Ecochondria: Global climate change impacts Broward, commissioner says

County Commissioner Kristin Jacobs says global climate change is real, and Broward residents need to be concerned about the effects now, not in coming decades.

Already, Jacobs said, low-lying Monroe County, which takes in the Florida Keys, is suffering salt water damage to police squad cars and eroding fire hydrants.

Sleeping With The Jaguars - Dr. Stephen Leeb, editor of The Complete Investor newsletter.

...there is something else in the wings that could dramatically accelerate an already sure uptrend in energy prices. We are talking about global warming or the lack thereof. Global warming has become a well entrenched ideology among scientists. Increasingly, however, the consensus view states that the next 10 to 20 years could actually be a cooler period within a long-term warming trend. We could see colder winters and lower average worldwide temperatures during this time. But according to the scientific community, a generation of colder temperatures is not reason to turn up the thermostats.

We have always had trouble with zealots whether they be Scientologists or ivory tower ideologues. And global warming is no exception. A few experiences and recent articles make me especially skeptical.

Minnesota: Global warming alert!

Snow on October 9th? That’s less than three weeks into autumn. Last year, we didn’t get snow until the weekend before Halloween. Looks like a long winter of global warming coming our way this year….

Catching Our First [Thriving Polar] Bears, Based on a Tiny Floating City | Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists

This female cub is only 10 months old but already weighs 211 pounds.