David Phillips
David Phillips
agreements competing parties past stand
If you stand back and look at the past 50 years, all these parties have been competing with each other for resources. There have been some agreements but essentially they've been competing in a zero-sum game.
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I think (this winter) will be a dress rehearsal. It may very well be a glimpse or preview of what winter will be like in the future, where we will be wondering where winter is.
cancelled certainly gone year
I don't know if we feel guilty, but we certainly feel as if it's the first year we've cancelled winter. We've gone years without summer, but never winter.
downright last
The last two days, it has been downright miserable.
below higher less normal
It could be (you have) below normal precipitation but your snowfall is higher because you have less rainfall.
snow sure unlike
It's not the coldest place, but it has a sure cold. And unlike the coldest places, it also has a sure snow cover.
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Some of the results will be sure to surprise you.
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Our reputation as the great white north, the land of ice and snow, may be at risk here because what we have seen is rather anomalous weather conditions for the last year particularly.
balance colder shows weather
That just shows you that sometimes weather does balance off. Sometimes you get milder winters here and colder winters there.
difference spring
There is a big difference between the first day of spring and the first spring day.
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To support their economic growth countries like China and India are aggressively moving to secure new energy streams. The US needs to have a comprehensive energy strategy, which is part of our overall national-security strategy.
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What we're saying is from Vancouver to Thunder Bay, Ont., that western part of Canada is looking like it'll be warmer than normal, so it's a continuation of what the fall has been like.