Thanks, Ross!
I just got off the phone with a friend in Minnesota.
He said that since early this morning the snow has been nearly waist high and is still falling. The temperature is dropping below zero and the north wind is increasing. His wife has done nothing but look through the kitchen window all day. He says that if it gets much worse, he may have to let her in.
Ross Muir
As the models continue to leave actual temperature readings in their dust, sizeable warming halted about 1995 — although it might resume at any time. It must hasten to have any hope of catching up with the predictions.
If you claim warming continues, we want evidence of continued warming — eminently reasonable. Making us wait for 17 years for that evidence invites us to doubt you.
Claiming that warming hasn't stopped is the same as claiming it has — and both are ridiculous, for nobody knows the future. The best you can do is describe the past.
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And now the song, courtesy of Minnesotans for Global Warming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrkJkh794o0&feature=player_embedded#!
Climate change: Dogs of law are off the leash
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jLQy3ze-D7N4ZQzyDjvLA8ChIEhQ?docId=CNG.0974f2ca1c91adea909b6017dc4d554e.471
PARIS — From being a marginal and even mocked issue, climate-change litigation is fast emerging as a new frontier of law where some believe hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake.
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In the most eagerly-awaited case, whose ruling is expected by the end of June, the state of Connecticut is demanding an injunction against major power companies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
“That will definitely be the big one,” said Gerrard. “Everyone is waiting to hear what the Supreme Court says.
Brilliant. Sue the electricity companies. They either (a) shut up shop or (b) push up the power prices to pay for the legal costs.
Win-win if you are a lawyer, I guess.