Winter Weather Hits Las Vegas

It is being called the snowiest December that Las Vegas has ever seen. Officially, 3.6 inches of snow was recorded.

The winter storm dumped more than a foot of fresh snow at the Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort on Mt. Charleston.
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Many flights from around the country headed to Las Vegas are being kept on the ground until the weather improves.

Southwest, United and Westjet cancelled all flights in and out of McCarran Wednesday evening.
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Ian Gregor with the FAA says McCarran doesn't have any snow removal equipment, so planes couldn't leave safely. [Via The Chilling Effect]

Working to make the bitter cold very slightly bitterer: ICF International Named Best Carbon Advisor in Environmental Finance Magazine Market Survey

For the third straight year, ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) was selected by readers of Environmental Finance magazine for its outstanding work in climate change mitigation. ICF won Best Advisor awards in all four of the survey's advisor categories in this market, including EU Emissions Trading Scheme, Kyoto Projects (JI and CDM), North American Mandatory Markets, and Voluntary Markets. This is the company's best performance to date.
Environmental Finance polled nearly 2,000 companies for its 9th annual survey, with award selections based on 1,600 responses. Companies were asked to nominate the leading brokers, dealers, and advisors in emissions allowances, weather derivatives, and renewable energy certificates. Companies were allowed only one vote, could not vote for themselves, and could only vote in categories in which they had direct experience. Selection criteria included efficiency and speed of transaction, reliability, innovation, quality of information and service provided, and influence on the market.