Juliet Eilperin out at Washington Post environment beat | Watts Up With That?

today we learn that WaPo is moving out their long time eco-reporter from the environment beat, reportedly over conflict of interest issues.

Gore's group says Obama EPA pick will fight global warming | WashingtonExaminer.com

Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., [said that the EPA pick shows that] Obama "wants to continue pursuing an aggressive climate agenda at EPA."

Ships to sail directly over the north pole by 2050, scientists say | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The northern sea route has been shown to save a medium-sized bulk carrier 18 days and 580 tonnes of bunker fuel on a journey between northern Norway and China. Shipowners have said it can save them €180,000-€300,000 on each voyage. A direct route over the pole could save up to 40% more fuel and time.

Winter storm - blizzard warnings for 7 states

Including Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.

Many cities will likely see their biggest snowstorm of the winter season.

UAH Global Temperature Update for February, 2013: +0.18 deg. C « Roy Spencer, PhD

Our Version 5.5 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for February, 2013 is +0.18 deg. C, a large decrease from January’s +0.50 deg. C.

Time For A Hockey Team Huddle | Real Science

In one sentence they say that the climate is unlivable with historic drought and storms.

In the next sentence they say that they don’t want the climate to change.

One Year Ago : Global Warming Causes The Early Spring | Real Science

And one year later ……