[Doesn't Brad Crabtree have internet access?] | INFORUM | Fargo, ND

“The rest of the world has moved beyond climate change,” said Brad Crabtree of the Great Plains Institute, an organizer of the climate stewardship conference June 29-30 in Bismarck. “That’s a settled issue.”

Hundreds at Westin for Nickels campaign kickoff | Seattle Times Newspaper

"There are a couple weeks in December I wish I could have back," Nickels said, referring to the city's botched response to the major snowstorm.

Nickels said he learned from his mistakes and would make sure "we will be better prepared and the outcome will be very different" the next time the city experienced a major snowstorm.

Nickels talked quite a bit about his "progressive" policies, noting his leadership on global warming -- 956 mayors have now signed up for his pact to cut emissions -- and his early endorsement of Barack Obama.

Nickels joked that he was one of the few Obama endorses who didn't ask for a job in the administration "because I have the best job in America already."

A Primer on Global Warming: Dispelling CO2 Myths - by Jay Lehr, Ph.D. - Environment & Climate News

Editor’s note: Heartland Institute Science Director Jay Lehr presents evidence that mankind has no significant impact on the Earth’s climate. This is the first installment in a series.