Scientists Rebut Claim That Man Causes Climate Change

(CNSNews.com) – As the world focused on President Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a small group of determined scientists gathered in a Senate office building to present evidence backing their claim that climate change is caused not by man but by nature, and that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant but the hope for a greener planet.

Kalispell hits new cold record

The 6-degree reading at 7:10 a.m. Sunday obliterated a 22-year-old record. Before that, the coldest Oct. 11 temperature recorded here was 20 degrees in 1987.

And it rubbed shoulders with the coldest spot in Montana - Polebridge got down to 10 degrees below zero, putting the deep-freeze on its old record of 7 above in 1987.

All that followed Saturday's record-low 5 degrees, which wiped out the 16-degree record low set, of course, in 1987.

"As of now, this looks like about the coldest stretch we've ever had this time of year," National Weather Service Meteorologist Jeff Kitsmiller said.

Australia steps up pressure over carbon laws | Green Business | Reuters

A new opinion poll on Monday found voters evenly split on whether the laws should pass before or after the Copenhagen talks, in a finding which could encourage rebel opposition lawmakers to harden their stand against the scheme.

Treasurer Wayne Swan said the government was serious about negotiating changes, but the opposition remained in chaos.

"It's hard to figure out what the opposition is doing because essentially they are populated by climate change dinosaurs," Swan told reporters.

New Zealand: Growers react to cold weekend

Project Management Ltd manager Peter Clark said strong winds kept the frosts away from the Wairau Valley on Saturday morning. Calm conditions the following night, however, saw temperatures fall to freezing level. Helicopters and wind machines were needed at several of the vineyards he oversees.