UK Set To Freeze | Real Science

The basis for the wintry outlook is that relatively cold winters in the United Kingdom and Ireland are more common when solar activity is low.

NYT's David Leonhardt: All True 'Fiscal Conservatives' Support Tax Increases | NewsBusters.org

Wednesday’s “Lessons From The Malaise” is David Leonhardt’s last economics column before becoming the New York Times's Washington bureau chief. It pretty much encapsulates his liberal worldview, while assuming his premises are universally shared.
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Leonhardt concluded with the conventional liberal wisdom on global warming, er, "climate change."

We know the planet is getting hotter. Last year tied for the warmest on record, and the 10 hottest have all occurred since 1998. The resulting risks, economic and otherwise, may be even more serious than the risks from the deficit, but receive far less attention in Washington. (And climate worriers do not need to be so skittish about making the connection between heat waves and the larger trend. The thing about global warming is that it warms the globe.)