‘Frozen Gore’ sculpture spouting hot air fuels global warming debate in Alaska (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Another two-ton ice sculpture of former Vice President Al Gore is back in front of a Fairbanks liquor store. "Frozen Gore" is a dig at Gore's beliefs about climate change. [News Source]

Climate change: A civil rights issue for blacks (USA Today) People of color stand to pay the greatest price if global warming does what we expect it to. That's why involvement and activism is critical. [News Source]

Does Recent Cold Weather Discredit Global Warming? (redOrbit) With the recent emergence of record-breaking cold snaps all over the world, climate experts say that it doesn’t disprove global warming, but is only a blip in the long-term heating trend, The Associated Press reported. [News Source]

Experts: Cold snap doesn’t disprove global warming (Summit Daily News) Beijing had its coldest morning in almost 40 years and its biggest snowfall since 1951. Britain is suffering through its longest cold snap since 1981. And freezing weather is gripping the Deep South, including Florida's orange groves and beaches. Whatever happened to global warming? Such weather doesn't seem to fit with warnings from scientists that the Earth is warming because of greenhouse ... [News Source]

Global warming debate focus of meeting Saturday (The Springfield News-Leader) Ron Boyer will speak Saturday on the controversy surrounding the global warming/climate change debate. [News Source]

Experts: Cold Snap Doesn’t Disprove Global Warming (KMGH 7 Denver) Even though rough winter weather conditions are occurring around the world, experts say global warming is still a concern. [News Source]

Cold snap doesn’t disprove global warming: experts (CBC.ca) Climate experts say the recent cold snap doesn't disprove global warming at all - it's just a blip in the long-term heating trend. [News Source]

AP Poll: Most see climate change as serious (Park Hills Daily Journal) WASHINGTON (AP) — Three of every four Americans view climate change as a serious problem that will harm future generations if not addressed, according to an Associated Press-Stanford University poll. [News Source]

The Decade of Climate Change and Peak Oil (Renewable Energy World) Wow. Another decade has passed. In the years ruled by the iPod, the death and rebirth of hope (you know who I'm talking about), Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong and Roger Federer, reality TV, Coldplay and Britney, flat-screen TVs and ShamWow!, climate change and energy may seem a relatively small blip on the cultural big screen. [News Source]

Methane release ‘looks stronger.’ Scientists have uncovered what appears to be a further dramatic increase in the leakage of methane gas that is seeping from the Arctic seabed. Methane is about 20 times more potent than CO2 in trapping solar heat. [News Source]

Half of money managers ignore climate risks, survey finds. Nearly half of global money managers are making investment decisions without factoring in risks or opportunities associated with climate change, according to a survey released on Wednesday by a coalition of environmentalists and investors. [News Source]