Globe and Mail: It was pure coincidence, but it seemed appropriate that city councillors should meet to talk about the effect of climate change in a week that saw balmy temperatures in late January. "Climate change is looking at us straight in the eyes," said first-term Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon. Councillor Shelley Carroll said we face not just global warming but "global weirding."
In fact, most climate experts are careful not to attribute one or another incident of weird weather to climate change. Peculiar...