curious

http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/311...

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitori...

"Global warming is dissolving the Alpine glaciers so rapidly that Italy and Switzerland have decided they must redraw their national border to take account of the new realities.

The new border will address changes that have been noticeable for at least 20 years, according to Luca Mercalli, a well-known Italian meteorologist and climatologist. "But the melting of the glaciers has been accelerating since the very hot summer of 2003," he said."

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/switzerland/news/article...

"The Swiss government today approved shifting the border up to 150 metres into Italian territory in some areas. The changes were made after the Swiss Federal Office of Topography found that the watershed, which determined the border in 1942, had moved because of melting glaciers and snow fields."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/19/switze...

Or is it proof of global cooling as some GW deniers claim?

The news is about companies (and people) who denied that smoking is harmful:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090522/us_nm/us_court...

Interesting are the following excerpts:

"Cigarette companies systematically lied for decades to hide the dangers of smoking, a U.S. appeals court said on Friday as it upheld a trial judge's racketeering verdict"

"The appeals court's three-judge panel ruled that the companies, including Altria Group Inc and its Philip Morris USA unit, violated federal anti-racketeering laws by conspiring to lie about the dangers of smoking."

The court also pointed to evidence that the companies knew that second-hand smoke was dangerous, dismissing their assertions that there was no "scientific consensus."

Do you see any similarities with global warming deniers?

Do you think that fossil fuel companies will be more careful about denying agw, or will they have to be brought in court too?

I must say I am, because the environment for me represents life, and I'm in love with life. I hope future generations will be able to enjoy a well preserved environment, with all the awesome biodiversity we see today, and without any catastrophic consequences due to human activity.

Happy Valentine's day!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090124/wl_afp/europe...

These record-breaking winds killed at least 15 people, left over a million without power and created havoc in the two countries. Do oil companies believe it's real, or they think it's a hoax created by "greenies"? Should we, the responsible citizens, "just mind our own business" and let things get worse?