Forest study sees upside of climate change -- latimes.com

Warmer temperatures may spur tree growth in some regions of the Pacific Northwest, which could mean reduced carbon in the air, researchers say.

[Bloomberg: Eric Pooley promotes the greatest scientific fraud in human history]

Imagine the Dow climbing to 14,000, with a wobble to 13,950. That’s what global temperatures have done. Even with small fluctuations, this decade is by every measure the hottest in recorded history. The second hottest is the 1990s. The third hottest is the 1980s. Get the picture? Levitt and Dubner don’t.
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(Eric Pooley, a former managing editor of Fortune magazine who is writing a book about the politics of global warming, is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.)

Flashback: A New Leaderboard at the U.S. Open « Climate Audit

Four of the top 10 are now from the 1930s: 1934, 1931, 1938 and 1939, while only 3 of the top 10 are from the last 10 years (1998, 2006, 1999). Several years (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004) fell well down the leaderboard, behind even 1900.

Australia: Frost damage fears for NSW crops - 20/10/2009

There have been reports of frost damage in NSW, with some growers losing their entire crops, after temperatures sunk to 3 degrees below zero about 10 days ago.

Australia: Nationals remain dead against emissions trading scheme - 20/10/2009

The National Party will not support an emissions trading scheme, regardless of any concessions for farmers.