Weather continues to delay corn, bean crops - Springfield, IL

Only about 5 percent of corn and 6 percent of soybeans have been harvested statewide, compared to a five-year average of 41 percent and 40 percent, respectively.
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Temperatures averaged 54 degrees statewide, 6.8 degrees below normal.

Climate Talks Ending With Dispute Over Saving Kyoto (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

“An attempt to replace the Kyoto Protocol with a new framework would be counterproductive,” Lumumba Di-Aping, a Sudanese negotiator who speaks on behalf of the G-77, told reporters in Bangkok. “What needs to happen is that those who are committed, the European Union, Australia, Japan, the rest of developed countries, need to rise up to the challenge rather than race to the bottom with the United States.”

British public refuse to fly less to reduce their carbon footprint | Environment | The Guardian

The extent of the public's refusal to fly less often has been revealed by research that suggests attempts to slash greenhouse gas emissions from aviation will struggle to get off the ground.

Fewer than one in five people are trying to reduce the number of flights they take for environmental reasons, warns the study from Loughborough University.

Richard Littlemore | Who's paying for McIntyre's attack on Hockey Stick?

The title ClimateAudit, however, makes me wonder if there is another other motive in McIntyre's madness. What would we learn if we could get our hands on a McIntyreAudit? Who's paying for this strategic, if not always careful, number crunching?

C'mon Steve, fess up.

NASA to begin massive climate survey of Antarctica

NASA next week begins the most extensive aerial survey of Earth's surface to chart the impact of global warming, with six years of flights over Antarctica to understand the frozen continent's glaciers and ice sheets.

So we don't already understand the frozen continent's glaciers and ice sheets?