Meet the GOP Science Skeptics Likely to Hold Top House Science, Energy Posts - Newsweek

...for the next two years serious scientists need not expect the GOP to see the light on many climate-change imperatives.

Al Gore’s Green Blasphemy | Energy and Environment Right Side News

The fact that Al Gore has finally come to grips with corn-ethanol reality is a remarkable development, but his conversion has probably come far too late to be of any real value. The policies that he promoted throughout much of his political career have come home to roost and the economic damage that those policies have done is undeniable. Gore – more than anyone else – helped to create the renewable energy monster that saps our nation’s resources and undermines our prosperity today. Having profited handsomely from those efforts, the ex-vice president’s belated mea culpa has fallen incredibly flat.

The American Spectator : Al Gore's Important Admission

Al Gore, though, boasted that ethanol was helping save the planet. From Gore there was no doubt, no uncertainty, no scientific argument. It was his way, the green way, or the path to planetary destruction. There were no other options.

But there were, and the people offering them -- not Al Gore -- were right. And that leads to the obvious question: If the Enviro-Oracle got ethanol wrong, then what else might he have gotten wrong?

Early frost sends chill down farmers' backs | Recordnet.com

New storms continued to march across Northern California on Monday, dumping snow in the mountains, closing highway passes, frustrating crews trying to restore electrical power and clearing the way for an early freeze that may harm Central Valley orchards or damage outdoor pipes.

Snow Might Cover 90% of U.K. by End of November With Six Inches in London - Bloomberg

Snow is forecast to cover as much as 90 percent of the U.K. by Nov. 29 with six inches in London as cold weather approaches, according to weather forecasts.