Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Britain braced for heaviest snowfall in 50-years - Telegraph
The heaviest snowfall in almost 50 years is hitting parts of Britain as Arctic weather brought nationwide chaos.
#uksnow - [now a trending topic on Twitter]
Realtime results for #uksnow
Funny Climategate Bumper Sticker from Zazzle.com
This funny Climategate bumper sticker pokes fun at the socalled global warming hysteria and the junk science which claims that man is melting the polar ice caps.
Climate claim falls foul of advertising regulator - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist
The Times has withdrawn an advert that aimed to boost its environmental credentials after complaints to the UK Advertising Standards Agency.

The advert claimed "climate change has allowed the Northeast Passage to be used as a commercial shipping route for the first time," according to The Register.
The Northeast Passage - a trade route linking North European and Siberian ports to Asia in summer months - has been open since 1934, according to The Register, and was made available as a route for international traffic after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Coal Business Booming - Pennsylvania
Phillips is currently selling its coal at $192 a ton. According to Stull that's relatively cheap compared to other fuels. In addition to home delivery of its coal, Phillips Fuel also offers 50 pound bags of coal available for pickup.
Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Magical Solutions in South Africa
I estimate that South Africa could achieve this target by replacing about 65% of its 2006 coal consumption with nuclear power, necessitating the equivalent level of effort of about 35 new nuclear plants by 2020. That is why I call it a magical solution.
Weather and Climate Through the Eyes of Mark Vogan: Snowfields of Ayrshire and the snowcapped peaks of the Isle of Arran
The Northern hemisphere is simply remarkble at how much cold there is covering the landmass as well as just how severe the cold is when looking at the USA, Europe and Asia where China as well as Korea is suffering crippling snowstorms and truely brutal cold not seen in 30 to 70 years...

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