoo! News

CHICAGO, (AFP) – President-elect Barack Obama named his energy and environmental chiefs and vowed a new dawn for US leadership on combating climate change after eight years of Republican foot-dragging.

Obama nominated Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu as his energy secretary, placing the renewable energy expert on the frontlines of climate change policy and ending the nation's "addiction" to foreign oil.

"This will be a leading priority of my presidency and a defining test of our time. We can't afford complacency nor accept more broken promises," Obama told reporters.