Thursday, January 07, 2010

Cold weather repeat offenders - KFOR
MIDWEST CITY, OK -- 44-year-old Joe Baker has made a lifetime of crime. To escape extreme weather, Baker has been booked into jail dozens of times over the last decade for minor offenses. He's in the Oklahoma county jail right now for petty larceny.
It's Cold ... Very Cold | NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
Wind chill may drop below zero as coldest weather in 12 years hits North Texas
Estonia - Record snow in Tallinn
Tallinn-Harku weather station measured 43 centimetres of snow today, a new record for December 31.

ERR reported that the previous record was registered in 1965 when there was 36 centimetres of snow.
News - Miliband calls on EU to back 30 per cent emissions cut - The Ecologist
The EU needs to commit to a 30 per cent reduction by 2020 compared with 1990 levels and push others to a higher level of ambition, says climate [hoax] secretary
News - 'Moralistic' environmentalists turn people off buying green - The Ecologist
Poll shows that consumer willingness to buy ethical products has fallen, but the recession may not be the only cause
U.K. Gas Market No Laughing Matter - WSJ.com
The cold weather has exposed real weaknesses in the U.K.'s energy security. In part, the problem reflects the contradictions of a European energy policy focused more on reducing carbon-dioxide emissions than ensuring security of supply. It has helped trigger a dash for gas as well as encouraged investment in wind power, no good for base-load electricity generation.
Reply to Andrew Dessler’s Guest Post On Water Vapor Feedback « Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.
This suggests that, at least up to the present, the effect of human climate forcings on global warming has been more muted than predicted by the global climate models.

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