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A bunch of global warming stuff today in the news with USA Today and our own Des Moines Register leading the charge with an editorial and a guest opinion piece.

The Register editorial today: National plan needed on climate change

As a new installment of a United Nations report on global warming is released, sentiment for U.S. action moved to a new level this week following a U.S. Supreme Court decision on greenhouse-gas regulations.

The question no longer is whether government and industry will act, but what form the regulations will take and where they will be written. For now, the states are taking the lead, but eventually the president and Congress must step up to the plate with a national global-warming strategy that is part of a global solution.

As that new installment is being prepared, it doesn't seem like the "consensus" on global warming is going well according to the USA Today story:

USA Today: Scientists, governments clash as report reveals dangers of climate change

BRUSSELS — After a marathon session that saw angry exchanges between diplomats and scientists, an international global warming conference approved a major report on climate change Friday.

"We have an approved accord. It has been a complex exercise," conference chairman Rajendra Pachauri told reporters after an all-night meeting.

Several scientists objected to the editing of the final draft by government negotiators, the Associated Press reported, but in the end agreed to compromises. However, some scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change vowed never to take part in the process again, the AP reported.

By the way, I love the chart included in the story. Take a look...

Looked at only briefly (like most things in the newspaper), the chart seems fairly dramatic.

"Holy moly! Look at how hot it's getting!"

Unlike a lot of people, I looked at the numbers along the bottom and left hand side of the chart. It only shows an increase of 1.2 degrees—over the last 150 years.

A chart of my income over the last 20-years would probably show the same kind of dramatic spikes and dips.

And “accurate measurements began” in 1860? Really? They could accurately measure the temperature around the globe in 1860?

We can barely do that today...so pardon my unscientific skepticism that we had super accurate thermometers placed in key areas around the world that could measure within a tenth of a degree.

And then there is the opinion piece by current Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie...a well-noted global climate engineer.

Action needed today to cut global-warming impacts

By 2100, Iowa's summer climate would generally be more like that of current northwest Mississippi. Seasonal precipitation would increase in winter and spring by as much as 30 percent and decrease in summer by 10 percent to 35 percent. The number of days in Iowa above 90 degrees is projected to at least double, and heat waves could occur 15 to 25 times a year by the end of this century.

Good...that would mean a longer time and better conditions in which to grow more ethanol-producing corn, right?

Ironically, Mayor Cownie co-authors the piece with a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists who are on record as opposing anything other than "organic" farming methods - which in my unscientific opinion, could lead to mass starvation and lower yields. Formed as a protest of the VietNam war (another highly scientific pursuit), they are currently leading the charge against bio-engineered farming techniques.

Read more about the UCS at ActivistCash.com.

Meanwhile, bundle up. That global warming is cold today.

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