Ski Season Continues to Break Records - North Haven, CT Patch

Record snowfall tends to show up at the cash register, and as a direct result of this year's phenomenal accumulation, ski and snowboard sales broke records in December and January, according to Snowsports Industries of America (SIA), the non-profit, member-owned, North American Trade Association.

Cold winter means fewer skiers, more gym-goers | KXLH.com | Helena, Montana

The culprit, he says, is weather: "Christmas week was cold, half of it. President's weekend was cold. So, I mean those are usually big weeks for us."

Extreme wind has caused other ski hills to close throughout the season as well.

House Dems ready amendments for climate bill markup - The Hill's E2-Wire

Asked Friday if a Democratic amendment to put members on the record about climate science is in the offing next week, Waxman replied, “That would be an interesting vote,” and said such a plan “could be” offered.

Carbon tax wonder tonic proves tough sell | The Australian

The development of the global warming debate will be analysed primarily in terms of what the sociology of knowledge calls plausibility structures.

What part did the Blair government and its friends at the Royal Society play in turning suspect computer modelling into the state religion throughout so much of the Anglosphere? How did Rajendra Pachauri and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change get away with so many flawed and incoherent reports? Who were the first reputable scientists to express reservations, who were the late-comers and who can best be described as " still in denial"?

From about 2004 most of the Australian public were prepared to believe in dangerous, man-made global warming and willing for governments to legislate accordingly. Although there were several turning points in the debate, Climategate revealed in detail how small, powerful and manipulative a clique the anthropogenic global warming theory's advocates were.