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Whether or not you believe in global warming or any other such predictions, here’s the truth: More and more folks are accepting it.

While visiting a contractor in Pennsylvania last week, I was told that it is getting harder than ever to find good technicians. But this contractor wasn’t worried about a lack of skilled workers.

Jobs are still hard to find in many regions of the nation, but according to CNNMoney.com, “enrollment at for-profit schools - a category that includes most trade schools - has jumped dramatically during the recession, to nearly 1.8 million students from about 365,000 in the last several years.”

I only had one free Saturday morning in October to go raspberry picking. But on the morning that I had made plans to go, I woke up to the sound of rain.

I just got back from the Food Marketing Institute Energy Conference, this year in Minneapolis. This is an annual event that I’ve been attending most years for more than 20 years.

There isn’t much time left before Congress adjourns for the fall; the target date for closing up shop in D.C. is Oct. 8. Then, of course, they’re all heading home to stump for your vote on Nov. 2.

A notable building scientist, Joseph Lstiburek, (perhaps even more notable for his annual bash) challenges some popular beliefs about the green movement.

Last week, while headed north with some of my family, we stopped at Tony’s in Birch Run, Mich., a diner famous for its oversize portions.

Want to know a good way to get free publicity for your HVACR business? Just have someone on staff that was, say, “an All-Conference receiver” the year his high school football team was, say, co-conference champion.

I’m in the process of developing a story on small (12-oz.) cans of refrigerant - good thing or bad thing. Up in Canada, such cans are banned for CFCs, HCFCs, and HFCs. But they can be used in the sale of HCs.