BBC News - Russian capital Moscow covered by record 63cm snowfall

Thousands of snow-clearing machines have been working to dig the Russian capital Moscow out of a record-breaking fall of 63cm (nearly 25 inches).

After a weekend of heavy snow showers, the regional weather centre announced that the previous record of 62cm, set in 1966, had been broken.

Pajamas Media » Climategate Meets the Law: Senator Inhofe To Ask for DOJ Investigation (Pajamas Media/PJTV Exclusive)

Inhofe intends to ask for a probe of the embattled climate scientists for possible criminal acts. And he thinks Gore should be recalled to explain his prior congressional testimony.

Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) today asked the Obama administration to investigate what he called “the greatest scientific scandal of our generation” — the actions of climate scientists revealed by the Climategate Files, and the subsequent admissions by the editors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4).

Senator Inhofe also called for former Vice President Al Gore to be called back to the Senate to testify.

“In [Gore's] science fiction movie, every assertion has been rebutted,” Inhofe said. He believes Vice President Gore should defend himself and his movie before Congress.

There’s no business like snow business « Watts Up With That?

In a story from Russia’s news agency, TASS, they mention that:

This year’s February is quite unique from the meteorological point of view. Not a single thaw has been registered so far and the temperature remains way below the average throughout the month.

I guess the Mayor of Moscow’s “Canute like” promise back in October didn’t work out so well. From Time magazine:

Moscow Mayor Promises a Winter Without Snow

Group places 'Save Winter' decals on toonies

The Victoria-based environmental group is also using a troupe of polar bear characters on the streets of Vancouver to bring attention to Canada's contribution to global warming.

"We came up with the polar bear theme because it is really an icon of winter and one of the creatures suffering from global warming," Campbell said.

The main polar bear character, Aurora, is a two-person puppet made of recycled materials such as garden hoses, tires and aluminum tubing, and she is accompanied by her "bear cubs" Tundra and Mackenzie.

American Thinker Blog: Is Obama climate change policy in violation of the First Amendment?

George Will, in another of his brilliant moments, makes a fascinating point - that the Obama Administration may be violating the First Amendment of the Constitution which prohibits establishment of a religion by the federal government.