World Climate Report » Solar Control on Tibet’s Climate

Certainly there is a strong solar control on the climate system, and at the timescales from decades to centuries, the solar influence on global and regional climate can be profound. Clear examples of this can be founding the results from the Zhao et al. teams, who headed off to Tibet, cored a couple of lake bottoms, analyzed carbonate levels, shells from crustaceans, and pollen spores from plants, and what jumped out at them was the solar control on the climate of their study area.

The Associated Press: Obama touts investment in Michigan battery plant

HOLLAND, Mich. — Seeking to boost economic spirits, President Barack Obama on Thursday hailed the construction of another car-battery plant as a symbol of a made-in-America rebound from desperate times.  [Remember when we needed to drive electric cars to save our grandchildren from CO2-induced hellfire?]
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After his remarks, Obama got a look at an electric Ford Focus and a Chevy Volt, the two cars that will use batteries manufactured at this plant. The president climbed into the driver's seat of a silver Volt, and then he took a turn inside a bright orange Focus. Upon emerging from the Focus, he told reporters: "I'm telling you, guys, I recommend them. I wouldn't have minded tooling around in this when I was 20 years old."

UK, France, Germany In New Push For EU To Cut Emissions 30%

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The U.K., Germany and France Thursday launched a new push for the European Union to commit to a bigger reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 in a bid to help economic recovery and shore up energy security. [Again, where's the part about preventing CO2-induced catastrophe?]

Record Cold Set At Antarctic Station « P Gosselin – NoTricksZone

FOCUS online is quick to point out that this record cold is not a sign of climate change, but rather it is a local regional weather phenomenon (only warm events are signs of climate change).