Author claims we're in the grip of a mini ice age - Sunday Sun

FIRST the good news. These bitter winters aren’t going to last forever. The bad news is that they will go on for the next 30 years as we have entered a mini ice age.

So says author Gavin Cooke in his book Frozen Britain. He began writing it in 2008 and it was published last year when experts were scratching their heads at the cause of the bitter winter of 2009/10 which brought England to a standstill. Some said it was a one-off event, with experts predicting snowfall becoming increasingly rare.
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To simplify, the basis of his theory seems to be sunspot activity, or rather the lack of it. Sunspots are dark, cooler patches on the sun’s surface that come and go in cycles.

Carbon cap-and-trade price falls to minimum - NashuaTelegraph.com

The nation’s only carbon cap-and-trade system continues to operate despite changes in Washington that have killed support for a federal version, although lessened demand and an uncertain future have pushed prices and sales to rock bottom.

The latest quarterly auction of allowances through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative sold just 57 percent of available allowances, the first time some allowances have been left unsold since the program began quarterly auctions in March 2009.

AccuWeather.com - Weather News | Bitter Cold Air Surging Across the East

A reinforcing shot of cold air will cause the mercury to plunge to the coldest levels so far this season across the Eastern Seaboard.

The dip in the jet stream will unleash the bitter chill for Northeast cities such as Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y., and Philadelphia, Pa., beginning on Sunday and continuing through at least midweek.